أُريدُ رَحْمَةً لا ذَبيحَة، لَمَا حَكَمْتُم على مَنْ لا ذنْبَ عَلَيْهِم! فَرَبُّ السَّبْتِ هُوَ ٱبْنُ الإِنْسَان
إنجيل القدّيس متّى12/من01حتى14/:”ٱجْتَازَ يَسُوعُ يَوْمَ السَّبتِ بَيْنَ الزُّرُوع. وجَاعَ تَلامِيذُهُ فَأَخَذُوا يَقْلَعُونَ سَنَابِلَ ويَأْكُلُون. ورآهُمُ الفَرِّيسِيُّونَ فَقَالُوا لِيَسُوع: «هُوَذَا تَلامِيذُكَ يَفْعَلُونَ مَا لا يَحِلُّ فِعْلُهُ يَوْمَ السَّبْت». فقَالَ لَهُم: «أَمَا قَرَأْتُم مَا فَعَلَهُ دَاوُدُ حِيْنَ جَاعَ هُوَ والَّذِينَ مَعَهُ؟ كَيْفَ دَخَلَ بَيْتَ الله، وأَكَلُوا خُبْزَ التَّقْدِمَةِ الَّذي لا يَحِلُّ لَهُ أَكْلُهُ، ولا لِلَّذِينَ مَعَهُ، بَلْ لِلْكَهَنَةِ وَحْدَهُم؟ أَوَ مَا قَرَأْتُم في التَّورَاةِ أَنَّ الكَهَنَة، أَيَّامَ السَّبْت، يَنْتَهِكُونَ في الهَيْكَلِ حُرْمَةَ السَّبْت، ولا ذَنْبَ عَلَيْهِم؟ وأَقُولُ لَكُم: ههُنا أَعْظَمُ مِنَ الهَيْكَل! ولَوْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْرِفُونَ مَا مَعْنَى: أُريدُ رَحْمَةً لا ذَبيحَة، لَمَا حَكَمْتُم على مَنْ لا ذنْبَ عَلَيْهِم! فَرَبُّ السَّبْتِ هُوَ ٱبْنُ الإِنْسَان!». وٱنْتَقَلَ يَسُوعُ مِنْ هُنَاك، وجَاءَ إِلى مَجْمَعِهِم. وإِذَا بِرَجُلٍ يَدُهُ يَابِسَة، فَسَأَلُوهُ قَائِلين: «هَلْ يَحِلُّ الشِّفَاءُ يَوْمَ السَّبْت؟». وكَانَ مُرَادُهُم أَنْ يَشْكُوه. فقَالَ لَهُم: «أَيُّ رَجُلٍ مِنْكُم يَكُونُ لَهُ خَرُوفٌ وَاحِد، فَإِنْ سَقَطَ يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ في حُفْرَة، أَلا يُمْسِكُهُ ويُقِيمُهُ؟ وكَمِ الإِنْسَانُ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ خَرُوف؟ فَعَمَلُ الخَيْرِ إِذًا يَحِلُّ يَوْمَ السَّبْت». حِينَئِذٍ قَالَ لِلرَّجُل: «مُدَّ يَدَكَ». ومَدَّهَا فَعَادَتْ صَحِيحَةً كاليَدِ الأُخْرَى. وخَرَجَ الفَرِّيسِيُّونَ فَتَشَاوَرُوا عَلَيْهِ لِيُهْلِكُوه.”
