تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رُؤَسَاءَ الأُمَمِ يَسُودُونَهُم، وعُظَمَاءَهُم يَتَسَلَّطُونَ عَلَيْهِم، فلا يَكُنْ بَيْنَكُم هكَذَا. بَلْ مَنْ أَرادَ أَنْ يَكُونَ بَيْنَكُم عَظِيْمًا، فَلْيَكُنْ لَكُم خَادِمًا/You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them

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تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رُؤَسَاءَ الأُمَمِ يَسُودُونَهُم، وعُظَمَاءَهُم يَتَسَلَّطُونَ عَلَيْهِم، فلا يَكُنْ بَيْنَكُم هكَذَا. بَلْ مَنْ أَرادَ أَنْ يَكُونَ بَيْنَكُم عَظِيْمًا، فَلْيَكُنْ لَكُم خَادِمًا
إنجيل القدّيس متّى02/من20حتى28/:”دَنَتْ مِنهُ أُمُّ يَعْقُوبَ ويُوحَنَّا ٱبْنَي زَبَدَى، وهُمَا مَعَهَا، وسَجَدَتْ لَهُ تَلْتَمِسُ مِنْهُ حَاجَة. فقَالَ لَهَا: «مَاذَا تُرِيدِين؟». قَالَتْ لَهُ: «مُرْ أَنْ يَجْلِسَ ٱبْنَايَ هذَانِ في مَلَكُوتِكَ، واحِدٌ عَنْ يَمِيْنِكَ ووَاحِدٌ عَنْ يَسَارِكَ». فأَجَابَ يَسُوعُ وقَال: «إِنَّكُمَا لا تَعْلَمَانِ مَا تَطْلُبَان. هَلْ تَسْتَطِيْعَانِ أَنْ تَشْرَبَا الكَأْسَ الَّتي سَأَشْرَبُها أَنَا؟». قَالا لَهُ: «نَسْتَطِيْع!». فقَالَ لَهُمَا: «نَعَم، سَتَشْرَبَانِ كَأْسِي. أَمَّا الجُلُوسُ عَنْ يَمِيْنِي وعَنْ يَسَارِي، فَلَيْسَ لي أَنْ أَمْنَحَهُ إِلاَّ لِمَنْ أَعَدَّهُ لَهُم أَبي». ولَمَّا سَمِعَ العَشَرَةُ الآخَرُون، ٱغْتَاظُوا مِنَ الأَخَوَين. فَدَعَاهُم يَسُوعُ إِلَيْهِ وقَال: «تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رُؤَسَاءَ الأُمَمِ يَسُودُونَهُم، وعُظَمَاءَهُم يَتَسَلَّطُونَ عَلَيْهِم، فلا يَكُنْ بَيْنَكُم هكَذَا. بَلْ مَنْ أَرادَ أَنْ يَكُونَ بَيْنَكُم عَظِيْمًا، فَلْيَكُنْ لَكُم خَادِمًا. ومَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَكُونَ الأَوَّلَ بَيْنَكُم، فَلْيَكُنْ لَكُم عَبْدًا، مِثْلَ ٱبْنِ الإِنْسَانِ الَّذي لَمْ يَأْتِ لِيُخْدَمَ بَلْ لِيَخْدُم، ويَبْذُلَ نَفْسَهُ فِدَاءً عَنْ كَثِيرِين».

You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 20/20-28/:”Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, and kneeling before him, she asked a favour of him. And he said to her, ‘What do you want?’ She said to him, ‘Declare that these two sons of mine will sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.’ But Jesus answered, ‘You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?’ They said to him, ‘We are able.’He said to them, ‘You will indeed drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left, this is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.’When the ten heard it, they were angry with the two brothers. But Jesus called them to him and said, ‘You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. It will not be so among you; but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your slave; just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.’”