إنجيل القدّيس متّى 16-13:5
قالَ الربُّ يَسوع: أَنْتُم مِلْحُ الأَرض. فَإِذَا فَسَدَ المِلْحُ فَأَيُّ شَيءٍ يُمَلِّحُهُ؟ إِنَّهُ لا يَعُودُ يَصْلُحُ لِشَيء، إِلاَّ لأَنْ يُطْرَحَ في الخَارِجِ وتَدُوسَهُ النَّاس أَنْتُم نُورُ العَالَم. لا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ تُخْفَى مَدِينَةٌ مَبْنِيَّةٌ عَلَى جَبَل ولا يُوْقَدُ سِرَاجٌ ويُوضَعُ تَحْتَ المِكْيَال، بَلْ عَلى المَنَارَة، فَيُضِيءُ لِكُلِّ مَنْ في البَيْت هكَذَا فَلْيُضِئْ نُورُكُم أَمَامَ النَّاس، لِيَرَوا أَعْمَالَكُمُ ٱلصَّالِحَة، ويُمَجِّدُوا أَبَاكُمُ الَّذي في السَّمَاوات
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark 3:31-35. The mother of Jesus and his brothers arrived at the house. Standing outside, they sent word to Jesus and called him. A crowd seated around him told him, “Your mother and your brothers (and your sisters) are outside asking for you.” But he said to them in reply, “Who are my mother and (my) brothers?” And looking around at those seated in the circle he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. (For) whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”