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Sunday, September 26, 2010 (Week of Prayer for Christian Unity)
Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to
Luke 16: 19-31 P. Glory to you Lord

Jesus said to the Pharisees: “There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day. And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who would gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps that fell from the rich man’s table. Dogs even used to come and lick his sores. When the poor man died, he was carried away by angels to the bosom of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried, and from the netherworld, where he was in torment, he raised his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. And he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me. Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering torment in these flames.’ Abraham replied, ‘My child, remember that you received what was good during your lifetime while Lazarus likewise received what was bad; but now he is comforted here, whereas you are tormented. Moreover, between us and you a great chasm is established to prevent anyone from crossing who might wish to go from our side to yours or from your side to ours.’ He said, ‘Then I beg you, father, send him to my father’s house, for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they too come to this place of torment.’ But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them. He said, ‘Oh no, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent. Then Abraham said, ‘If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.

The Gospel of the LORD P. Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ

رِسَالَةُ بُولُسَ الرَّسُولِ الأُولَى إِلَى تِيمُوثَاوُسَ
الأصحَاحُ السَّادِسُ

11وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا إِنْسَانَ اللهِ فَاهْرُبْ مِنْ هذَا، وَاتْبَعِ الْبِرَّ وَالتَّقْوَى وَالإِيمَانَ وَالْمَحَبَّةَ وَالصَّبْرَ وَالْوَدَاعَةَ. 12جَاهِدْ جِهَادَ الإِيمَانِ الْحَسَنَ، وَأَمْسِكْ بِالْحَيَاةِ الأَبَدِيَّةِ الَّتِي إِلَيْهَا دُعِيتَ أَيْضًا، وَاعْتَرَفْتَ الاعْتِرَافَ الْحَسَنَ أَمَامَ شُهُودٍ كَثِيرِينَ. 13أُوصِيكَ أَمَامَ اللهِ الَّذِي يُحْيِي الْكُلَّ، وَالْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ الَّذِي شَهِدَ لَدَى بِيلاَطُسَ الْبُنْطِيِّ بِالاعْتِرَافِ الْحَسَنِ: 14أَنْ تَحْفَظَ الْوَصِيَّةَ بِلاَ دَنَسٍ وَلاَ لَوْمٍ إِلَى ظُهُورِ رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ، 15الَّذِي سَيُبَيِّنُهُ فِي أَوْقَاتِهِ الْمُبَارَكُ الْعَزِيزُ الْوَحِيدُ: مَلِكُ الْمُلُوكِ وَرَبُّ الأَرْبَابِ، 16الَّذِي وَحْدَهُ لَهُ عَدَمُ الْمَوْتِ، سَاكِنًا فِي نُورٍ لاَ يُدْنَى مِنْهُ، الَّذِي لَمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَلاَ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَرَاهُ، الَّذِي لَهُ الْكَرَامَةُ وَالْقُدْرَةُ الأَبَدِيَّةُ. آمِينَ.
نعمة الله الآب تكن مع جميعنا آمين

The first reading from Amos 6:1, 4-7
Thus says the LORD the God of hosts: Woe to the complacent in Zion! Lying upon beds of ivory, stretched comfortably on their couches, they eat lambs taken from the flock, and calves from the stall! Improvising to the music of the harp, like David, they devise their own accompaniment. They drink wine from bowls and anoint themselves with the best oils; yet they are not made ill by the collapse of Joseph! Therefore, now they shall be the first to go into exile, and their wanton revelry shall be done away with.
The word of the LORD P. Thanks be to God
اَلْمَزْمُورِ. هَلِّلُويَا.

