مثال الزارع/أمَّا الحب الَّذِي وَقَعَ في الأَرْضِ الجَيِّدَةِ فَهُمُ الَّذِينَ يَسْمَعُونَ الكَلِمَةَ بِقَلْبٍ جَيِّدٍ صَالِحٍ فَيَحْفَظُونَها، وَيَثبُتُونَ فَيُثْمِرُون/The seed that fell in good soil, tare the ones who, when they hear the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patient endurance

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مثال الزارع/أمَّا الحب الَّذِي وَقَعَ في الأَرْضِ الجَيِّدَةِ فَهُمُ الَّذِينَ يَسْمَعُونَ الكَلِمَةَ بِقَلْبٍ جَيِّدٍ صَالِحٍ فَيَحْفَظُونَها، وَيَثبُتُونَ فَيُثْمِرُون
إنجيل القدّيس لوقا08/من01حتى15/:”أَخَذَ يَسوعُ يَطُوفُ المُدُنَ وَالقُرَى، يُنَادي وَيُبَشِّرُ بِمَلَكوتِ الله، وَمَعَهُ الٱثْنَا عَشَر، وَبَعْضُ النِّسَاءِ اللَّوَاتِي شَفَاهُنَّ مِنْ أَرْوَاحٍ شِرِّيرَةٍ وَأَمْرَاض، هُنَّ: مَرْيَمُ المَدْعُوَّةُ بِالمَجْدَلِيَّة، الَّتِي كانَ قَدْ خَرَجَ مِنْها سَبْعَةُ شَيَاطِين، وَحَنَّةُ ٱمْرَأَةُ خُوزَى وَكِيلِ هِيرُودُس، وَسُوسَنَّة، وَغَيرُهُنَّ كَثِيراتٌ كُنَّ يَبْذُلْنَ مِنْ أَمْوالِهِنَّ في خِدْمَتِهِم. وَلَمَّا ٱحْتَشَدَ جَمْعٌ كَثِير، وَأَقْبَلَ النَّاسُ إِلَيهِ مِنْ كُلِّ مَدِينَة، خَاطَبَهُم بِمَثَل: «خَرَجَ الزَّارِعُ لِيَزْرَعَ زَرْعَهُ. وَفيمَا هُوَ يَزْرَع، وَقَعَ بَعْضُ الحَبِّ على جَانِبِ الطَّرِيق، فَدَاسَتْهُ الأَقْدَام، وَأَكَلَتْهُ طُيُورُ السَّمَاء. وَوَقَعَ بَعْضُهُ الآخَرُ عَلى الصَّخْرَة، وَمَا إِنْ نَبَتَ حَتَّى يَبِسَ، لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ رُطُوبَة. وَوَقَعَ بَعْضُهُ الآخَرُ في وَسَطِ الشَّوْك، وَنَبَتَ الشَّوكُ مَعَهُ فَخَنَقَهُ. وَوَقَعَ بَعْضُهُ الآخَرُ في الأَرْضِ الصَّالِحَة، وَنَبَتَ فَأَثْمَرَ مِئَةَ ضِعْف. قالَ يَسُوعُ هذَا، وَنَادَى: «مَنْ لَهُ أُذُنَانِ سَامِعَتَانِ فَلْيَسْمَعْ!».» وَسَأَلَهُ تَلامِيذُهُ: «مَا تُراهُ يَعْنِي هذَا المَثَل؟».فَقَال: «قَدْ أُعْطِيَ لَكُم أَنْتُم أَنْ تَعْرِفُوا أَسْرارَ مَلَكُوتِ الله. أَمَّا البَاقُونَ فَأُكلِّمُهُم باِلأَمْثَال، لِكَي يَنْظُرُوا فَلا يُبْصِرُوا، وَيَسْمَعُوا فَلا يَفْهَمُوا. وَهذَا هُوَ مَعْنَى المَثَل: أَلزَّرْعُ هُوِ كَلِمَةُ الله. والَّذِينَ عَلى جَانِبِ الطَّريقِ هُمُ الَّذِينَ يَسْمَعُون، ثُمَّ يَأْتي إِبْلِيسُ فَيَنْتَزِعُ الكَلِمَةَ مِنْ قُلوبِهِم، لِئَلاَّ يُؤْمِنُوا فَيَخْلُصُوا. والَّذِينَ عَلى الصَّخْرةِ هُمُ الَّذينَ يَسْمَعُونَ الكَلِمَةَ وَيَقْبَلُونَهَا بِفَرَح؛ هؤُلاءِ لا أَصْلَ لَهُم، فَهُم يُؤْمِنُونَ إِلى حِين، وفي وَقْتِ التَّجْرِبَةِ يَتَرَاجَعُون. والَّذِي وَقَعَ في الشَّوكِ هُمُ الَّذينَ يَسْمَعُونَ وَيَمْضُون، فَتَخْنُقُهُمُ الهُمُومُ والغِنَى وَمَلَذَّاتُ الحَيَاة، فَلا يَنْضَجُ لَهُم ثَمَر. أَمَّا الَّذِي وَقَعَ في الأَرْضِ الجَيِّدَةِ فَهُمُ الَّذِينَ يَسْمَعُونَ الكَلِمَةَ بِقَلْبٍ جَيِّدٍ صَالِحٍ فَيَحْفَظُونَها، وَيَثبُتُونَ فَيُثْمِرُون.

