ألا يِحقُّ لي أَنْ أَتَصَرَّفَ بِأَمْوَالي كَمَا أُريد؟ أَمْ أن ْنُكَ شِرِّيرَةٌ لأَنِّي أَنَا صَالِح
إنجيل القدّيس متّى20/من01حتى16/:”قالَ الربُّ يَسوعُ: «يُشْبِهُ مَلَكُوتُ السَّمَاوَاتِ رَبَّ بَيْتٍ خَرَجَ مَعَ الفَجْرِ لِيَسْتَأْجِرَ فَعَلَةً لِكَرْمِهِ. ٱتَّفَقَ مَعَ الفَعَلَةِ عَلى دِينَارٍ في اليَوْمِ فَأَرْسَلَهُم إِلى كَرْمِهِ. ثُمَّ خَرَجَ نَحْوَ السَّاعَةِ التَّاسِعَةِ فَرَأَى فَعَلَةً آخَرِينَ واقِفِينَ في السَّاحَةِ بَطَّالِين. قَالَ لَهُم: إِذْهَبُوا أَنْتُم أَيْضًا إِلى الكَرْم، وسَأُعْطِيكُم مَا يَحِقُّ لَكُم. َذَهَبُوا. وعَادَ فَخَرَجَ نَحْوَ الظُّهْر، ثُمَّ نَحْوَ السَّاعَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ بَعْدَ الظُّهْر، وفَعَلَ كَذلِكَ. ثُمَّ خَرَجَ نَحْوَ السَّاعَةِ الخَامِسَةِ مَسَاءً فَوَجَدَ فَعَلَةً آخَرِينَ واقِفِين، فَقَالَ لَهُم: لِمَاذَا تَقِفُونَ هُنَا طُولَ النَّهَارِ بَطَّالِين؟ َالُوا لَهُ: «لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَسْتَأْجِرْنَا أَحَد! قَالَ لَهُم: إِذْهَبُوا أَنْتُم أَيضًا إِلى الكَرْم. ولَمَّا كَانَ المَسَاء، قَالَ رَبُّ الكَرْمِ لِوَكِيلِهِ: أُدْعُ الفَعَلَة، وٱدْفَعْ لَهُم أَجْرَهُم مُبْتَدِئًا بِالآخِرِيْن، مُنْتَهِيًا بِالأَوَّلِين. جَاءَ فَعَلَةُ السَّاعَةِ الخَامِسَةِ مَسَاءً فَأَخَذَ كُلٌّ مِنْهُم دينَارًا. ولَمَّا جَاءَ الأَوَّلُون، ظَنُّوا أَنَّهُم سَيَأْخُذُونَ أَكْثَر. فَأَخَذَ كُلٌّ مِنْهُم أَيْضًا دينَارًا. لَمَّا أَخَذُوا الدِّيْنَارَ بَدَأُوا يَتَذَمَّرُونَ على رَبِّ البَيْتِ، قَائِلين: هؤُلاءِ الآخِرُونَ عَمِلُوا سَاعَةً واحِدَة، وأَنْتَ سَاوَيْتَهُم بِنَا نَحْنُ الَّذينَ ٱحْتَمَلْنا ثِقَلَ النَّهَارِ وحَرَّهُ! أَجَابَ وقَالَ لِوَاحِدٍ مِنْهُم: يَا صَاحِب، أَنَا مَا ظَلَمْتُكَ! أَمَا ٱتَّفَقْتَ مَعِي على دِينَار؟ خُذْ مَا هُوَ لَكَ وٱذْهَبْ. فَأَنَا أُريدُ أَنْ أُعْطِيَ هذَا الأَخِيْر، كَمَا أَعْطَيْتُكَ. َمَا يَحِقُّ لي أَنْ أَتَصَرَّفَ بِأَمْوَالي كَمَا أُريد؟ أَمْ عَيْنُكَ شِرِّيرَةٌ لأَنِّي أَنَا صَالِح؟ هكَذَا يَصِيرُ الآخِرُونَ أَوَّلِين، والأَوَّلُونَ آخِرِين».
