إنجيل القدّيس يوحنّا .31-27:14
قالَ الربُّ يَسوعُ لِتَلاميذِه: أَلسَّلامَ أَسْتَودِعُكُم، سَلامِي أُعْطِيكُم. لا كَمَا يُعْطِيهِ العَالَمُ أَنَا أُعْطِيكُم. لا يَضْطَرِبْ قَلْبُكُم ولا يَخَفْ
سَمِعْتُم أَنِّي قُلْتُ لَكُم: أَنَا ذَاهِبٌ ثُمَّ آتِي إِلَيْكُم. إِنْ تُحِبُّونِي تَفْرَحُوا بِأَنِّي ذَاهِبٌ إِلى الآب، لأَنَّ الآبَ أَعْظَمُ مِنِّي
قُلْتُ لَكُم هذَا الآنَ قَبْلَ حُدُوثِهِ، حَتَّى إِذَا حَدَثَ تُؤْمِنُون
لَنْ أُحَدِّثَكُم بَعْدُ بِأُمُورٍ كَثيرَة، لأَنَّ سُلْطَانَ هذَا العَالَمِ يَأْتِي، ولا سُلْطَةَ لَهُ عَلَيَّ
ولكِنْ، يَجِبُ أَنْ يَعْرِفَ العَالَمُ أَنِّي أُحِبُّ الآب، وكَمَا أَوْصَانِي الآبُ هكَذَا أَفْعَل. قُومُوا نَذْهَبْ مِنْ هُنَا
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark 11:27-33.
Jesus and his disciples returned once more to Jerusalem. As he was walking in the temple area, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders approached him
and said to him, “By what authority are you doing these things? Or who gave you this authority to do them?”
Jesus said to them, “I shall ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
Was John’s baptism of heavenly or of human origin? Answer me.”
They discussed this among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘Of heavenly origin,’ he will say, ‘(Then) why did you not believe him?’
But shall we say, ‘Of human origin’?”–they feared the crowd, for they all thought John really was a prophet.
So they said to Jesus in reply, “We do not know.” Then Jesus said to them, “Neither shall I tell you by what authority I do these things.”