ِ إِنْجِيلُ لُوقَا الأصحَاحُ السَّادِسُ عَشَرَ
19«كَانَ إِنْسَانٌ غَنِيٌّ وَكَانَ يَلْبَسُ الأَرْجُوانَ وَالْبَزَّ وَهُوَ يَتَنَعَّمُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ مُتَرَفِّهًا. 20وَكَانَ مِسْكِينٌ اسْمُهُ لِعَازَرُ، الَّذِي طُرِحَ عِنْدَ بَابِهِ مَضْرُوبًا بِالْقُرُوحِ، 21وَيَشْتَهِي أَنْ يَشْبَعَ مِنَ الْفُتَاتِ السَّاقِطِ مِنْ مَائِدَةِ الْغَنِيِّ، بَلْ كَانَتِ الْكِلاَبُ تَأْتِي وَتَلْحَسُ قُرُوحَهُ. 22فَمَاتَ الْمِسْكِينُ وَحَمَلَتْهُ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ إِلَى حِضْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ. وَمَاتَ الْغَنِيُّ أَيْضًا وَدُفِنَ، 23فَرَفَعَ عَيْنَيْهِ فِي الجَحِيمِ وَهُوَ فِي الْعَذَابِ، وَرَأَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ وَلِعَازَرَ فِي حِضْنِهِ، 24فَنَادَى وَقَالَ: يَا أَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ، ارْحَمْنِي، وَأَرْسِلْ لِعَازَرَ لِيَبُلَّ طَرَفَ إِصْبَِعِهِ بِمَاءٍ وَيُبَرِّدَ لِسَانِي، لأَنِّي مُعَذَّبٌ فِي هذَا اللَّهِيبِ. 25فَقَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ: يَا ابْنِي، اذْكُرْ أَنَّكَ اسْتَوْفَيْتَ خَيْرَاتِكَ فِي حَيَاتِكَ، وَكَذلِكَ لِعَازَرُ الْبَلاَيَا. وَالآنَ هُوَ يَتَعَزَّى وَأَنْتَ تَتَعَذَّبُ. 26وَفَوْقَ هذَا كُلِّهِ، بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ هُوَّةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ قَدْ أُثْبِتَتْ، حَتَّى إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُرِيدُونَ الْعُبُورَ مِنْ ههُنَا إِلَيْكُمْ لاَ يَقْدِرُونَ، وَلاَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ يَجْتَازُونَ إِلَيْنَا. 27فَقَالَ: أَسْأَلُكَ إِذًا، يَا أَبَتِ، أَنْ تُرْسِلَهُ إِلَى بَيْتِ أَبِي، 28لأَنَّ لِي خَمْسَةَ إِخْوَةٍ، حَتَّى يَشْهَدَ لَهُمْ لِكَيْلاَ يَأْتُوا هُمْ أَيْضًا إِلَى مَوْضِعِ الْعَذَابِ هذَا. 29قَالَ لَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ: عِنْدَهُمْ مُوسَى وَالأَنْبِيَاءُ، لِيَسْمَعُوا مِنْهُمْ. 30فَقَالَ: لاَ، يَا أَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ، بَلْ إِذَا مَضَى إِلَيْهِمْ وَاحِدٌ مِنَ الأَمْوَاتِ يَتُوبُونَ. 31فَقَالَ لَهُ: إِنْ كَانُوا لاَ يَسْمَعُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى وَالأَنْبِيَاءِ، وَلاَ إِنْ قَامَ وَاحِدٌ مِنَ الأَمْوَاتِ يُصَدِّقُونَ».

Sunday, September 19, 2010 (Week of Prayer for Christian Unity)
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The first reading from
Amos 8: 4-7
Hear this, you who trample upon the needy and destroy the poor of the land! “When will the new moon be over,” you ask, “that we may sell our grain, and the sabbath, that we may display the wheat? We will diminish the ephah,
add to the shekel, and fix our scales for cheating! We will buy the lowly for silver, and the poor for a pair of sandals;even the refuse of the wheat we will sell!” The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob: Never will I forget a thing they have done!
The word of the LORD P. Thanks be to God

