路加福音 20
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
質問耶穌憑甚麼權柄作事(A)
20 有一天，耶穌在殿裡教導人，宣講福音，眾祭司長、經學家和長老上前來， 2 對他說：“告訴我們，你憑著甚麼權柄作這些事？給你這權柄的是誰？” 3 他回答他們：“我也要問你們一句話，你們告訴我： 4 約翰的洗禮是從天上來的，還是從人來的呢？” 5 他們就彼此議論說：“如果我們說：‘是從天上來的’，他就會問：‘那你們為甚麼不相信他呢？’ 6 如果我們說：‘是從人來的’，眾人都會用石頭打我們，因為他們都認定約翰是先知。” 7 於是他們回答耶穌：“我們不知道是從哪裡來的。” 8 耶穌說：“我也不告訴你們，我憑著甚麼權柄作這些事。”
佃戶的比喻(B)
9 於是耶穌向眾人講了這個比喻：“有一個人栽種了一個葡萄園，租給佃戶，就遠行去了很久。 10 到了時候，園主派了一個僕人到佃戶那裡，叫他們把葡萄園當納的果子交給他。佃戶卻打了他，放他空手回去。 11 園主又派另一個僕人去，佃戶又打了他，並且侮辱他，也叫他空手回去。 12 於是他又派第三個去，佃戶把他打傷，趕他走了。 13 葡萄園的主人說：‘怎麼辦呢？我要派我的愛子去，也許這一個他們會尊敬的。’ 14 佃戶一看他，就彼此商議說：‘這是繼承產業的，讓我們殺了他，那麼，產業就成為我們的了。’ 15 於是他們把園主的愛子推出葡萄園外殺了。主人要怎樣對待他們呢？ 16 他要來除掉這些佃戶，把葡萄園租給別人。”他們聽見了就說：“千萬不要有這樣的事發生！” 17 耶穌看著他們，說：“那麼，
‘建築工人所棄的石頭，
成了房角的主要石頭’，
這經文是甚麼意思呢？ 18 凡是跌在那石頭上的，就必摔碎；那石頭掉在誰的身上，就必把他壓得粉碎。” 19 經學家和祭司長知道這比喻是針對他們說的，當時就想動手拿他，可是又害怕群眾。
以納稅的事問難耶穌(C)
20 經學家和祭司長差派奸細偽裝好人去窺探耶穌，要在他的話上抓著把柄，好把他交由總督全權裁決。 21 奸細問他：“老師，我們知道你所說所教的都對，並且不講情面，只照著真理把 神的道教導人。 22 我們納稅給凱撒可以不可以？” 23 耶穌看透他們的詭計，就對他們說： 24 “給我一個銀幣看看，上面是誰的像，誰的名號？”他們說：“凱撒的。” 25 耶穌說：“這樣，凱撒的應當歸給凱撒， 神的應當歸給 神。” 26 他們在群眾面前，不能抓住耶穌的把柄，又希奇他的回答，就沉默下來。
人復活後不娶不嫁(D)
27 撒都該人向來否認有復活的事，他們當中有幾個人來問耶穌： 28 “老師，摩西曾寫給我們說：‘如果一個人娶了妻子，還沒有兒女就死了，他的弟弟就應當娶他的妻子，為哥哥立後。’ 29 從前有兄弟七人，頭一個娶了妻子，沒有孩子就死了。 30 第二個、 31 第三個，也娶過她；七個都是這樣，都沒有留下孩子就死了。 32 後來那女人也死了。 33 那麼，這女人在復活的時候，要作哪一個的妻子呢？因為七個人都娶過她。” 34 耶穌說：“這世界的人又娶又嫁， 35 但配得那世界的，又配從死人中復活的人，也不娶也不嫁。 36 他們和天使一樣，不能再死；既然是復活了的人，就是 神的兒子了。 37 至於死人復活的事，摩西在荊棘篇上提過，他稱主是亞伯拉罕的 神、以撒的 神、雅各的 神； 38 神不是死人的 神，而是活人的 神，因為在他那裡的人都是活的。” 39 經學家中有幾個說：“老師，你說得好。” 40 從此他們再不敢問他甚麼了。
大衛稱基督為主(E)
41 耶穌問他們：“人怎麼能說基督是大衛的子孫呢？ 42 大衛自己在詩篇上說：
‘主對我的主說：
你坐在我的右邊，
43 等我使你的仇敵作你的腳凳。’
44 大衛既然稱他為主，他又怎會是大衛的子孫呢？”
提防經學家(F)
45 眾人聽著的時候，耶穌對門徒說： 46 “你們要提防經學家，他們好穿長袍走來走去，喜歡人在巿中心向他們問安，並且喜歡會堂裡的高位、筵席上的首座。 47 他們吞沒了寡婦的房產，又用冗長的禱告作掩飾。這等人必受更重的刑罰。”
路加福音 20
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
质问耶稣凭甚么权柄作事(A)
20 有一天，耶稣在殿里教导人，宣讲福音，众祭司长、经学家和长老上前来， 2 对他说：“告诉我们，你凭着甚么权柄作这些事？给你这权柄的是谁？” 3 他回答他们：“我也要问你们一句话，你们告诉我： 4 约翰的洗礼是从天上来的，还是从人来的呢？” 5 他们就彼此议论说：“如果我们说：‘是从天上来的’，他就会问：‘那你们为甚么不相信他呢？’ 6 如果我们说：‘是从人来的’，众人都会用石头打我们，因为他们都认定约翰是先知。” 7 于是他们回答耶稣：“我们不知道是从哪里来的。” 8 耶稣说：“我也不告诉你们，我凭着甚么权柄作这些事。”
