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St. John the Theologian Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2018-10-14
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St. John the Theologian Orthodox Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (281)554-7223
  • Street Address:

  • 202 North Walnut Street

  • Webster, TX 77598


Contact Information




Services Schedule

Saturday Vespers: 6:00pm Sunday: Orthros at 9am with the Divine Liturgy following Weeknight Services (according to calendar): Vespers 5:30pm, Divine Liturgy 6:30pm (Times are approximate)


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Announcements

* As this is the second Sunday of the month, a second tray will be passed for donations to the capital development fund. Please support this effort.

* Please join us after the Liturgy for coffee hour in the Parish Home. This week’s coffee hour is sponsored by the Metaxas Family, in memory of Evgenia Kirkou. Thank You!

* Memorial today for Evgenia Kirkou (Deena’s mother). May her memory be eternal.

* GOYA Fall Retreat—www.youth.denver.goarch.org/ to register.

* Weddings, Baptisms, Memorials, Christenings—please send a note to the office at least one month in advance to reserve the date. Thank you.

* The PanHellenic Scholarship Foundation has released the 2018/19 scholarship application on today October 1st. The Foundation will accept applications from eligible Greek American college students through January 31, 2019, and will distribute $250,000 in scholarship awards to exceptional undergraduates as follows:

Twenty (20) Awards of $10,000 each based on academic merit and financial need. Twenty (20) Awards of $2,500 each based solely on academic achievement
Undergraduate students of Hellenic descent from all fifty states are encouraged to apply. Applications should be submitted electronically as instructed by January 31, 2019. 
For more information, go to https://www.panhellenicsf.org/

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 Ways to Support our church through everyday purchases:

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 We are now listed as a charitable organization on Amazon!

Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to our church. AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know. Same products, same prices, same service.

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 In Our Prayers

Sheila (Michael Savage’s sister), Robert Finch, Abigail Robertson, Alice Marinos, Colette Quinn, Eugenia (Dimitri’s cousin), Eleni Safos (Maria's cousin), Gherghina, Vish, Mihaela and Dorin, Robert and Keng (friends of Andreea D.), Evangelia Mourtakos, Kathi and Niko Parris (Phyllis’s daughter and grandson), Nuvia Murillo (Irma’s sister/Athena’s Aunt), Juliana and Nicole (Creighton's mother and daughter).

The servant of God Costas Hatzisavvas (Cali & Rety’s father), Evgenia Kirkou (Deena’s mother), and Marisa Lewis-Mateo (Creighton’s cousin). May their memory be eternal.

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Ministries

GOYA FALL RETREAT

The 2018 Southern Fall Retreat will be held November 2-4 at the Lake Tomahawk Retreat Center in Livingston, Texas. Youth, ages 11 - 18 years, are invited to retreat away from the pressures and the hustle of every day life. 

The registration fee for this event is $125 per participant. Registration is open from October 5 through October 26, 2018.

Register at the following link: https://youth.denver.goarch.org/regional-retreats

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Coffee Hour

The Coffee Hour program continues to be very successful!  This program ensures that we have coffee and after-Liturgy refreshments, not only for our Parishioners, but also as hospitality to our guests. The Coffee Hour can be the very important first contact for new members to our community, as well as an important fellowship time for all of our existing members. 

With this program, everyone who is a member gets the experience of hosting a Coffee Hour without the burden of doing it alone. It also provides a forum for the group of members each week to coordinate, work together and get to know one another better. It really can be a lot of fun!

Help support our coffee hour by adding your name to one of the teams listed below. Teams are called upon every 8 weeks or so, and each team member only has to bring one or two items. Email the office to add your name.

Parishioners, please allow only coffee hour team members to park in the driveway so they can have easier unloading access.

Yellow: Ashley, L. Rigas, A. & K. Tambourides 
Orange: Gazis, Marinos, Sokol, Suniga 
Purple: Agler, Loveless, McFalls, Richards, Savage 
Green: Metaxas, Saphos, Zachariades
White: Lyashman, Partlow, Ely, Mourtakos
Red: Gazaw, Padilla, Hammock, M. Tambourides, Zacharias 
Blue: Patelis, Rapos, Simeon, Yunakov 
Pink: Craioveanu, Quinn, Tsougarakis

Oct 14: Metaxas (Memorial)
Oct 21: White
Oct 28: AHEPA

Parish Council Nominations

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 How can you use your talents to help our church grow and to help others grow in their faith?