رِسَالَةُ بُولُسَ الرَّسُولِ الأُولَى إِلَى تِيمُوثَاوُسَ
الأصحَاحُ الثَّانِي
1فَأَطْلُبُ أَوَّلَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، أَنْ تُقَامَ طَلِبَاتٌ وَصَلَوَاتٌ وَابْتِهَالاَتٌ وَتَشَكُّرَاتٌ لأَجْلِ جَمِيعِ النَّاسِ، 2لأَجْلِ الْمُلُوكِ وَجَمِيعِ الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي مَنْصِبٍ، لِكَيْ نَقْضِيَ حَيَاةً مُطْمَئِنَّةً هَادِئَةً فِي كُلِّ تَقْوَى وَوَقَارٍ، 3لأَنَّ هذَا حَسَنٌ وَمَقْبُولٌ لَدَى مُخَلِّصِنَا اللهِ، 4الَّذِي يُرِيدُ أَنَّ جَمِيعَ النَّاسِ يَخْلُصُونَ، وَإِلَى مَعْرِفَةِ الْحَقِّ يُقْبِلُونَ. 5لأَنَّهُ يُوجَدُ إِلهٌ وَاحِدٌ وَوَسِيطٌ وَاحِدٌ بَيْنَ اللهِ وَالنَّاسِ: الإِنْسَانُ يَسُوعُ الْمَسِيحُ، 6الَّذِي بَذَلَ نَفْسَهُ فِدْيَةً لأَجْلِ الْجَمِيعِ، الشَّهَادَةُ فِي أَوْقَاتِهَا الْخَاصَّةِ، 7الَّتِي جُعِلْتُ أَنَا لَهَا كَارِزًا وَرَسُولاً. اَلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ فِي الْمَسِيحِ وَلاَ أَكْذِبُ، مُعَلِّمًا لِلأُمَمِ فِي الإِيمَانِ وَالْحَقِّ.8فَأُرِيدُ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ الرِّجَالُ فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ، رَافِعِينَ أَيَادِيَ طَاهِرَةً، بِدُونِ غَضَبٍ وَلاَ جِدَال. نعمة الله الآب تكن مع جميعنا آمين

Sunday, September 19, 2010 (Week of Prayer for Christian Unity)
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to

Luke 16: 10-13 P. Glory to you Lord

Jesus said to his disciples: “The person who is trustworthy in very small matters is also trustworthy in great ones;
and the person who is dishonest in very small matters is also dishonest in great ones. If, therefore, you are not trustworthy with dishonest wealth, who will trust you with true wealth? If you are not trustworthy with what belongs to another, who will give you what is yours? No servant can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and mammon.”

The Gospel of the LORD P. Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ

اَلْمَزْمُورِ.
هَلِّلُويَا.

ِ إِنْجِيلُ لُوقَا
الأصحَاحُ السَّادِسُ عَشَرَ
10اَلأَمِينُ فِي الْقَلِيلِ أَمِينٌ أَيْضًا فِي الْكَثِيرِ، وَالظَّالِمُ فِي الْقَلِيلِ ظَالِمٌ أَيْضًا فِي الْكَثِيرِ. 11فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا أُمَنَاءَ فِي مَالِ الظُّلْمِ، فَمَنْ يَأْتَمِنُكُمْ عَلَى الْحَقِّ؟ 12وَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا أُمَنَاءَ فِي مَا هُوَ لِلْغَيْرِ، فَمَنْ يُعْطِيكُمْ مَا هُوَ لَكُمْ؟ 13لاَ يَقْدِرُ خَادِمٌ أَنْ يَخْدِمَ سَيِّدَيْنِ، لأَنَّهُ إِمَّا أَنْ يُبْغِضَ الْوَاحِدَ وَيُحِبَّ الآخَرَ، أَوْ يُلاَزِمَ الْوَاحِدَ وَيَحْتَقِرَ الآخَرَ. لاَ تَقْدِرُونَ أَنْ تَخْدِمُوا اللهَ وَالْمَالَ».