إِنَّهُم أنَاسٌ فَاسِدُو العَقْل، غيرُ أَهْلٍ لِلإِيْمَان. لكِنَّهُم لَنْ يَتَمَادَوا أَكْثَر، لأَنَّ حَمَاقَتَهُم سَتَنْكَشِفُ لِلجَميعِ كَمَا ٱنْكَشَفَتْ حَمَاقَةُ يَنِّيسَ ويَمْبَرِيس
“رسالة القدّيس بولس الثانية إلى طيموتاوس03/من01حتى09/:”يا إخوَتِي، إِنَّهَا سَتَأْتي في الأَيَّامِ الأَخِيرَةِ أَوقَاتٌ صَعْبَة، فيَكُونُ النَّاسُ مُحِبِّينَ لأَنْفُسِهِم، مُحِبِّينَ لِلمَال، مُدَّعِين، مُتَكَبِّرِين، مُجَدِّفِين، عَاقِّينَ لِلوالِدِين، نَاكِرِينَ لِلجَمِيل، مُنْتَهِكِينَ لِلحُرُمَات، بِلا حَنَان، بلا وَفَاء، مُفْتِنِين، نَهِمِين، شَرِسِين، مُبْغِضِينَ لِلصَّلاح، خَائِنِين، وَقِحِين، عُمْيَانا بِالكِبْرِيَاء، مُحِبِّينَ لِلَّذَّةِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ حُبِّهِم لله، مُتَمَسِّكِينَ بِمَظْهَرِ التَّقْوَى، نَاكِرِينَ قُوَّتَهَا: هؤُلاءِ النَّاسُ أَعْرِضْ عَنْهُم! فَمِنْهُم مَنْ يَتَسَلَّلُونَ إِلى البُيُوت، ويُغْوُونَ نِسَاءً ضَعيفَاتٍ، مُثْقَلاتٍ بِالْخَطايَا، مُنْقَادَاتٍ لِشَهَواتٍ شَتَّى، يتَعَلَّمْنَ دَائِمًا ولا يُمْكِنُهُنَّ البُلُوغَ إِلى مَعرِفَةِ الحَقِّ أَبَدًا. وكَمَا أَنَّ يَنِّيسَ ويَمْبَرِيسَ قَاوَمَا مُوسى، كَذلِكَ هؤُلاءِ يُقاوِمُونَ الْحَقَّ. إِنَّهُم أُنَاسٌ فَاسِدُو العَقْل، غيرُ أَهْلٍ لِلإِيْمَان. لكِنَّهُم لَنْ يَتَمَادَوا أَكْثَر، لأَنَّ حَمَاقَتَهُم سَتَنْكَشِفُ لِلجَميعِ كَمَا ٱنْكَشَفَتْ حَمَاقَةُ يَنِّيسَ ويَمْبَرِيس.”
But if you had known what this means, “I desire mercy and not sacrifice”, you would not have condemned the guiltless.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 12/01-14: “At that time Jesus went through the cornfields on the sabbath; his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. When the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, ‘Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the sabbath.’He said to them, ‘Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? He entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him or his companions to eat, but only for the priests.Or have you not read in the law that on the sabbath the priests in the temple break the sabbath and yet are guiltless? I tell you, something greater than the temple is here. But if you had known what this means, “I desire mercy and not sacrifice”, you would not have condemned the guiltless. For the Son of Man is lord of the sabbath.’ He left that place and entered their synagogue; a man was there with a withered hand, and they asked him, ‘Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath? ’ so that they might accuse him. He said to them, ‘Suppose one of you has only one sheep and it falls into a pit on the sabbath; will you not lay hold of it and lift it out?How much more valuable is a human being than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the sabbath.’Then he said to the man, ‘Stretch out your hand.’ He stretched it out, and it was restored, as sound as the other. But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how to destroy him.”
But they will not make much progress, because, as in the case of those two men, their folly will become plain to everyone
Second Letter to Timothy 03/01-09: “You must understand this, that in the last days distressing times will come. For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, inhuman, implacable, slanderers, profligates, brutes, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to the outward form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid them! For among them are those who make their way into households and captivate silly women, overwhelmed by their sins and swayed by all kinds of desires, who are always being instructed and can never arrive at a knowledge of the truth. As Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these people, of corrupt mind and counterfeit faith, also oppose the truth. But they will not make much progress, because, as in the case of those two men, their folly will become plain to everyone.”