مَنْ يَعْمَلُ مَشِيئَةَ أَبي الَّذي في السَّمَاواتِ هُوَ أَخي وأُخْتِي وأُمِّي/Whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother

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مَنْ يَعْمَلُ مَشِيئَةَ أَبي الَّذي في السَّمَاواتِ هُوَ أَخي وأُخْتِي وأُمِّي
إنجيل القدّيس متّى12/من46 حتى50/فيمَا يَسُوعُ يُكَلِّمُ الجُمُوع، إِذَا أُمُّهُ وإِخْوَتُهُ قَدْ وَقَفُوا في الخَارِجِ يَطْلُبُونَ أَنْ يُكَلِّمُوه. فقَالَ لَهُ أَحَدُهُم: «هَا إِنَّ أُمَّكَ وإِخْوَتَكَ واقِفُونَ في الخَارِجِ يَطْلُبُونَ أَنْ يُكَلِّمُوك». فَأَجَابَ يَسُوعُ وقالَ لِمُكَلِّمِهِ: «مَنْ أُمِّي ومَنْ إِخْوَتي؟». وأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ إِلى تَلاميذِهِ وقَال: «هؤُلاءِ هُمْ أُمِّي وإِخْوَتي! لأَنَّ مَنْ يَعْمَلُ مَشِيئَةَ أَبي الَّذي في السَّمَاواتِ هُوَ أَخي وأُخْتِي وأُمِّي!».

Whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 12/46-50: “While he was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers were standing outside, wanting to speak to him. Someone told him, ‘Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.’ But to the one who had told him this, Jesus replied, ‘Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?’And pointing to his disciples, he said, ‘Here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

أَنْتَ إِذًا لَمْ تَعُدْ عَبْدًا، بَلْ أَنْتَ ٱبْنٌ، وإِذَا كُنْتَ ٱبْنًا، فأَنْتَ أَيْضًا وَارِثٌ بِنِعْمَةِ الله
رسالة القدّيس بولس إلى أهل غلاطية04/من01حتى07/“يا إِخوَتِي، إِنَّ الوَارِثَ، مَا دَامَ قَاصِرًا، لا يَخْتَلِفُ عنِ العَبْدِ بِشَيء، معَ أَنَّهُ سَيِّدٌ على كُلِّ شَيء. لكِنَّهُ يَبقَى تَحْتَ الأَوْصِيَاءِ وَالوُكَلاء، إِلى الوَقْتِ الَّذي حَدَّدَهُ الأَب. وهكَذَا نَحْنُ أَيْضًا: لَمَّا كُنَّا قَاصِرِين، كُنَّا مُسْتَعْبَدِينَ تَحْتَ أَركَانِ العَالَم. ولكِنْ، لَمَّا بَلَغَ مِلْءُ الزَّمَان، أَرْسَلَ اللهُ ٱبْنَهُ مَولُودًا مِنِ ٱمْرَأَة، مَولُودًا في حُكْمِ الشَّرِيعَة، لِكَي يَفْتَدِيَ الَّذِينَ هُم في حُكْمِ الشَّريعَة، حتَّى نَنَالَ التَّبَنِّي. والدَّليلُ على أَنَّكُم أَبْنَاء، هُوَ أَنَّ اللهَ أَرْسَلَ إِلى قُلُوبِنَا رُوحَ ٱبْنِهِ صَارِخًا: «أَبَّا، أَيُّهَا الآب!». فأَنْتَ إِذًا لَمْ تَعُدْ عَبْدًا، بَلْ أَنْتَ ٱبْنٌ، وإِذَا كُنْتَ ٱبْنًا، فأَنْتَ أَيْضًا وَارِثٌ بِنِعْمَةِ الله.”

You are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir, through God.
Letter to the Galatians 04/01-07: “My point is this: heirs, as long as they are minors, are no better than slaves, though they are the owners of all the property; but they remain under guardians and trustees until the date set by the father. So with us; while we were minors, we were enslaved to the elemental spirits of the world. But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as children. And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, ‘Abba! Father!’So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir, through God.