مَنْ لا يَحْمِلُ صَلِيبَهُ ويَتْبَعُنِي فَلا يَسْتَحِقُّنِي/Whoever does not take up the cross and follow me is not worthy of me

مَنْ لا يَحْمِلُ صَلِيبَهُ ويَتْبَعُنِي فَلا يَسْتَحِقُّنِي. مَنْ وَجَدَ نَفْسَهُ يَفْقِدُهَا، ومَنْ فَقَدَ نَفْسَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِي يَجِدُهَا
إنجيل القدّيس متّى10/من34حتى39/:”قالَ الرَبُّ يَسوعُ لِتلاميذِهِ: «لا تَظُنُّوا أَنِّي جِئْتُ لأُلْقِيَ عَلى الأَرْضِ سَلامًا، مَا جِئْتُ لأُلْقِيَ سَلامًا بَلْ سَيْفًا. جِئْتُ لأُفَرِّقَ بَيْنَ الرَّجُلِ وَأَبِيْه، والبِنْتِ وأُمِّهَا، والكَنَّةِ وحَمَاتِهَا. وأَعْدَاءُ الإِنْسَانِ أَهْلُ بَيْتِهِ. مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَبًا أَو أُمًّا أَكْثَرَ مِنِّي فَلا يَسْتَحِقُّني. ومَنْ أَحَبَّ ٱبْنًا أَوِ ٱبْنَةً أَكْثَرَ مِنِّي فَلا يَسْتَحِقُّنِي. ومَنْ لا يَحْمِلُ صَلِيبَهُ ويَتْبَعُنِي فَلا يَسْتَحِقُّنِي. مَنْ وَجَدَ نَفْسَهُ يَفْقِدُهَا، ومَنْ فَقَدَ نَفْسَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِي يَجِدُهَا.”

Whoever does not take up the cross and follow me is not worthy of me
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 10/34-39/:”‘Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and one’s foes will be members of one’s own household. Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up the cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.”

فَدَهِشَ كُلُّ ٱلْمُؤْمِنينَ ٱلْمَختُونِين، ٱلَّذينَ رافَقُوا بُطرُس، لأَنَّ مَوهِبَةَ ٱلرُّوحِ ٱلقُدُسِ أُفيضَتْ حتَّى عَلى ٱلأُمَم
سفر أعمال الرسل10/من44حتى48/:”يا إِخْوَتِي، فِيمَا كَانَ بُطرُسُ لا يَزَالُ يتَكَلَّمُ بِتِلْكَ ٱلأَقْوَال، نَزَلَ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلقُدُسُ على جَمِيعِ ٱلَّذينَ سَمِعُوا ٱلكَلِمَة. فَدَهِشَ كُلُّ ٱلْمُؤْمِنينَ ٱلْمَختُونِين، ٱلَّذينَ رافَقُوا بُطرُس، لأَنَّ مَوهِبَةَ ٱلرُّوحِ ٱلقُدُسِ أُفيضَتْ حتَّى عَلى ٱلأُمَم؛ لأَنَّهُم كَانُوا يَسْمَعُونَهُم يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بلُغَات، ويُعَظِّمُونَ ٱلله. حِينَئِذٍ أَجَابَ بُطرُس: هَلْ يَستَطيعُ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يَمْنَعَ مَاءَ ٱلعِمَادِ عَنْ هؤُلاءِ ٱلنَّاس، وقَدْ نَالُوا مِثْلَنا ٱلرُّوحَ ٱلقُدُس؟. وأَمَرَهُم أَنْ يَعْتَمِدُوا بِٱسْمِ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيح. حِينَئِذٍ سأَلُوهُ أَنْ يُقِيمَ عِنْدَهُم أَيَّامًا.”

The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles
Acts of the Apostles 10/44-48/:”While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard the word. The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles, for they heard them speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter said, ‘Can anyone withhold the water for baptizing these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?’ So he ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they invited him to stay for several days.”