The sower Parable/The seed that fell in good soil, tare the ones who, when they hear the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patient endurance
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 08/01-15/:”Jesus went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him, as well as some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, and Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their resources. When a great crowd gathered and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable: ‘A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell on the path and was trampled on, and the birds of the air ate it up. Some fell on the rock; and as it grew up, it withered for lack of moisture. Some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it. Some fell into good soil, and when it grew, it produced a hundredfold.’ As he said this, he called out, ‘Let anyone with ears to hear listen!’Then 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 to others I speak in parables, so that “looking they may not perceive, and listening they may not understand.”‘Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. The ones on the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. The ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe only for a while and in a time of testing fall away. As for what fell among the thorns, these are the ones 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. The seed that fell in good soil, tare the ones who, when they hear the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patient endurance.”

فلا الغَارِسُ بِشَيءٍ ولا السَّاقِي، بَلِ ٱللهُ الَّذي يُنْمِي
رسالة القدّيس بولس الأولى إلى أهل قورنتس03/من01حتى11/:”يا إِخوَتِي، أَنَا، لَمْ أَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ أُكَلِّمَكُم كَأُنَاسٍ رُوحَانيِّينَ بَلْ كَأُنَاسٍ جَسَدِيِّين، كَأَطْفَالٍ في المَسِيح. قَدْ غَذَوْتُكُم بِالحَليبِ لا بِالطَّعَام، لأَنَّكُم لَمْ تَكُونُوا بَعْدُ قَادِرِين، ولا حَتَّى الآنَ أَنْتُم قَادِرُون. فَأَنْتُم لا تَزَالُونَ أُنَاسًا جَسَدِيِّين: فَمَا دَامَ بَيْنَكُم حَسَدٌ وَخِصَام، أَفَلا تَكُونُونَ جَسَدِيِّين، وسُلُوكًا جَسَدِيًّا تَسْلُكُون؟ فإِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُم يَقُول: أَنَا لِبُولُس! وآخَر: أَنَا لأَبُلُّوس! أَفَلا تَكُونُونَ جَسَدِيِّين؟ فمَا هوَ أَبُلُّوس؟ ومَا هوَ بُولُس؟ هُمَا خَادِمَانِ آمَنْتُم عَلى أَيْدِيهِمَا، عَلى قَدْرِ مَا أَعْطَى الرَّبُّ كُلاًّ مِنْهُمَا. أَنَا غَرَسْتُ، وأَبُلُّوسُ سَقَى، ولكِنَّ اللهَ هُوَ الَّذي كَانَ يُنْمِي. فلا الغَارِسُ بِشَيءٍ ولا السَّاقِي، بَلِ ٱللهُ الَّذي يُنْمِي! لكِنَّ الغَارِسَ والسَّاقِي وَاحِد، وكُلٌّ مِنْهُمَا يَأْخُذُ أَجْرَهُ عَلى قَدْرِ تَعَبِهِ. فَنَحْنُ مُعَاوِنَانِ لله، وأَنْتُم حَقْلُ ٱللهِ وَبِنَاءُ ٱلله. وأَنَا بِنِعْمَةِ ٱللهِ الَّتي وُهِبَتْ لي، وَضَعْتُ الأَسَاسَ كَبَنَّاءٍ حَكِيم، لكِنَّ آخَرَ يَبْنِي عَلَيْه: فَلْيَنْظُرْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ كَيْفَ يَبْنِي عَلَيْه! فَمَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ يُمْكِنُهُ أَنْ يَضَعَ أَسَاسًا آخَرَ غَيْرَ ٱلأَسَاسِ ٱلمَوْضُوع، وهُوَ يَسُوعُ المَسِيح”.

So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth
First Letter to the Corinthians 03/01-11/:’I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but rather as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for solid food. Even now you are still not ready, for you are still of the flesh. For as long as there is jealousy and quarrelling among you, are you not of the flesh, and behaving according to human inclinations? For when one says, ‘I belong to Paul’, and another, ‘I belong to Apollos’, are you not merely human? What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord assigned to each. I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. The one who plants and the one who waters have a common purpose, and each will receive wages according to the labour of each. For we are God’s servants, working together; you are God’s field, God’s building. According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building on it. Each builder must choose with care how to build on it. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one that has been laid; that foundation is Jesus Christ.”