متى فعلتم كل ما أمرتم به فقولوا: إننا عبيد بطالون، لأننا إنما عملنا ما كان يجب علينا/When you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty

متى فعلتم كل ما أمرتم به فقولوا: إننا عبيد بطالون، لأننا إنما عملنا ما كان يجب علينا
انجيل القديس لوقا 17/01حتى10/وَقَالَ لِتَلاَمِيذِهِ: «لاَبُدَّ مِنْ أَنْ تَأْتِيَ الْعَثَرَاتُ. وَلكِنِ الْوَيْلُ لِمَنْ تَأْتِي عَلَى يَدِهِ! كَانَ أَنْفَعَ لَهُ لَوْ عُلِّقَ حَوْلَ عُنُقِهِ حَجَرُ رَحًى وَطُرِحَ فِي الْبَحْرِ، مِنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ عَثْرَةً لأَحَدِ هَؤُلاَءِ الصِّغَارِ. خُذُوا الْحِذْرَ لأَنْفُسِكُمْ: إِنْ أَخْطَأَ أَخُوكَ، فَعَاتِبْهُ. فَإِذَا تَابَ، فَاغْفِرْ لَهُ. وَإِنْ أَخْطَأَ إِلَيْكَ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ فِي الْيَوْمِ، وَعَادَ إِلَيْكَ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ قَائِلاً: أَنَا تَائِبٌ! فَعَلَيْكَ أَنْ تَغْفِرَ لَهُ». وَقَالَ الرُّسُلُ لِلرَّبِّ: «زِدْنَا إِيمَاناً!» وَلكِنَّ الرَّبَّ قَالَ: «لَوْ كَانَ عِنْدَكُمْ إِيمَانٌ مِثْلُ بِزْرَةِ الْخَرْدَلِ، لَكُنْتُمْ تَقُولُونَ لِشَجَرَةِ التُّوتِ هَذِهِ: انْقَلِعِي وَانْغَرِسِي فِي الْبَحْرِ ! فَتُطِيعُكُمْ! «وَلَكِنْ، أَيُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ يَكُونُ عِنْدَهُ عَبْدٌ يَحْرُثُ أَوْ يَرْعَى، فَيَقُولُ لَهُ لَدَى رُجُوعِهِ مِنَ الْحَقْلِ: تَقَدَّمْ فِي الْحَالِ وَاتَّكِيءْ؟ أَلاَ يَقُولُ لَهُ بِالأَحْرَى: أَحْضِرْ لِي مَا أَتَعَشَّى بِهِ، وَشُدَّ وَسَطَكَ بِالْحِزَامِ وَاخْدِمْنِي حَتَّى آكُلَ وَأَشْرَبَ وبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ تَأْكُلُ وَتَشْرَبُ أَنْتَ؟ وَهَلْ يُشْكَرُ الْعَبْدُ لأَنَّهُ عَمِلَ مَا أُمِرَ بِهِ؟ هَكَذَا أَنْتُمْ أَيْضاً، عِنْدَمَا تَعْمَلُونَ كُلَّ مَا تُؤْمَرُونَ بِهِ، قُولُوا: إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ عَبِيدٌ غَيْرُ نَافِعِينَ، قَدْ عَمِلْنَا مَا كَانَ وَاجِباً عَلَيْنَا!»

When you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty
Luke 17/01-10: “Jesus said to his disciples: “Things that cause people to stumble are bound to come, but woe to anyone through whom they come. It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck than to cause one of these little ones to stumble. So watch yourselves. “If your brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them. Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them.” The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you. “Suppose one of you has a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Will he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, ‘Come along now and sit down to eat’? Won’t he rather say, ‘Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink’?  Will he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do?  So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”