佃户的比喻(B)
9 于是耶稣向众人讲了这个比喻：“有一个人栽种了一个葡萄园，租给佃户，就远行去了很久。 10 到了时候，园主派了一个仆人到佃户那里，叫他们把葡萄园当纳的果子交给他。佃户却打了他，放他空手回去。 11 园主又派另一个仆人去，佃户又打了他，并且侮辱他，也叫他空手回去。 12 于是他又派第三个去，佃户把他打伤，赶他走了。 13 葡萄园的主人说：‘怎么办呢？我要派我的爱子去，也许这一个他们会尊敬的。’ 14 佃户一看他，就彼此商议说：‘这是继承产业的，让我们杀了他，那么，产业就成为我们的了。’ 15 于是他们把园主的爱子推出葡萄园外杀了。主人要怎样对待他们呢？ 16 他要来除掉这些佃户，把葡萄园租给别人。”他们听见了就说：“千万不要有这样的事发生！” 17 耶稣看着他们，说：“那么，
‘建筑工人所弃的石头，
成了房角的主要石头’，
这经文是甚么意思呢？ 18 凡是跌在那石头上的，就必摔碎；那石头掉在谁的身上，就必把他压得粉碎。” 19 经学家和祭司长知道这比喻是针对他们说的，当时就想动手拿他，可是又害怕群众。
以纳税的事问难耶稣(C)
20 经学家和祭司长差派奸细伪装好人去窥探耶稣，要在他的话上抓着把柄，好把他交由总督全权裁决。 21 奸细问他：“老师，我们知道你所说所教的都对，并且不讲情面，只照着真理把 神的道教导人。 22 我们纳税给凯撒可以不可以？” 23 耶稣看透他们的诡计，就对他们说： 24 “给我一个银币看看，上面是谁的像，谁的名号？”他们说：“凯撒的。” 25 耶稣说：“这样，凯撒的应当归给凯撒， 神的应当归给 神。” 26 他们在群众面前，不能抓住耶稣的把柄，又希奇他的回答，就沉默下来。
人复活后不娶不嫁(D)
27 撒都该人向来否认有复活的事，他们当中有几个人来问耶稣： 28 “老师，摩西曾写给我们说：‘如果一个人娶了妻子，还没有儿女就死了，他的弟弟就应当娶他的妻子，为哥哥立后。’ 29 从前有兄弟七人，头一个娶了妻子，没有孩子就死了。 30 第二个、 31 第三个，也娶过她；七个都是这样，都没有留下孩子就死了。 32 后来那女人也死了。 33 那么，这女人在复活的时候，要作哪一个的妻子呢？因为七个人都娶过她。” 34 耶稣说：“这世界的人又娶又嫁， 35 但配得那世界的，又配从死人中复活的人，也不娶也不嫁。 36 他们和天使一样，不能再死；既然是复活了的人，就是 神的儿子了。 37 至于死人复活的事，摩西在荆棘篇上提过，他称主是亚伯拉罕的 神、以撒的 神、雅各的 神； 38 神不是死人的 神，而是活人的 神，因为在他那里的人都是活的。” 39 经学家中有几个说：“老师，你说得好。” 40 从此他们再不敢问他甚么了。
大卫称基督为主(E)
41 耶稣问他们：“人怎么能说基督是大卫的子孙呢？ 42 大卫自己在诗篇上说：
‘主对我的主说：
你坐在我的右边，
43 等我使你的仇敌作你的脚凳。’
44 大卫既然称他为主，他又怎会是大卫的子孙呢？”
提防经学家(F)
45 众人听着的时候，耶稣对门徒说： 46 “你们要提防经学家，他们好穿长袍走来走去，喜欢人在巿中心向他们问安，并且喜欢会堂里的高位、筵席上的首座。 47 他们吞没了寡妇的房产，又用冗长的祷告作掩饰。这等人必受更重的刑罚。”
路加福音 20
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
质问耶稣的权柄
20 有一天，耶稣正在圣殿里教导人、传讲福音，祭司长、律法教师和长老上前， 2 质问祂：“告诉我们，你凭什么权柄做这些事？谁授权给你了？”
3 耶稣回答说：“我也问你们一个问题。你们告诉我， 4 约翰的洗礼是从天上来的还是从人来的？”
5 他们彼此议论说：“如果我们说‘是从天上来的’，祂一定会问，‘那你们为什么不相信他？’ 6 如果我们说‘是从人来的’，百姓会拿石头打死我们，因为他们相信约翰是先知。” 7 于是，他们回答说：“我们不知道约翰的洗礼是从哪里来的。”
8 耶稣说：“我也不告诉你们我凭什么权柄做这些事。”
利欲熏心的佃户
9 接着耶稣对众人讲了个比喻：“有人开垦了一个葡萄园，把园子租给几个佃户，就出远门了。 10 到了收获的季节，他差奴仆去葡萄园向佃户收取他应得的收成，但那些佃户却把奴仆揍了一顿，使他空手而归。 11 园主又派另一个奴仆去，那些佃户照样将他殴打并羞辱一番，使他空手而归。 12 园主又派第三个奴仆去，他们又把他打伤，抛在园外。