Sunday, September 12, 2010 (Week of Prayer for Christian Unity)
Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

The first reading from
Exodus 32: 7-11, 13-14
The LORD said to Moses, “Go down at once to your people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt, for they have become depraved. They have soon turned aside from the way I pointed out to them, making for themselves a molten calf and worshiping it, sacrificing to it and crying out, ‘This is your God, O Israel, who brought you out of the land of Egypt!’ “I see how stiff-necked this people are,” continued the LORD to Moses. Let me alone, then, that my wrath may blaze up against them to consume them. Then I will make of you a great nation.” But Moses implored the LORD, his God, saying, “Why, O LORD, should your wrath blaze up against your own people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with such great power and with so strong a hand? Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and how you swore to them by your own self, saying, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky; and all this land that I promised, I will give your descendants as their perpetual heritage. So the LORD relented in the punishment he had threatened to inflict on his people.
The word of the LORD P. Thanks be to God

رِسَالَةُ بُولُسَ الرَّسُولِ الأُولَى إِلَى تِيمُوثَاوُسَ الأصحَاحُ الأَوَّلُ
12وَأَنَا أَشْكُرُ الْمَسِيحَ يَسُوعَ رَبَّنَا الَّذِي قَوَّانِي، أَنَّهُ حَسِبَنِي أَمِينًا، إِذْ جَعَلَنِي لِلْخِدْمَةِ، 13أَنَا الَّذِي كُنْتُ قَبْلاً مُجَدِّفًا وَمُضْطَهِدًا وَمُفْتَرِيًا. وَلكِنَّنِي رُحِمْتُ، لأَنِّي فَعَلْتُ بِجَهْل فِي عَدَمِ إِيمَانٍ. 14وَتَفَاضَلَتْ نِعْمَةُ رَبِّنَا جِدًّا مَعَ الإِيمَانِ وَالْمَحَبَّةِ الَّتِي فِي الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ. 15صَادِقَةٌ هِيَ الْكَلِمَةُ وَمُسْتَحِقَّةٌ كُلَّ قُبُول: أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ يَسُوعَ جَاءَ إِلَى الْعَالَمِ لِيُخَلِّصَ الْخُطَاةَ الَّذِينَ أَوَّلُهُمْ أَنَا. 16لكِنَّنِي لِهذَا رُحِمْتُ: لِيُظْهِرَ يَسُوعُ الْمَسِيحُ فِىَّ أَنَا أَوَّلاً كُلَّ أَنَاةٍ، مِثَالاً لِلْعَتِيدِينَ أَنْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهِ لِلْحَيَاةِ الأَبَدِيَّةِ. 17وَمَلِكُ الدُّهُورِ الَّذِي لاَ يَفْنَى وَلاَ يُرَى، الإِلهُ الْحَكِيمُ وَحْدَهُ، لَهُ الْكَرَامَةُ وَالْمَجْدُ إِلَى دَهْرِ الدُّهُورِ. آمِينَ. نعمة الله الآب تكن مع جميعنا آمين

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to
Luke 15: 1-10 P. Glory to you Lord
Tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus, but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” So to them he addressed this parable.
“What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it? And when he does find it, he sets it on his shoulders with great joy
and, upon his arrival home, he calls together his friends and neighbors and says to them, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’ I tell you; in just the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance. “Or what woman having ten coins and losing one would not light a lamp and sweep the house, searching carefully until she finds it? And when she does find it, she calls together her friends and neighbors and says to them, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found the coin that I lost.’ In just the same way, I tell you, there will be rejoicing among the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
The Gospel of the LORD P. Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ

