إنجيل القدّيس متّى 17:5-20
لا تَظُنُّوا أَنِّي جِئْتُ لأُبْطِلَ التَّوْرَاةَ أَوِ الأَنْبِياء. مَا جِئْتُ لأُبْطِل، بَلْ لأُكَمِّل.
فَالحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُم: قَبْلَ أَنْ تَزُولَ السَّمَاءُ والأَرض، لَنْ يَزُولَ مِنَ التَّوْرَاةِ يَاءٌ أَو نُقْطَة، حَتَّى يَتِمَّ كُلُّ شَيء.
مَنْ أَبْطَلَ واحِدَةً مِنْ تِلْكَ الوَصَايا الصُّغْرى، وعَلَّمَ النَّاسَ أَنْ يَفْعَلُوا هكَذا، يُدْعَى الأَصْغَرَ في مَلَكُوتِ السَّمَاوات. وأَمَّا مَنْ يَعْمَلُ بِهَا ويُعَلِّمُها فهُوَ يُدْعى كَبِيرًا في مَلَكُوتِ السَّمَاوات.
فَإِنِّي أَقُولُ لَكُم: إِنْ لَمْ يَزِدْ بِرُّكُم على بِرِّ الكَتَبَةِ والفَرِّيسيِّين، فَلَنْ تَدْخُلُوا مَلَكُوتَ السَّمَاوات
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark 6:1-6.
He departed from there and came to his native place, accompanied by his disciples.
When the sabbath came he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished. They said, “Where did this man get all this? What kind of wisdom has been given him? What mighty deeds are wrought by his hands!
Is he not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him.
Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and among his own kin and in his own house.”
So he was not able to perform any mighty deed there, apart from curing a few sick people by laying his hands on them.
He was amazed at their lack of faith. He went around to the villages in the vicinity teaching.