13 “园主说，‘我该怎样办呢？不如叫我所疼爱的儿子去吧。他们大概会尊敬他。’
14 “岂料那些佃户看见来人是园主的儿子，便彼此商量说，‘这个人是产业继承人，我们把他杀掉，这葡萄园就归我们了！’ 15 于是他们把园主的儿子拖到葡萄园外杀了。
“那么，园主会怎样处治他们呢？ 16 他必来杀掉这些佃户，把葡萄园转租给别人。”
众人听了就说：“但愿这种事永远不会发生！”
17 耶稣定睛看着他们，问道：“那么，圣经上说，
“‘工匠丢弃的石头已成了房角石’，
这句话是什么意思呢？ 18 凡跌在这石头上的人，将粉身碎骨；这石头落在谁身上，将把谁砸烂。”
纳税问题
19 律法教师和祭司长听出这比喻是针对他们说的，便想立刻下手捉拿耶稣，但又害怕百姓。 20 于是，他们密切地监视耶稣，又派遣密探假装好人，想从祂的话里找把柄抓祂去见总督。
21 那些密探问耶稣：“老师，我们知道你所讲所传的道都是正确的，也知道你不看人的情面，只按真理传上帝的道。 22 那么，我们向凯撒纳税对不对呢？”
23 耶稣看破他们的阴谋， 24 就叫他们拿一个银币来，问他们：“上面刻的是谁的像和名号？”他们说：“凯撒的。”
25 耶稣说：“属于凯撒的，要给凯撒；属于上帝的，要给上帝。”
26 耶稣的回答令他们惊奇，他们无法当众找到把柄，只好闭口不言。
论死人复活
27 撒督该人向来不相信有复活的事。有几个这一派的人来问耶稣： 28 “老师，按摩西为我们写的律例，如果有人娶妻后没有孩子就死了，他的兄弟应当娶嫂嫂，替哥哥传宗接代。 29 有弟兄七人，老大结了婚，没有孩子就死了。 30 二弟、 31 三弟、一直到七弟都相继娶了嫂嫂，都没有留下孩子就死了。 32 最后那个女人也死了。 33 那么，到复活的时候，她将是谁的妻子呢？因为七个人都娶过她。”
34 耶稣说：“今世的人才有嫁娶， 35 但那些配得将来的世界、从死里复活的人也不娶也不嫁， 36 就像天使一样永远不会死。他们既然从死里复活，就是上帝的儿女。 37 在记载有关燃烧的荆棘的篇章中，摩西也证实死人会复活，因为他称主是‘亚伯拉罕的上帝，以撒的上帝，雅各的上帝’。 38 上帝不是死人的上帝，而是活人的上帝。因为在祂那里的人都是活人。”
39 几位律法教师说：“老师答得好！” 40 此后，再没有人敢问耶稣问题了。
论基督
41 耶稣问他们：“人怎么说基督是大卫的后裔呢？ 42 大卫曾在诗篇里说，
“‘主对我主说，
你坐在我的右边，
43 等我使你的仇敌成为你的脚凳。’
44 既然大卫称基督为主，基督又怎么会是大卫的后裔呢？”
45 大家正在细听，耶稣对门徒说： 46 “你们要提防律法教师。他们爱穿着长袍招摇过市，喜欢人们在大街上问候他们，又喜欢会堂里的上座和宴席中的首位。 47 他们侵吞寡妇的财产，还假意做冗长的祷告。这种人必受到更严厉的惩罚！”
Luke 20
New Catholic Bible
Verbal Clashes[a]
Chapter 20
The Authority of Jesus Questioned.[b] 1 One day as Jesus was teaching in the temple and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and scribes, accompanied by the elders, approached and 2 said to him, “Tell us by what authority you are doing these things. Or who is it that gave you this authority?” 3 He said to them in reply, “I will also ask you one question. Tell me: 4 Did John’s baptism originate from heaven or from men?”
5 The question caused them to discuss it among themselves, saying, “If we say: ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’ 6 But if we say: ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”
7 Therefore, they answered that they did not know where it came from. 8 And Jesus said to them, “Then neither shall I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
The Parable of the Tenants.[c] 9 Then Jesus began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenants, and went off on a journey for a long period.
10 “When the time arrived, he sent a servant to the tenants to receive his share of the produce of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed. 11 Again, he sent another servant, but him they also beat and treated shamefully and sent away empty-handed. 12 Then he sent a third servant, but him too they wounded and cast out.
13 “Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.’ 14 But when the tenants saw him, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.’ 15 And so they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
“What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? 16 He will come and put those tenants to death and give the vineyard to others.”
When the people heard this, they said, “God forbid!” 17 But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written:
‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone’?
18 Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken into pieces, and the one on whom it falls will be crushed.”
19 The scribes and the chief priests realized that this parable was directed at them, and they wanted to seize him at that very hour, but they feared the people.
20 God or Caesar.[d] So they watched him closely and sent spies who pretended to be honorable men. They intended to trap Jesus in something he might say so that they could hand him over to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor. 21 They posed this question to him: “Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right. Moreover, you show no partiality to anyone but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. 22 Is it lawful or not for us to pay taxes to Caesar?”