اَلْمَزْمُورِ.
هَلِّلُويَا.
ِ إِنْجِيلُ لُوقَا الأصحَاحُ الْخَامِسُ عَشَرَ
1وَكَانَ جَمِيعُ الْعَشَّارِينَ وَالْخُطَاةِ يَدْنُونَ مِنْهُ لِيَسْمَعُوهُ. 2فَتَذَمَّرَ الْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ وَالْكَتَبَةُ قَائِلِينَ:«هذَا يَقْبَلُ خُطَاةً وَيَأْكُلُ مَعَهُمْ!». 3فَكَلَّمَهُمْ بِهذَا الْمَثَلِ قِائِلاً: 4«أَيُّ إِنْسَانٍ مِنْكُمْ لَهُ مِئَةُ خَرُوفٍ، وَأَضَاعَ وَاحِدًا مِنْهَا، أَلاَ يَتْرُكُ التِّسْعَةَ وَالتِّسْعِينَ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ، وَيَذْهَبَ لأَجْلِ الضَّالِّ حَتَّى يَجِدَهُ؟ 5وَإِذَا وَجَدَهُ يَضَعُهُ عَلَى مَنْكِبَيْهِ فَرِحًا، 6وَيَأْتِي إِلَى بَيْتِهِ وَيَدْعُو الأَصْدِقَاءَ وَالْجِيرَانَ قَائِلاً لَهُمُ: افْرَحُوا مَعِي، لأَنِّي وَجَدْتُ خَرُوفِي الضَّالَّ!. 7أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّهُ هكَذَا يَكُونُ فَرَحٌ فِي السَّمَاءِ بِخَاطِئٍ وَاحِدٍ يَتُوبُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ تِسْعَةٍ وَتِسْعِينَ بَارًّا لاَ يَحْتَاجُونَ إِلَى تَوْبَةٍ.8«أَوْ أَيَّةُ امْرَأَةٍ لَهَا عَشْرَةُ دَرَاهِمَ، إِنْ أَضَاعَتْ دِرْهَمًا وَاحِدًا، أَلاَ تُوقِدُ سِرَاجًا وَتَكْنُسُ الْبَيْتَ وَتُفَتِّشُ بِاجْتِهَادٍ حَتَّى تَجِدَهُ؟ 9وَإِذَا وَجَدَتْهُ تَدْعُو الصَّدِيقَاتِ وَالْجَارَاتِ قَائِلَةً: افْرَحْنَ مَعِي لأَنِّي وَجَدْتُ الدِّرْهَمَ الَّذِي أَضَعْتُهُ. 10هكَذَا، أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: يَكُونُ فَرَحٌ قُدَّامَ مَلاَئِكَةِ اللهِ بِخَاطِئٍ وَاحِدٍ يَتُوبُ.

Sunday, September 05, 2010 (Week of Prayer for Christian Unity)
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
The first reading from
Wis 9: 13-18
Who can know God’s counsel, or who can conceive what the LORD intends? For the deliberations of mortals are timid, and unsure are our plans. For the corruptible body burdens the soul and the earthen shelter weighs down the mind that has many concerns. And scarce do we guess the things on earth, and what is within our grasp we find with difficulty; but when things are in heaven, who can search them out? Or who ever knew your counsel, except you had given wisdom and sent your holy spirit from on high? And thus were the paths of those on earth made straight.
The word of the LORD P. Thanks be to God

رِسَالَةُ بُولُسَ الرَّسُولِ إِلَى فِلِيمُونَ

مِنْ أَجْلِ الْمَحَبَّةِ، أَطْلُبُ بِالْحَرِيِّ­إِذْ أَنَا إِنْسَانٌ هكَذَا نَظِيرُ بُولُسَ الشَّيْخِ، وَالآنَ أَسِيرُ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ أَيْضًا أَطْلُبُ إِلَيْكَ لأَجْلِ ابْنِي أُنِسِيمُسَ، الَّذِي وَلَدْتُهُ فِي قُيُودِي الَّذِي رَدَدْتُهُ. فَاقْبَلْهُ، الَّذِي هُوَ أَحْشَائِي. الَّذِي كُنْتُ أَشَاءُ أَنْ أُمْسِكَهُ عِنْدِي لِكَيْ يَخْدِمَنِي عِوَضًا عَنْكَ فِي قُيُودِ الإِنْجِيلِ ، وَلكِنْ بِدُونِ رَأْيِكَ لَمْ أُرِدْ أَنْ أَفْعَلَ شَيْئًا، لِكَيْ لاَ يَكُونَ خَيْرُكَ كَأَنَّهُ عَلَى سَبِيلِ الاضْطِرَارِ بَلْ عَلَى سَبِيلِ الاخْتِيَارِ. لأَنَّهُ رُبَّمَا لأَجْلِ هذَا افْتَرَقَ عَنْكَ إِلَى سَاعَةٍ، لِكَيْ يَكُونَ لَكَ إِلَى الأَبَدِ، لاَ كَعَبْدٍ فِي مَا بَعْدُ، بَلْ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ عَبْدٍ: أَخًا مَحْبُوبًا، وَلاَ سِيَّمَا إِلَيَّ، فَكَمْ بِالْحَرِيِّ إِلَيْكَ فِي الْجَسَدِ وَالرَّبِّ جَمِيعًا! فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَحْسِبُنِي شَرِيكًا، فَاقْبَلْهُ نَظِيرِي. نعمة الله الآب تكن مع جميعنا آمين