إِنِّي عَالِمٌ بِأَعْمَالِكَ، ومَحَبَّتِكَ، وإِيمَانِكَ، وخِدْمَتِكَ، وَثَبَاتِكَ؛ وأَعْمَالُكَ ٱلأَخيرةُ هِيَ أَكْثَرُ مِن الأُولَى
رؤيا القدّيس يوحنّا02/من18حتى26/:”يا إِخوَتِي، قالَ ليَ ابْنُ الإِنسان: «أُكْتُبْ إِلى مَلاكِ ٱلكَنِيسَةِ ٱلَّتي في طِيَاطِيرَة: هذَا ما يَقُولُهُ ٱبْنُ ٱلله، الَّذي لَهُ عَيْنَانِ كَلَهِيبِ نَار، وَرِجْلاهُ أَشْبَهُ بِنُحَاسٍ خَالِص: إِنِّي عَالِمٌ بِأَعْمَالِكَ، ومَحَبَّتِكَ، وإِيمَانِكَ، وخِدْمَتِكَ، وَثَبَاتِكَ؛ وأَعْمَالُكَ ٱلأَخيرةُ هِيَ أَكْثَرُ مِن الأُولَى. لكِنْ لي عَلَيْكَ أَنَّكَ تَتَغَاضَى عَنِ ٱلمَرْأَةِ إِيزَابِل، ٱلَّتي تَزْعَمُ أَنَّهَا نَبِيَّة، وهِيَ تُعَلِّمُ وَتُضَلِّلُ عِبَادِي لِيَزْنُوا ويَأْكُلُوا مِنْ ذَبَائِحِ ٱلأَوْثَان. وَقَدْ أَمْهَلْتُهَا وَقْتًا لِكَي تَتُوب، وهِيَ تَأْبَى أَن تَتُوبَ عَنْ زِنَاهَا. َهَا إِنِّي أُلْقِيها على سَرِير، وٱلَّذِينَ يَزْنُونَ مَعَها أُلْقِيهِمْ في ضِيقٍ شَدِيد، إِنْ لَمْ يَتُوبوا عَنْ أَعْمَالِهَا، وأَولادُها أَقْتُلُهُم قَتْلاً، فَتَعْرِفُ ٱلكَنائِسُ كُلُّها أَنِّي أَنَا هُوَ فَاحِصُ ٱلكُلَى وٱلقُلُوب؛ وَسَأُعْطِيكُمْ، كُلَّ واحِدٍ مِنْكُم، وَفْقَ أَعْمالِكُم. َمَّا أَنْتُمُ ٱلباقِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ في طِيَاطِيرَة، أَنْتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ لا تَأْخُذُونَ بِهذا ٱلتَّعلِيم، وٱلَّذِينَ ما عَرَفْتُم أَعْمَاقَ ٱلشَّيطان، كمَا يَقُولون، فَلَكُمْ أَقُول: لَنْ أُلْقِيَ عَلَيْكُمْ ثِقْلاً آخَر. لكِنْ تَمَسَّكُوا بِمَا لَدَيْكُمْ إِلى أَنْ أَجِيء. ٱلظَّافِر، وٱلحَافِظُ أَعْمَالي إِلى ٱلنِّهايَة، أُعْطِيهِ سُلْطَانًا عَلى ٱلأُمَم، فَيَرْعاهُم بِعَصًا مِن حَدِيد، وكَآنِيَةٍ مِن خَزَفٍ يُحَطَّمُون، َما أَنِّي أَنا أَيْضًا أَخَذْتُ سُلْطَانًا مِنْ أَبي. وَسَأُعْطِيهِ كَوكَبَ ٱلصَّبَاح. مَنْ لَهُ أُذُنانِ فَلْيَسْمَعْ ما يَقُولُهُ ٱلرُّوحُ لِلكَنائِس.”
Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?”So the last will be first, and the first will be last
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 20/01-16/:’‘The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the labourers for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. When he went out about nine o’clock, he saw others standing idle in the market-place; and he said to them, “You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.” So they went. When he went out again about noon and about three o’clock, he did the same. And about five o’clock he went out and found others standing around; and he said to them, “Why are you standing here idle all day?”They said to him, “Because no one has hired us.” He said to them, “You also go into the vineyard.”When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, “Call the labourers and give them their pay, beginning with the last and then going to the first.”When those hired about five o’clock came, each of them received the usual daily wage. Now when the first came, they thought they would receive more; but each of them also received the usual daily wage. And when they received it, they grumbled against the landowner, saying, “These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.” But he replied to one of them, “Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for the usual daily wage? Take what belongs to you and go; I choose to give to this last the same as I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?”So the last will be first, and the first will be last.’
I know your works your love, faith, service, and patient endurance. I know that your last works are greater than the first
Book of Revelation 02/18-29/:”‘And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze: ‘I know your works your love, faith, service, and patient endurance. I know that your last works are greater than the first. But I have this against you: you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet and is teaching and beguiling my servants to practise fornication and to eat food sacrificed to idols. I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her fornication.
Beware, I am throwing her on a bed, and those who commit adultery with her I am throwing into great distress, unless they repent of her doings; and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts, and I will give to each of you as your works deserve. But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not learned what some call “the deep things of Satan”, to you I say, I do not lay on you any other burden; only hold fast to what you have until I come. To everyone who conquers and continues to do my works to the end, I will give authority over the nations; to rule them with an iron rod, as when clay pots are shattered even as I also received authority from my Father. To the one who conquers I will also give the morning star. Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches.