إنجيل القدّيس لوقا .53-49:12
قالَ الربُّ يَسوع: جِئْتُ أُلْقِي عَلَى الأَرْضِ نَارًا، وَكَمْ أَوَدُّ لَوْ تَكُونُ قَدِ ٱشْتَعَلَتْ
وَلي مَعْمُودِيَّةٌ أَتَعَمَّدُ بِهَا، وَمَا أَشَدَّ تَضَايُقِي إِلى أَنْ تَتِمّ
هَلْ تَظُنُّونَ أَنِّي جِئْتُ أُحِلُّ في الأَرْضِ سَلامًا؟ أقُولُ لَكُم: لا! بَلِ ٱنْقِسَامًا
فَمُنْذُ الآنَ يَكُونُ خَمْسَةٌ في بَيْتٍ وَاحِد، فَيَنْقَسِمُون: ثَلاثةٌ عَلَى ٱثْنَيْن، وٱثْنَانِ عَلى ثَلاثَة
يَنْقَسِمُ أَبٌ عَلَى ٱبْنِهِ وٱبْنٌ عَلَى أَبِيه، أُمٌّ عَلَى ٱبْنَتِهَا وٱبْنَةٌ عَلَى أُمِّهَا، حَمَاةٌ عَلَى كَنَّتِها وَكَنَّةٌ عَلَى حَمَاتِها
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 14:1-12.
Herod the tetrarch heard of the reputation of Jesus
and said to his servants, “This man is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead; that is why mighty powers are at work in him.”
Now Herod had arrested John, bound (him), and put him in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip,
for John had said to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”
Although he wanted to kill him, he feared the people, for they regarded him as a prophet.
But at a birthday celebration for Herod, the daughter of Herodias performed a dance before the guests and delighted Herod
so much that he swore to give her whatever she might ask for.
Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”
The king was distressed, but because of his oaths and the guests who were present, he ordered that it be given,
and he had John beheaded in the prison.
His head was brought in on a platter and given to the girl, who took it to her mother.
His disciples came and took away the corpse and buried him; and they went and told Jesus.