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to
Luke 14: 25-33 P. Glory to you Lord

Great crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and addressed them, “If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. Which of you wishing to construct a tower does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if there is enough for its completion? Otherwise, after laying the foundation and finding himself unable to finish the work the onlookers should laugh at him and say, ‘This one began to build but did not have the resources to finish.’ Or what king marching into battle would not first sit down and decide whether with ten thousand troops he can successfully oppose another king advancing upon him with twenty thousand troops? But if not, while he is still far away, he will send a delegation to ask for peace terms. In the same way, anyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions
cannot be my disciple.”

The Gospel of the LORD P. Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ
اَلْمَزْمُورِ. هَلِّلُويَا.

ِ إِنْجِيلُ لُوقَا الأصحَاحُ الرَّابعُ عَشَرَ
25وَكَانَ جُمُوعٌ كَثِيرَةٌ سَائِرِينَ مَعَهُ، فَالْتَفَتَ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: 26«إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ يَأْتِي إِلَيَّ وَلاَ يُبْغِضُ أَبَاهُ وَأُمَّهُ وَامْرَأَتَهُ وَأَوْلاَدَهُ وَإِخْوَتَهُ وَأَخَوَاتِهِ، حَتَّى نَفْسَهُ أَيْضًا، فَلاَ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِي تِلْمِيذًا. 27وَمَنْ لاَ يَحْمِلُ صَلِيبَهُ وَيَأْتِي وَرَائِي فَلاَ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِي تِلْمِيذًا. 28وَمَنْ مِنْكُمْ وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَبْنِيَ بُرْجًا لاَ يَجْلِسُ أَوَّلاً وَيَحْسِبُ النَّفَقَةَ، هَلْ عِنْدَهُ مَا يَلْزَمُ لِكَمَالِهِ؟ 29لِئَلاَّ يَضَعَ الأَسَاسَ وَلاَ يَقْدِرَ أَنْ يُكَمِّلَ، فَيَبْتَدِئَ جَمِيعُ النَّاظِرِينَ يَهْزَأُونَ بِهِ، 30قَائِلِينَ: هذَا الإِنْسَانُ ابْتَدَأَ يَبْنِي وَلَمْ يَقْدِرْ أَنْ يُكَمِّلَ. 31وَأَيُّ مَلِكٍ إِنْ ذَهَبَ لِمُقَاتَلَةِ مَلِكٍ آخَرَ فِي حَرْبٍ، لاَ يَجْلِسُ أَوَّلاً وَيَتَشَاوَرُ: هَلْ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يُلاَقِيَ بِعَشَرَةِ آلاَفٍ الَّذِي يَأْتِي عَلَيْهِ بِعِشْرِينَ أَلْفًا؟ 32وَإِلاَّ فَمَا دَامَ ذلِكَ بَعِيدًا، يُرْسِلُ سِفَارَةً وَيَسْأَلُ مَا هُوَ لِلصُّلْحِ. 33فَكَذلِكَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ لاَ يَتْرُكُ جَمِيعَ أَمْوَالِهِ، لاَ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِي تِلْمِيذًا.