إنجيل القدّيس يوحنّا .19-14:17
قالَ الرَبُّ يَسوع: يا أبتِ، أَنَا وَهَبْتُ لَهُم كَلِمَتَكَ، فَأَبْغَضَهُمُ العَالَم، لأَنَّهُم لَيْسُوا مِنَ العَالَم، كَمَا أَنِّي لَسْتُ مِنَ العَالَم
لا أَسْأَلُ أَنْ تَرْفَعَهُم مِنَ العَالَم، بَلْ أَنْ تَحْفَظَهُم مِنَ الشِّرِّير
هُمْ لَيْسُوا مِنَ العَالَم، كَمَا أَنِّي لَسْتُ مِنَ العَالَم
قَدِّسْهُم في الحَقّ. كَلِمَتُكَ هِيَ الحَقّ
كَمَا أَرْسَلْتَنِي إِلى العَالَم، أَنَا أَيْضًا أَرْسَلْتُهُم إِلى العَالَم
وأَنَا أُقَدِّسُ ذَاتِي مِنْ أَجْلِهِم، لِيَكُونُوا هُم أَيْضًا مُقَدَّسِينَ في الحَقّ
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 14:25-33.
Great crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and addressed them,
“If any one 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, everyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be my disciple.”