إنجيل القدّيس يوحنّا .52-40:7
سَمِعَ أُنَاسٌ مِنَ الجَمْعِ كَلامَ يَسُوع، فَأَخَذُوا يَقُولُون: حَقًّا، هذَا هُوَ النَّبِيّ
وآخَرُونَ كَانُوا يَقُولُون: «هذَا هُوَ المَسِيح». لكِنَّ بَعْضَهُم كَانَ يَقُول: وهَلْ يَأْتِي المَسِيحُ مِنَ الجَلِيل؟
أَمَا قَالَ الكِتَاب: يَأْتِي المَسِيحُ مِنْ نَسْلِ دَاوُد، ومِنْ بَيْتَ لَحْمَ قَرْيَةِ دَاوُد؟
فَحَدَثَ شِقَاقٌ في الجَمْعِ بِسَبَبِهِ
وكَانَ بَعْضٌ مِنْهُم يُريدُ القَبْضَ عَلَيْه، ولكِنَّ أَحَدًا لَمْ يُلْقِ عَلَيْهِ يَدًا
وعَادَ الحَرَس، فَقَالَ لَهُمُ الأَحْبَارُ والفَرِّيسِيُّون: لِمَاذَا لَمْ تَجْلِبُوه؟
أَجَابَ الحَرَس: مَا تَكَلَّمَ إِنْسَانٌ يَوْمًا مِثْلَ هذَا الإِنْسَان
فَأَجَابَهُمُ الفَرِّيسِيُّون: أَلَعَلَّكُم أَنْتُم أَيْضًا قَدْ ضُلِّلْتُم؟
وهَلْ آمَنَ بِهِ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الرُّؤَسَاءِ أَوِ الفَرِّيسيِّين؟
لكِنَّ هذَا الجَمْعَ، الَّذي لا يَعْرِفُ التَّوْرَاة، هُوَ مَلْعُون
قَالَ لَهُم نِيقُودِيْمُوس، وَهُوَ أَحَدُهُم، ذَاكَ الَّذي جَاءَ إِلى يَسُوعَ مِنْ قَبْلُ
وهَلْ تَدِينُ تَوْرَاتُنَا الإِنْسَانَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَسْمَعَهُ وتَعْرِفَ مَا يَفْعَل؟
أَجَابُوا وقَالُوا لَهُ: أَلَعَلَّكَ أَنْتَ أَيْضًا مِنَ الجَليل؟ إِبْحَثْ وَٱنْظُرْ أَنَّهُ لا يَقُومُ نَبِيٌّ مِنَ الجَلِيل
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark 4:26-34.
Jesus said to the crowds: “This is how it is with the Kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land
and would sleep and rise night and day and the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how.
Of its own accord the land yields fruit, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
And when the grain is ripe, he wields the sickle at once, for the harvest has come.”
He said, “To what shall we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use for it?
It is like a mustard seed that, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on the earth.
But once it is sown, it springs up and becomes the largest of plants and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the sky can dwell in its shade.”
With many such parables he spoke the word to them as they were able to understand it.
Without parables he did not speak to them, but to his own disciples he explained everything in private.