إنجيل القدّيس مرقس04/من26حتى29/مثال الرجل الذي ألقى في الأَرْضِ زَرْعًا، وَنَامُ وقام، لَيْلاً ونَهَارًا، والزَّرْعُ يَنْبُتُ ويَعْلُو
قالَ الربُّ يَسوع: «مَثَلُ مَلَكُوتِ اللهِ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ يُلْقِي في الأَرْضِ زَرْعًا، ويَنَامُ ويَقُوم، لَيْلاً ونَهَارًا، والزَّرْعُ يَنْبُتُ ويَعْلُو، وهُوَ لا يَدْري؛ لأَنَّ الأَرْضَ مِنْ ذَاتِها تُعْطِي ثَمَرًا، فَتُنْبِتُ العُشْبَ أَوَّلاً، ثُمَّ السُّنْبُل، ثُمَّ القَمْحَ مِلءَ السُّنْبُل. ومتَى نَضَجَ الثَّمَر، يُرسِلُ الزَّارِعُ في الحَالِ مِنْجَلَهُ لأَنَّ الحِصادَ قَدْ حَان».
رسالة القدّيس بولس الأولى إلى أهل قورنتس04/من01حتى13/لأَنِّي لا أَشْعُرُ بِشَيْءٍ يُؤَنِّبُنِي، لكِنَّ هذَا لا يُبَرِّرُني، إَنَّمَا دَيَّانِي هُوَ الرَّبّ
“يا إِخوتي، فَلْيَحْسَبْنَا كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ مِثْلَ خُدَّامٍ لِلمَسِيح، ووُكَلاءَ عَلى أَسْرَارِ ٱلله. وكُلُّ مَا يُطلَبُ مِنَ الوُكَلاءِ هوَ أَنْ يَكُونَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُم أَمِينًا. أَمَّا أَنَا فأَقَلُّ شَيْءٍ عِنْدِي أَنْ تَدِينُونِي أَنْتُم أَوْ أَيُّ مَحْكَمَةٍ بَشَرِيَّة، بَلْ وَلا أَنَا أَدِينُ نَفْسِي؛ لأَنِّي لا أَشْعُرُ بِشَيْءٍ يُؤَنِّبُنِي، لكِنَّ هذَا لا يُبَرِّرُني، إَنَّمَا دَيَّانِي هُوَ الرَّبّ. إِذًا فلا تَدِينُوا قَبْلَ الأَوَان، إِلى أَنْ يَأْتِيَ الرَّبّ. فَهوَ الَّذي يُنِيرُ خَفَايَا الظَّلام، وَيُظْهِرُ نِيَّاتِ القُلُوب، وحينَئِذٍ يَنَالُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مَدِيْحَهُ مِنَ ٱلله. وأَنَا لأَجْلِكُم، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَة، جَعَلْتُ مِنْ نَفْسِي وَمِنْ أَبُلُّوسَ مِثَالاً، لِتَتَعَلَّمُوا بِنَا مَعنَى هذَا القَوْل: «لا شَيءَ فَوقَ مَا هُوَ مَكْتُوب»، فلا يَنْتَفِخَ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الكِبْرِيَاءِ مُتَحَزِّبًا لِوَاحِدٍ ضِدَّ الآخَر. فَمَنِ الَّذي يُمَيِّزُكَ عَنْ غَيْرِكَ؟ وأَيُّ شَيءٍ لَكَ وَلَمْ تَأْخُذْهُ هِبَةً؟ وإِنْ كُنْتَ أَخَذْتَهُ، فَلِمَاذَا تَفْتَخِرُ كَأَنَّكَ لَمْ تَأْخُذْهُ؟ هَا قَدْ شَبِعْتُم! هَا قَدِ ٱغْتَنَيْتُم، وَمَلَكْتُم مِنْ دُونِنَا! ويَا لَيْتَكُم مَلَكْتُم حَتَّى نَمْلِكَ نَحْنُ أَيْضًا مَعَكُم! فإِنِّي أَرَى أَنَّ اللهَ قَدْ أَظْهَرَنَا نَحْنُ الرُّسُلَ أَدْنَى النَّاس، كأَنَّنَا مَحْكُومٌ عَلَيْنَا بِالمَوت، لأَنَّنَا صِرْنَا مَشْهَدًا لِلعَالَمِ والمَلائِكَةِ والبَشَر. نَحْنُ حَمْقَى مِنْ أَجْلِ المَسِيح، وأَنْتُم عُقَلاءُ في المَسِيح! نَحْنُ ضُعَفَاء، وأَنْتُم أَقْوِيَاء! أَنْتُم مُكَرَّمُون، وَنَحْنُ مُهَانُون! ولا نَزَالُ حَتَّى هذَهِ السَّاعَةِ نَجُوعُ ، ونَعْطَشُ، ونُعَرَّى، ونُلْطَمُ، ونُشَرَّدُ، ونَتْعَبُ عَامِلِينَ بِأَيْدِينَا! وحَتَّى الآنَ نُشْتَمُ فَنُبَارِك، نُضْطَهَدُ فَنَحْتَمِل، يُفْتَرَى عَلَيْنَا فَنُعَزِّي! لَقَدْ صِرْنَا مِثْلَ أَقْذَارِ العَالَم، وَنِفَايَةِ النَّاسِ أَجْمَعِين”.
Bible Quotation For Today/The Parable of the man who scattered seed & slept
Mark 04/26-29: “He also said, ‘The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how. The earth produces of itself, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head. But when the grain is ripe, at once he goes in with his sickle, because the harvest has come.”
Bible Quotation For Today/It is the Lord who judges me
First Letter to the Corinthians 04/01-13: “Think of us in this way, as servants of Christ and stewards of God’s mysteries. Moreover, it is required of stewards that they should be found trustworthy. But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. I do not even judge myself. I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me. Therefore do not pronounce judgement before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive commendation from God. I have applied all this to Apollos and myself for your benefit, brothers and sisters, so that you may learn through us the meaning of the saying, ‘Nothing beyond what is written’, so that none of you will be puffed up in favour of one against another. For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as if it were not a gift? Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! Quite apart from us you have become kings! Indeed, I wish that you had become kings, so that we might be kings with you! For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, as though sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels and to mortals. We are fools for the sake of Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honour, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed and beaten and homeless, and we grow weary from the work of our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; when slandered, we speak kindly. We have become like the rubbish of the world, the dregs of all things, to this very day.”