ٱلطُّوبَى لِلَّذينَ يَسْمَعُونَ كَلِمَةَ اللهِ وَيَحْفَظُونَها/Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it

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ٱلطُّوبَى لِلَّذينَ يَسْمَعُونَ كَلِمَةَ اللهِ وَيَحْفَظُونَها
إنجيل القدّيس لوقا11/من27حتى32/“فيمَا يَسوعُ يَتَكَلَّم بِهذَا، رَفَعَتِ ٱمْرَأَةٌ مِنَ الجَمْعِ صَوْتَها، وَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «طُوبَى لِلْبَطْنِ الَّذي حَمَلَكَ، وَلِلثَّدْيَينِ اللَّذَينِ رَضِعْتَهُمَا».أَمَّا يَسُوعُ فَقَال: «بَلِ ٱلطُّوبَى لِلَّذينَ يَسْمَعُونَ كَلِمَةَ اللهِ وَيَحْفَظُونَها!». وفيمَا كانَ الجُمُوعُ مُحْتَشِدِين، بَدَأَ يَسُوعُ يَقُول: «إِنَّ هذَا الجِيلَ جِيلٌ شِرِّير. إِنَّهُ يَطْلُبُ آيَة، وَلَنْ يُعْطَى آيَةً إِلاَّ آيَةَ يُونَان. فكَمَا كَانَ يُونانُ آيَةً لأَهْلِ نِينَوى، كَذلِكَ سَيَكُونُ ٱبْنُ الإِنْسَانِ لِهذَا ٱلجِيل. مَلِكَةُ الجَنُوبِ سَتَقُومُ في الدَّيْنُونَةِ مَعَ رِجَالِ هذا الجِيلِ وَتَدِينُهُم، لأَنَّها جَاءَتْ مِنْ أَقَاصِي الأَرْضِ لِتَسْمَعَ حِكْمَةَ سُلَيْمَان، وَهَا هُنَا أَعْظَمُ مِنْ سُلَيْمَان. رِجَالُ نِينَوى سَيَقُومُونَ في الدَّيْنُونَةِ مَعَ هذا الجِيلِ وَيَدِينُونَهُ، لأَنَّهُم تَابُوا بِإِنْذَارِ يُونَان، وَهَا هُنَا أَعْظَمُ مِنْ يُونَان”.

Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 11/27-32: “A woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, ‘Blessed is the womb that bore you and the breasts that nursed you!’ But he said, ‘Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!’When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, ‘This generation is an evil generation; it asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be to this generation. The queen of the South will rise at the judgement with the people of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and see, something greater than Solomon is here! The people of Nineveh will rise up at the judgement with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah, and see, something greater than Jonah is here”.

إِبرَاهِيم: «آمَنَ بِالله، فَحُسِبَ لَهُ ذَلِكَ بِرًّا
رسالة القدّيس بولس إلى أهل غلاطية03/من01حتى06/“يا إِخوَتِي، أَيُّها الغَلاطِيُّونَ الأَغْبِيَاء، مَنْ سَحَرَكُم، أَنْتُمُ الَّذين رُسِمَ أَمَامَ عُيُونِكُم يَسُوعُ المَسيحُ مَصْلُوبًا؟ أُريدُ أَنْ أَعْرِفَ مِنْكُمْ هذَا الأَمرَ فَقَط: أَمِنْ أَعْمَالِ الشَّرِيعَةِ نِلْتُمُ الرُّوح، أَمْ مِنْ سَمَاعِ الإِيْمَان؟ أَهكَذَا أَنْتُم أَغْبِيَاء؟ أَبَعْدَمَا بَدَأْتُمْ بِالرُّوح، تُكَمِّلُونَ الآنَ بِالجَسَد؟ هَلِ ٱحْتَمَلْتُم كُلَّ تِلْكَ الآلامِ عَبَثًا؟ هذَا إِنْ كانَ عَبَثًا! فالَّذي يَمْنَحُكُمُ الرُّوح، ويَعمَلُ فيكُمُ الأَعْمَالَ القَدِيرَة، أَمِنْ أَعْمَالِ الشَّرِيعَةِ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ، أَمْ مِنْ سَمَاعِ الإِيْمَان؟ هكَذَا إِبرَاهِيم: «آمَنَ بِالله، فَحُسِبَ لَهُ ذَلِكَ بِرًّا».

Abraham ‘believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness
Letter to the Galatians 03/01-06: “You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly exhibited as crucified! The only thing I want to learn from you is this: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the law or by believing what you heard? Are you so foolish? Having started with the Spirit, are you now ending with the flesh? Did you experience so much for nothing? if it really was for nothing. Well then, does God supply you with the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard? Just as Abraham ‘believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness’,