23 Jesus saw through their duplicity and said to them, 24 “Show me a coin.[e] Whose image is this, and whose inscription?” They replied, “Caesar’s.” 25 He said to them, “Give to Caesar what is due to Caesar, and to God what is due to God.” 26 They found they could not trap him by anything he said in the presence of the people, and, stunned at his reply, they fell silent.
27 Marriage and the Resurrection.[f] Then some Sadducees, who assert that there is no resurrection, approached him and posed this question: 28 “Teacher, Moses wrote down for us that if a man’s brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man must marry his brother’s wife and raise up children for his brother. 29 Now there were seven brothers. The first married a woman but died childless. 30 Then the second 31 and the third married the widow, and it was the same with all seven: they all died leaving no children. 32 Last of all, the woman also died. 33 Now at the resurrection, whose wife will the woman be, inasmuch as all seven had her?”
34 Jesus said to them, “The children of this age marry and are given in marriage, 35 but those who are judged worthy of taking part in the age to come and in the resurrection of the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage. 36 They are no longer subject to death, for they are like angels; and they are the children of God because they are children of the resurrection.
37 “That the dead are raised Moses himself showed in the account about the bush where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. 38 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for in his sight all are alive.”
39 Some of the scribes then said, “Teacher, you have answered well.” 40 And they no longer dared to ask him anything.
41 Jesus Is Lord.[g] Then Jesus said to them, “How can they say that the Christ is the Son of David? 42 For David himself says in the Book of Psalms:
‘The Lord said to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand
43 until I make your enemies your footstool.” ’
44 David thus calls him ‘Lord’; so how can he be his son?”
45 Denunciation of the Scribes.[h] While all the people were listening, Jesus said to his disciples, 46 “Beware of the scribes who like to walk around in long robes and who love to be greeted respectfully in the marketplaces, and to have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets. 47 They devour the houses of widows, while for the sake of appearance they recite lengthy prayers. They will receive the severest possible condemnation.”
Footnotes
- Luke 20:1 “Who gave you this authority?” Sooner or later, such a question was bound to be asked of Jesus. However, coming from the members of the Jewish high tribunal, it is nothing more than a snare. Jesus places himself in solidarity with John the Baptist, the envoy of God. If they do not have the courage to speak about the dead prophet, how can they be ready to loyally confront the response of Christ? He reduces them to silence, debate being useless.
- Luke 20:1 See note on Mk 11:27-33.
- Luke 20:9 When we read ch. 5 of Isaiah, we understand that it is God who puts the authorities of this people on trial. The parable sums up in a few words the entire history of conflict between the leaders and God’s messengers; is not the last messenger, that is, the heir, Jesus himself? See also note on Mt 21:33-46.
- Luke 20:20 The tribute was a tax collected by the Roman occupiers. To justify its payment meant collaborating with the enemy of the people; to disallow its payment meant labeling oneself as rebellious in the eyes of the Romans. The snare seems to be inescapable, but Jesus foils the plan by loudly proclaiming the absolute primacy of God (see Lk 12:31). See also note on Mt 22:15-22.
- Luke 20:24 Coin: i.e., a denarius, the normal day’s wage for a laborer at that time.
- Luke 20:27 The party of the Jewish high priests had not yet accepted the belief in the resurrection that had been proclaimed for two or three centuries (Dan 12:2-3) and that the Pharisees had accepted (see Acts 23:8). When the present life is taken as a model of the future life, the reality of the resurrection is misunderstood, since the resurrection radically transforms the human condition.
- Luke 20:41 Most Jews expected the Messiah to be simply an heir of God’s chosen king (see 2 Sam 7:1-17). Citing an ancient royal psalm, Jesus conveys that the Messiah is of divine origin and that he will bring a kingdom that transcends anything we might ordinarily imagine.
- Luke 20:45 Jesus reproaches the teachers of religious thought for their vanity (Lk 11:43), greed (Lk 16:14), and artificial and ostentatious piety (Lk 18:11-12).
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