مُنْذُ ثَلاثِ سِنِين، آتي وَأَطْلُبُ ثَمَرًا في هذِهِ التِّينَةِ وَلا أَجِد، فٱقْطَعْهَا! لِمَاذَا تُعَطِّلُ الأَرْض
إنجيل القدّيس لوقا13/من06حتى09/:” قالَ الربُّ يَسوعُ هذَا المَثَل: «كَانَ لِرَجُلٍ تِينَةٌ مَغْرُوسَةٌ في كَرْمِهِ، وَجَاءَ يَطْلُبُ فيهَا ثَمَرًا فَلَمْ يَجِدْ. فقالَ لِلكَرَّام: هَا إِنِّي مُنْذُ ثَلاثِ سِنِين، آتي وَأَطْلُبُ ثَمَرًا في هذِهِ التِّينَةِ وَلا أَجِد، فٱقْطَعْهَا! لِمَاذَا تُعَطِّلُ الأَرْض؟ فَأَجابَ وَقَالَ لَهُ: يَا سَيِّد، دَعْهَا هذِهِ السَّنَةَ أَيْضًا، حَتَّى أَنْكُشَ حَوْلَهَا، وَأُلْقِيَ سَمَادًا، لَعَلَّها تُثْمِرُ في السَّنَةِ القَادِمَة، وَإِلاَّ فَتَقْطَعُها!».
بولس في مالطا يشفي المرضى
سفر أعمال الرسل28/من01حتى10/:”يا إِخوَتِي : لَمَّا نَجَوْنَا، عَرَفْنَا أَنَّ ٱلجَزِيرَةَ تُدْعَى مَالطَة. وأَظْهَرَ لَنَا أَهَالي ٱلجَزِيرَةِ عِنَايَةً إِنْسَانِيَّةً نَادِرَة، فَأَضْرَمُوا نَارًا وَدَعَوْنَا جَمِيعًا لِنَسْتَدْفِئ، لِشِدَّةِ مَا أَصَابَنَا مِنَ ٱلمَطَرِ وَٱلبَرْد. وجَمَعَ بُولُسُ حِزْمَةً مِنَ ٱلحَطَب، وأَلْقَاهَا في ٱلنَّار، وَمِنْ شِدَّةِ ٱلحَرَارَةِ نَشَبَتْ أَفْعَى، وتَعَلَّقَتْ بِيَدِهِ. ولَمَّا رأَى ٱلأَهَالي ٱلحَيَّةَ عَالِقَةً بِيَدِهِ، قَالُوا فِيمَا بَيْنَهُم: «لا شَكَّ في أَنَّ هذَا ٱلرَّجُلَ قَاتِل، فقَدْ نَجَى مِنَ ٱلبَحْر، ومَا تَرَكَهُ ٱلعَدْلُ ٱلإِلهِيُّ يَحْيَا!». فَنَفَضَ بُولُسُ ٱلحَيَّةَ في ٱلنَّار، ولَمْ يَمَسَّهُ أَيُّ أَذَى. أَمَّا هُم فكَانُوا يَنْتَظِرُونَ أَنْ يَتَوَرَّمَ جِسْمُهُ، أَو أَنْ يَقَعَ فَجْأَةً مَيْتًا. ولَمَّا ٱنْتَظَرُوا طَوِيلاً ورَأَوا أَنَّهُ مَا أُصِيبَ بِسُوء، تبَدَّلَ رَأْيُهُم وأَخَذُوا يَقُولُون: «إِنَّهُ إِله!». وكَانَ في جِوارِ ذلِكَ ٱلمَكَانِ مَزْرَعَةٌ لِبُبْلِيُوسَ حَاكِمِ ٱلجَزِيرَة، فَٱسْتَقْبَلَنَا وأَضَافَنَا كأَصْدِقَاءَ لَهُ مُدَّةَ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّام. وكَانَ وَالِدُ بُبْلِيُوسَ طَريحَ ٱلفِرَاش، مُصَابًا بِحُمَّى وإِسْهَالٍ شَدِيد. فَدَخَلَ بُولُسُ إِلَيْه، وصَلَّى، ووَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ عَلَيْه، فَشَفَاه. وعَلى أَثَرِ ذلِكَ، أَخَذَ جَمِيعُ ٱلَّذِينَ بِهِم أَمْرَاضٌ في ٱلجَزِيرَةِ يأْتُونَ إِلَيْه، فيُشْفَوْن.فأَكْرَمُونَا كُلَّ ٱلإِكْرَام. ولَدَى إِقْلاعِنَا، زَوَّدُونَا بِمَا نَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْه.”
For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and still I find none. Cut it down! Why should it be wasting the soil
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 13/06-09/:”Then Jesus told this parable: ‘A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. So he said to the gardener, “See here! For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and still I find none. Cut it down! Why should it be wasting the soil?”He replied, “Sir, let it alone for one more year, until I dig round it and put manure on it. If it bears fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.” ’
Paul in Malta Healing the sick
Acts of the Apostles 28/01-10/:”After we had reached safety, we then learned that the island was called Malta. The natives showed us unusual kindness. Since it had begun to rain and was cold, they kindled a fire and welcomed all of us round it. Paul had gathered a bundle of brushwood and was putting it on the fire, when a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself on his hand. When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, ‘This man must be a murderer; though he has escaped from the sea, justice has not allowed him to live.’ He, however, shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm. They were expecting him to swell up or drop dead, but after they had waited a long time and saw that nothing unusual had happened to him, they changed their minds and began to say that he was a god. Now in the neighbourhood of that place were lands belonging to the leading man of the island, named Publius, who received us and entertained us hospitably for three days. It so happened that the father of Publius lay sick in bed with fever and dysentery. Paul visited him and cured him by praying and putting his hands on him. After this happened, the rest of the people on the island who had diseases also came and were cured. They bestowed many honours on us, and when we were about to sail, they put on board all the provisions we needed.”