Among the duties of a Parish Council member are:

Property maintenance, financial management, long range planning, educational programs and fellowship activities of the parish.

A Parish Council member attends Church, attends meetings, helps out on events. To be a good council member requires a lot of time, work, enthusiasm, and interest. This could also be the most spiritually rewarding volunteer position you will ever hold with the parish.

Please contact Fr. Florin or Eric Richards for more information.

 

PHILOPTOCHOS

Our ladies are taking a stand to make the kitchen in the parish home more functional to allow for more efficient fundraising support for our church (greek festival, bake sale, christmas/easter breads, catering, etc). Plans are in process to convert the garage into the new kitchen. It is a big effort and we know our awesome Philoptochos is up to the challenge. We have enough funds to complete the conversion, but are running short of equipping the new space with suitable appliances. Please consider making a donation to our Philoptochos so we can have these appliances ready to install in time for our Christmas bake sale. Items needed are:

·     New oven and vent hood: $3,170

·     Air Condition system: $4,000

·     Sink: $438

·     Stainless steel tables: $317

·     Kitchen Faucet: $119

·     Mop sink: $280

Any size donation would be gratefully accepted, and are tax deductible. May God bless all of us and the remodeling effort, so that we can have a kitchen we can work in and put to good use. 

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Introduction to Orthodoxy Class

The course is broken into 8 weekly sessions of approximately 2 hours each.  The seminars are open to catechumens and anyone who wishes to learn more about the Holy Orthodox Church. Upcoming sessions:

Session 4: Video: The Patriarch. Topics - The Church Year; The Divine Liturgy; Introduction to Church History

Session 5: Topics - Church History (The early church); The Ecumenical Councils; The Great Schism; The Crusades

Session 6: Topics - Developments in East and West; Orthodoxy in America; Persectuion in the Modern Church

Session 7: Topics - Spirituality; The Beatitudes; The Great Virtue of Love; Prayer, Fasting & Almsgiving

Session 8: Topics - Sexuality; Marriage and Family; Sickness, Suffering & Death; The Kingdom of Heaven; Holy Week

For more information, see Michael or Angela Loveless

 

Sunday Church School

Sunday School

Sunday School will be held immediately following communion. We invite all youth present to join us in fellowship and activities to grow as Orthodox Christians. We need as many of our youngest members to attend as we prepare for our Oxi Day program on the 28th. 

Church School Registration Forms are available in the Narthex and online.

  

Narthex Rotation Schedule

We are looking for volunteers to help with this Ministry. This is first contact with parishioners and/or guests visiting us for the first time.  You do not need to be on Parish Council to volunteer for this ministry. A smile and gentle demeanor goes a long way in welcoming a newcomer to our church. Please contact the office to volunteer.

Oct 14     Maria Simeon, Georgios Rigas

Oct 21     Bill Gazis, Maria Simeon

Oct 28     Bill Gazis

Nov 4      Eric Richards

Nov 11    Demetrios Mourtakos, Eric Richards

Nov 18    Ross Leo, Demetrios Mourtakos

Nov 25    Michael Savage, Ross Leo

Dec 2      Georgios Rigas, Michael Savage

Dec 9      Maria Simeon, Georgios Rigas

 

Prosforo 

Of the many ways of supporting our Church, there are few which stand out as uniquely personal offerings of faith. The offering of Prosforo bread for the Divine Liturgy is one of them. We are thankful to the handful of ladies who have faithfully fulfilled this responsibility over the years and we invite more of our faithful - especially young families with children - to make this a part of their lives as well. Want to be added to our Prosforo list? Please see Maria Simeon.

Please make sure that Prosforo is in church before the start of the Orthros service on Sunday. Please write the date (or put a sticker with the date) on the plastic bags with the Prosforo. That way the oldest will be used first. Thank you for your help.

Oct 14  Andriana T

Oct 21  Ellie Ashley

Oct 28  Soula Koumbias

Nov 4   Metaxas Family

Nov 11 Maria Saphos

Nov 18 Cleopatra Nelson

Nov 25 Helen Gazaw

Dec 2   Evangelia Gazis

Dec 9   Kika Tampouridou

Dec 16 McFalls Family

Dec 23  Maria Simeon

Dec 30  Zaneta Rapos

 

Bookstore/Gift Shop

This Weeks Featured Book

Pocket Prayer Book image

 

This perennially popular handy pocket-size book (3.5 x 5 inches) contains the standard daily personal prayers of Orthodox Christians, plus prayers for many special needs and circumstances. It includes many concise spiritual helps and factual lists, as well as a helpful guide to prepare oneself for confession, and the prayers of preparation for Holy Communion. It also contains the text of the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom.

