أَمَا يَحِقُّ لي أَنْ أَتَصَرَّفَ بِأَمْوَالي كَمَا أُريد؟ أَمْ عَيْنُكَ شِرِّيرَةٌ لأَنِّي أَنَا صَالِح؟ هكَذَا يَصِيرُ الآخِرُونَ أَوَّلِين، والأَوَّلُونَ آخِرِين».
إنجيل القدّيس متّى20/من01حتى16/:”قالَ الربُّ يَسوعُ: «يُشْبِهُ مَلَكُوتُ السَّمَاوَاتِ رَبَّ بَيْتٍ خَرَجَ مَعَ الفَجْرِ لِيَسْتَأْجِرَ فَعَلَةً لِكَرْمِهِ. وٱتَّفَقَ مَعَ الفَعَلَةِ عَلى دِينَارٍ في اليَوْمِ فَأَرْسَلَهُم إِلى كَرْمِهِ. ثُمَّ خَرَجَ نَحْوَ السَّاعَةِ التَّاسِعَةِ فَرَأَى فَعَلَةً آخَرِينَ واقِفِينَ في السَّاحَةِ بَطَّالِين. فقَالَ لَهُم: إِذْهَبُوا أَنْتُم أَيْضًا إِلى الكَرْم، وسَأُعْطِيكُم مَا يَحِقُّ لَكُم. فَذَهَبُوا. 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؟ قَالُوا 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. وجَاءَ فَعَلَةُ السَّاعَةِ الخَامِسَةِ مَسَاءً فَأَخَذَ كُلٌّ مِنْهُم دينَارًا. ولَمَّا جَاءَ الأَوَّلُون، ظَنُّوا أَنَّهُم سَيَأْخُذُونَ أَكْثَر. فَأَخَذَ كُلٌّ مِنْهُم أَيْضًا دينَارًا. ولَمَّا أَخَذُوا الدِّيْنَارَ بَدَأُوا يَتَذَمَّرُونَ على رَبِّ البَيْتِ، قَائِلين: هؤُلاءِ الآخِرُونَ عَمِلُوا سَاعَةً واحِدَة، وأَنْتَ سَاوَيْتَهُم بِنَا نَحْنُ الَّذينَ ٱحْتَمَلْنا ثِقَلَ النَّهَارِ وحَرَّهُ! فأَجَابَ 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. أَمَا يَحِقُّ لي أَنْ أَتَصَرَّفَ بِأَمْوَالي كَمَا أُريد؟ أَمْ عَيْنُكَ شِرِّيرَةٌ لأَنِّي أَنَا صَالِح؟ هكَذَا يَصِيرُ الآخِرُونَ أَوَّلِين، والأَوَّلُونَ آخِرِين».
أَنَّ الإِنْجيلَ الَّذي بَشَّرْتُ بِهِ لَيْسَ وَفْقًا لِبَشَر، فإِنِّي مَا قَبِلْتُهُ ولا تَعَلَّمْتُهُ مِن بَشَر، بَلْ بِوَحْيِ يَسُوعَ المَسِيح
رسالة القدّيس بولس إلى أهل غلاطية01/من11حتى17/:”يا إخوَتِي، أُعْلِمُكُم، أَيُّهَا الإِخوَة، أَنَّ الإِنْجيلَ الَّذي بَشَّرْتُ بِهِ لَيْسَ وَفْقًا لِبَشَر، فإِنِّي مَا قَبِلْتُهُ ولا تَعَلَّمْتُهُ مِن بَشَر، بَلْ بِوَحْيِ يَسُوعَ المَسِيح. ولَقَدْ سَمِعْتُم بِسِيرَتي قَدِيْمًا في مِلَّةِ اليَهُود، أَنِّي كَنْتُ أَضْطَهِدُ كَنيسَةَ اللهِ غَايَةَ الٱضْطِهَاد، وأَفْتُكُ بِهَا فَتْكًا. وكُنْتُ في مِلَّةِ اليَهُودِ أَفُوقُ كَثِيرِينَ مِن أَتْرَابي في أُمَّتِي، وكُنْتُ أَكْثَرَهُم غَيْرَةً عَلى تقَالِيدِ آبَائِي. ولكِنْ لَمَّا ٱرْتَضَى ذَلِكَ الَّذي فرَزَنِي مُذْ كُنْتُ في بَطْنِ أُمِّي، ودَعَانِي بِنِعْمَتِهِ، أَنْ يُعلِنَ ٱبْنَهُ فِيَّ، لِكَي أُبَشِّرَ بِهِ بَيْنَ الأُمَم، فَلِلْحَالِ مَا ٱسْتَشَرْتُ لَحْمًا ودَمًا، ولا صَعِدْتُ إِلى أُورَشَلِيم، إِلى الَّذِينَ هُم رُسُلٌ قَبْلي، بَلِ ٱنْطَلَقْتُ إِلى بِلادِ العَرَب، وعُدْتُ بَعْدَهَا إِلى دِمَشْق.”
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.’”
The gospel that was proclaimed by me is not of human origin; for I did not receive it from a human source, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ
Letter to the Galatians 01/11-17/:”For I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel that was proclaimed by me is not of human origin; for I did not receive it from a human source, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ. You have heard, no doubt, of my earlier life in Judaism. I was violently persecuting the church of God and was trying to destroy it. I advanced in Judaism beyond many among my people of the same age, for I was far more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors. But when God, who had set me apart before I was born and called me through his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son to me, so that I might proclaim him among the Gentiles, I did not confer with any human being, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were already apostles before me, but I went away at once into Arabia, and afterwards I returned to Damascus.”