إنجيل القدّيس متّى .35-31:13
ضَرَبَ يَسُوعُ مَثَلاً آخَرَ قَائِلاً: يُشْبِهُ مَلَكُوتُ السَّمَاوَاتِ حَبَّةَ خَرْدَل، أَخَذَهَا رَجُلٌ وزَرَعَهَا في حَقْلِهِ
إِنَّهَا أَصْغَرُ البُذُورِ كُلِّهَا، وحينَ تَنْمُو تَكُونُ أَكْبَرَ البُقُول، وتُصْبِحُ شَجَرَةً حَتَّى إِنَّ طُيُورَ السَّمَاءِ تَأْتِي فَتُعَشِّشُ في أَغْصَانِها
وكَلَّمَهُم بِمَثَلٍ آخَر: يُشْبِهُ مَلَكُوتُ السَّمَاوَاتِ خَمِيرَةً أَخَذَتْهَا ٱمْرَأَة، وخَبَّأَتْهَا في ثَلاثَةِ أَكْيَالٍ مِنَ الدَّقِيق، حَتَّى ٱخْتَمَرَ كُلُّهُ
هذَا كُلُّهُ قَالَهُ يَسُوعُ لِلْجُمُوعِ بِأَمْثَال، وبِدُونِ مَثَلٍ لَمْ يَكُنْ يُكَلِّمُهُم بِشَيء
فَتَمَّ مَا قِيْلَ بِالنَّبِيّ: سَأَفْتَحُ فَمِي بِالأَمْثَال، وأُحَدِّثُ بِمَا كانَ مَخْفِيًّا مُنْذُ إِنْشَاءِ العَالَم
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 14:1-6.
On a sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees, and the people there were observing him carefully.
In front of him there was a man suffering from dropsy.
Jesus spoke to the scholars of the law and Pharisees in reply, asking, “Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath or not?”
But they kept silent; so he took the man and, after he had healed him, dismissed him.
Then he said to them, “Who among you, if your son or ox falls into a cistern, would not immediately pull him out on the sabbath day?”
But they were unable to answer his question.