See Colette at the coffee hour!   

 

 

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Greek School

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Our Greek School is awesome!! The children are preparing for our upcoming OXI Day program on Sunday, October 28th. 

Adult classes meet on Wednesday's in the Parish Home at 7:00pm. Children's classes meet Saturday mornings in the Sunday school wing of the church at 10:00am.

It's not too late to sign up for classes (Late registration fees apply). Registration forms are available in the Narthex and on our website: http://stjohnclearlake.org/ministries/greek-language-school

Greek Language classes are open to parishioners and individuals from the surrounding community!

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2018 Stewardship

Download our 2018 Stewardship Commitment card  

 As of September 28, 2018 we have 70 Pledging Families

Many Years!

 

To be a voting member, a stewardship card must be filled out every year. Stewardship helps defray the costs of keeping our doors open, thus spreading the word of Christian Orthodoxy throughout the Bay Area. Please support our parish by filling out a Stewardship card.

 

For your convenience, stewardship donations may be made securely online. All major credit/debit cards are accepted.

DONATE

Whatever you do, work at it with All Your Heart as working for the Lord, not for men.  ~Colossians 2:23

2018 Stewardship Thermometer Graph

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Church Calendar

  • Church Calendar

    October 14 to October 29, 2018

    Sunday, October 14

    Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council

    9:00AM Orthros followed by Divine Liturgy

    11:30AM Memorial -Evgenia Kirkou (Deena's Mother)

    11:45AM Coffee: Metaxas Family

    12:00PM Intro to Orthodoxy Class

    Monday, October 15

    Lucian the Martyr of Antioch

    Tuesday, October 16

    Longinus the Centurion

    Wednesday, October 17

    Hosea the Prophet

    7:00PM Adult Greek Language Class

    Thursday, October 18

    Luke the Evangelist

    7:00PM Parish Council Meeting

    Friday, October 19

    Joel the Prophet

    Saturday, October 20

    Artemius the Great Martyr of Antioch

    10:00AM Children's Greek School

    6:00PM Vespers

    Sunday, October 21

    6th Sunday of Luke

    9:00AM Orthros followed by Divine Liturgy

    11:30AM Coffee: Team White

    12:00PM Intro to Orthodoxy Class

    Monday, October 22

    Abercius, Equal-to-the-Apostles and Wonderworker of Hierapolis

    Tuesday, October 23

    James (Iakovos) the Apostle, brother of Our Lord

    Wednesday, October 24

    Arethas the Great Martyr & Syncletiki and her two daughters

    6:30PM Adult Greek Language Class

    Thursday, October 25

    The Holy Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius the Notaries

    5:30PM Vespers followed by Liturgy-Great Martyr Demetrios

    Friday, October 26

    The Holy Great Martyr Demetrius the Myrrh-streamer

    Saturday, October 27

    Nestor the Martyr of Thessaloniki

    10:00AM Children's Greek School

    6:00PM Vespers

    Sunday, October 28

    OXI DAY

    7th Sunday of Luke

    9:00AM Orthros followed by Divine Liturgy

    11:30AM Coffee Hour: AHEPA

    12:00PM Intro to Orthodoxy Class

    Monday, October 29

    Anastasia the Martyr of Rome

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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

Ninth Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from John 20:19-31

On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them: "Peace be with you." When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you." And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them: "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."

Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him: "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them: "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and place my finger in the mark of the nails, and place my hand in his side, I will not believe."

Eight days later, his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. The doors were shut, but Jesus came and stood among them, and said: "Peace be with you." Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side; do not be faithless, but believing." Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe."

Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.

Ninth Orthros Gospel
Κατὰ Ἰωάννην 20:19-31

Οὔσης ὀψίας τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ τῇ μιᾷ τῶν σαββάτων, καὶ τῶν θυρῶν κεκλεισμένων ὅπου ἦσαν οἱ μαθηταὶ συνηγμένοι διὰ τὸν φόβον τῶν Ἰουδαίων, ἦλθεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ ἔστη εἰς τὸ μέσον, καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· Εἰρήνη ὑμῖν. Καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὼν ἔδειξεν αὐτοῖς τὰς χεῖρας καὶ τὴν πλευρὰν αὐτοῦ. Ἐχάρησαν οὖν οἱ μαθηταὶ ἰδόντες τὸν Κύριον. Εἶπεν οὖν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς πάλιν· Εἰρήνη ὑμῖν. Καθὼς ἀπέσταλκέ με ὁ πατήρ, κἀγὼ πέμπω ὑμᾶς. Καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὼν ἐνεφύσησε καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· Λάβετε Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον· ἄν τινων ἀφῆτε τὰς ἁμαρτίας, ἀφίενται αὐτοῖς, ἄν τινων κρατῆτε, κεκράτηνται.

Θωμᾶς δὲ εἷς ἐκ τῶν δώδεκα, ὁ λεγόμενος Δίδυμος, οὐκ ἦν μετ᾽ αὐτῶν ὅτε ἦλθεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς. Ἔλεγον οὖν αὐτῷ οἱ ἄλλοι μαθηταί· Ἐωράκαμεν τὸν Κύριον. Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Ἐὰν μὴ ἴδω ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτοῦ τὸν τύπον τῶν ἥλων, καὶ βάλω τὸν δάκτυλόν μου εἰς τὸν τύπον τῶν ἥλων, καὶ βάλω τὴν χεῖρά μου εἰς τὴν πλευρὰν αὐτοῦ, οὐ μὴ πιστεύσω. Καὶ μεθ᾽ ἡμέρας ὀκτὼ πάλιν ἦσαν ἔσω οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ Θωμᾶς μετ᾽ αὐτῶν. Ἔρχεται ὁ Ἰησοῦς τῶν θυρῶν κεκλεισμένων, καὶ ἔστη εἰς τὸ μέσον καὶ εἶπεν· Εἰρήνη ὑμῖν. Εἶτα λέγει τῷ Θωμᾷ· Φέρε τὸν δάκτυλόν σου ὧδε καὶ ἴδε τὰς χεῖράς μου, καὶ φέρε τὴν χεῖρά σου καὶ βάλε εἰς τὴν πλευράν μου, καὶ μὴ γίνου ἄπιστος, ἀλλὰ πιστός. Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη Θωμᾶς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Ὁ Κύριός μου καὶ ὁ Θεός μου. Λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Ὅτι ἑώρακάς με, πεπίστευκας· μακάριοι οἱ μὴ ἰδόντες καὶ πιστεύσαντες. Πολλὰ μὲν οὖν καὶ ἄλλα σημεῖα ἐποίησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐνώπιον τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ, ἃ οὐκ ἔστι γεγραμμένα ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ τούτῳ· ταῦτα δὲ γέγραπται ἵνα πιστεύσητε ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἐστιν ὁ Χριστὸς ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ἵνα πιστεύοντες ζωὴν ἔχητε ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ.


Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. 4th Mode. Daniel 3.26,27.
Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers.
Verse: For you are just in all you have done.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to Titus 3:8-15.

Titus, my son, the saying is sure. I desire you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to good deeds; these are excellent and profitable to men. But avoid stupid controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels over the law, for they are unprofitable and futile. As for a man who is factious, after admonishing him once or twice, have nothing more to do with him, knowing that such a person is perverted and sinful; he is self-condemned.

When I send Artemas or Tychicos to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; see that they lack nothing. And let our people learn to apply themselves to good deeds, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not to be unfruitful.

All who are with me send greeting to you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.

Προκείμενον. 4th Mode. Δανιήλ 3.26-27.
Εὐλογητὸς εἶ, Κύριε, ὁ Θεὸς τῶν Πατέρων ἡμῶν.
Στίχ. Ὅτι δίκαιος εἶ ἐπὶ πᾶσιν, οἷς ἐποίησας ἡμῖν.

τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Τίτον 3:8-15.

Πιστὸς ὁ λόγος, καὶ περὶ τούτων βούλομαί σε διαβεβαιοῦσθαι, ἵνα φροντίζωσιν καλῶν ἔργων προΐστασθαι οἱ πεπιστευκότες θεῷ. ταῦτά ἐστιν καλὰ καὶ ὠφέλιμα τοῖς ἀνθρώποις · μωρὰς δὲ ζητήσεις καὶ γενεαλογίας καὶ ἔριν καὶ μάχας νομικὰς περιΐστασο, εἰσὶν γὰρ ἀνωφελεῖς καὶ μάταιοι. αιῥετικὸν ἄνθρωπον μετὰ μίαν καὶ δευτέραν νουθεσίαν παραιτοῦ, εἰδὼς ὅτι ἐξέστραπται ὁ τοιοῦτος καὶ ἁμαρτάνει, ὢν αὐτοκατάκριτος. Ὅταν πέμψω Ἀρτεμᾶν πρὸς σὲ ἢ Τυχικόν, σπούδασον ἐλθεῖν πρός με εἰς Νικόπολιν, ἐκεῖ γὰρ κέκρικα παραχειμάσαι. Ζηνᾶν τὸν νομικὸν καὶ Ἀπολλῶν σπουδαίως πρόπεμψον, ἵνα μηδὲν αὐτοῖς λείπῃ. μανθανέτωσαν δὲ καὶ οἱ ἡμέτεροι καλῶν ἔργων προΐστασθαι εἰς τὰς ἀναγκαίας χρείας, ἵνα μὴ ὦσιν ἄκαρποι. Ἀσπάζονταί σε οἱ μετ ᾽ἐμοῦ πάντες. Ἄσπασαι τοὺς φιλοῦντας ἡμᾶς ἐν πίστει. ἡ χάρις μετὰ πάντων ὑμῶν.


Gospel Reading

Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council
The Reading is from Luke 8:5-15

The Lord said this parable: "A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the path, and was trodden under foot, and the birds of the air devoured it. And some fell on the rock; and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns grew with it and choked it. And some fell into good soil and grew, and yielded a hundredfold." And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant, he said, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but for others they are in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand. Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. The ones along the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, that they may not believe and be saved. And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy; but these have no root, they believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away. And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature. And as for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bring forth fruit with patience." As he said these things, he cried out "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council
Κατὰ Λουκᾶν 8:5-15

Εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος τήν παραβολὴν ταύτην· Ἐξῆλθεν ὁ σπείρων τοῦ σπεῖραι τὸν σπόρον αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐν τῷ σπείρειν αὐτὸν ὃ μὲν ἔπεσε παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, καὶ κατεπατήθη, καὶ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κατέφαγεν αὐτό· καὶ ἕτερον ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν, καὶ φυὲν ἐξηράνθη διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν ἰκμάδα· καὶ ἕτερον ἔπεσεν ἐν μέσῳ τῶν ἀκανθῶν, καὶ συμφυεῖσαι αἱ ἄκανθαι ἀπέπνιξαν αὐτό. καὶ ἕτερον ἔπεσεν εἰς τὴν γῆν τὴν ἀγαθήν, καὶ φυὲν ἐποίησε καρπὸν κατονταπλασίονα. ταῦτα λέγων ἐφώνει· ὁ ἔχων ὦτα ἀκούειν ἀκουέτω. ᾿Επηρώτων δὲ αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ λέγοντες· τίς εἴη ἡ παραβολὴ αὕτη; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· ὑμῖν δέδοται γνῶναι τὰ μυστήρια τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ Θεοῦ, τοῖς δὲ λοιποῖς ἐν παραβολαῖς, ἵνα βλέποντες μὴ βλέπωσι καὶ ἀκούοντες μὴ συνιῶσιν. ἔστι δὲ αὕτη ἡ παραβολή· ὁ σπόρος ἐστὶν ὁ λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ· οἱ δὲ παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν εἰσιν οἱ ἀκούσαντες, εἶτα ἔρχεται ὁ διάβολος καὶ αἴρει τὸν λόγον ἀπὸ τῆς καρδίας αὐτῶν, ἵνα μὴ πιστεύσαντες σωθῶσιν. οἱ δὲ ἐπὶ τῆς πέτρας οἳ ὅταν ἀκούσωσι, μετὰ χαρᾶς δέχονται τὸν λόγον, καὶ οὗτοι ῥίζαν οὐκ ἔχουσιν, οἳ πρὸς καιρὸν πιστεύουσι καὶ ἐν καιρῷ πειρασμοῦ ἀφίστανται. τὸ δὲ εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας πεσόν, οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ ἀκούσαντες, καὶ ὑπὸ μεριμνῶν καὶ πλούτου καὶ ἡδονῶν τοῦ βίου πορευόμενοι συμπνίγονται καὶ οὐ τελεσφοροῦσι. τὸ δὲ ἐν τῇ καλῇ γῇ, οὗτοί εἰσιν οἵτινες ἐν καρδίᾳ καλῇ καὶ ἀγαθῇ ἀκούσαντες τὸν λόγον κατέχουσι καὶ καρποφοροῦσιν ἐν ὑπομονῇ. ταῦτα λέγων ἐφώνει· ὁ ἔχων ὦτα ἀκούειν ἀκουέτω.


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