不悔改的下场

13 这时,有人把加利利人献祭时被彼拉多屠杀的事告诉了耶稣。

耶稣说:“你们以为这些人被杀,是因为他们的罪比其他加利利人的罪更重吗? 不!我告诉你们,你们若不悔改,同样也必灭亡。 西罗亚楼倒塌时曾压死了十八个人。你们以为他们比耶路撒冷其他人更有罪吗? 不!我告诉你们,你们若不悔改,同样也必灭亡。”

于是,耶稣说了一个比喻:“有人在葡萄园里种了一棵无花果树,他去树那里找果子,却找不到。 他对园丁说,‘三年来,我一直盼望它结果子,它却一个也没结。把它砍了,免得白占土地。’

“园丁请求说,‘主人,再留它一年吧!让我在它四周松土、施肥, 明年如果结了果子就留它,否则再砍掉它。’”

治好驼背妇人

10 有个安息日,耶稣在会堂里讲道。 11 那里有个妇人被邪灵缠身十八年,腰弯得很厉害,无法站直。 12 耶稣看见她,便叫她过来,说:“妇人,你再不会被疾病缠身了!” 13 耶稣双手按在她身上,她的腰立刻直了,便颂赞上帝。

14 会堂主管看到耶稣在安息日为人治病,十分恼怒,就对众人说:“一周有六天可以工作,求医应当在这六天之内,不可在安息日!”

15 主说:“你们这些伪君子,莫非你们在安息日不解开棚里的牛和驴,带它们去喝水吗? 16 这妇人身为亚伯拉罕的女儿,受撒旦的捆绑十八年,难道不该在安息日为她解开捆索吗?” 17 反对祂的人听了这番话后,都非常羞愧,众人却为耶稣的奇妙作为高兴欢喜。

上帝国的比喻

18 耶稣继续说:“上帝的国好像什么呢?我该把上帝的国比作什么呢? 19 上帝的国就像一粒芥菜种,有人把它种在园里,它长成了一棵树,连飞鸟也来栖息在它的树枝上。”

20 耶稣又说:“我该把上帝的国比作什么呢? 21 上帝的国就像面酵,妇人拿来掺在三斗面里,使整团面都发起来。”

努力进窄门

22 耶稣继续前往耶路撒冷,沿途在各城镇教导人。 23 有人问祂:“主啊,得救的人是否很少呢?”耶稣对他们说:

24 “你们要努力进窄门,因为我告诉你们,将来有许多人想要进却进不去。 25 当主人起来把门关闭之后,你们才站在外面叩门哀求,说,‘主啊,给我们开门吧!’主人必说,‘我不认识你们,你们是从哪里来的?’

26 “那时,你们必说,‘我们不是在一起用过餐吗?你不是在街上教导过我们吗?’

27 “主人必说,‘我告诉你们,我不认识你们,也不知道你们是从哪里来的。你们这些作恶的人,走开!’

28 “当你们看见亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各和众先知在上帝的国,自己却被丢在门外,必要在那里哀哭切齿。 29 那时人们会从东西南北来参加上帝国的宴席。 30 看啊,有些殿后的将要为首,有些为首的将要殿后。”

为耶路撒冷哀伤

31 那时,有几个法利赛人来告诉耶稣,说:“快离开这里吧,希律要杀你!”

32 耶稣说:“你们去告诉那个狐狸,‘今天和明天,我要继续赶鬼治病,到第三天,我的任务就完成了。’ 33 无论如何,今天、明天和后天我必须继续前行,因为先知不能死在耶路撒冷以外的地方。

34 “耶路撒冷啊,耶路撒冷啊!你常杀害先知,又用石头打死派到你那里的使者。我多次想要招聚你的儿女,像母鸡将小鸡招聚在翅膀底下,可是你们却不肯。 35 看啊!你们的家园将一片荒凉。我告诉你们,在你们说‘奉主名来的当受称颂’之前,你们再也见不到我了。”

13 Now there were some present at the same time who told Yeshua about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. He answered and said to them, “Do you suppose that these Galileans are worse sinners than the rest of the Galileans because they have suffered these things? No, I tell you! But unless you repent, you all will perish the same way.

“Or those eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and were killed, do you suppose that they are worse sinners than all the people living in Jerusalem? No, I tell you! But unless you repent, you all will perish the same way.

Then Yeshua began telling this parable: “A man had a fig tree he had planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. So he said to the gardener, ‘Indeed, for three years I‘ve come searching for fruit on this fig tree and found none. Remove it! Why does it use up the ground?’

“But answering, the gardener said to him, ‘Master, leave it alone for this year also, until I dig around it and apply fertilizer. And if it bears fruit, good. But if not, cut it down.’”

Teaching by Example at the Synagogue

10 Now Yeshua was teaching in one of the synagogues on Shabbat. 11 And behold, there was a woman with a disabling spirit for eighteen years, bent over and completely unable to stand up straight. 12 When Yeshua saw her, He called out to her and said, “Woman, you are set free from your disability.” 13 Then He laid hands on her, and instantly she stood up straight and began praising God.

14 But the synagogue leader, indignant that Yeshua had healed on Shabbat, started telling the crowd, “There are six days in which work should be done[a]—so come to be healed on those days and not on Yom Shabbat!”

15 But the Lord answered him and said, “Hypocrites! On Shabbat doesn’t each of you untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it away to give it drink? 16 So this one, a daughter of Abraham incapacitated by satan for eighteen years, shouldn’t she be set free from this imprisonment on Yom Shabbat?” 17 When Yeshua said these things, all His opponents were put to shame; but the whole crowd was rejoicing at all the glorious things done by Him.[b]

Teaching throughout the Towns and Villages

18 So Yeshua was saying, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it? 19 It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and dropped into his own garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.” [c] 20 Again He said, “To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? 21 It is like hametz, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.

22 And He continued on His journey through the towns and villages, teaching and making His way to Jerusalem. 23 And someone said to Him, “Master, are only a few being saved?”

Then Yeshua said to them, 24 “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able. 25 Once the Master of the household gets up and shuts the door, and you’re standing outside and begin knocking on the door, saying, ‘Master, open up for us,’ then He will say to you, ‘I don’t know where you come from.’ 26 Then you will start to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your company, and You taught in our streets.’ 27 But He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know where you come from. Get away from Me, all of you evildoers!’”[d]

28 “There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out. 29 And they will come from the east and west and from the north and south, and they will recline at table in the kingdom of God. 30 And indeed, some are last who shall be first, and some are first who shall be last.”

A Warning to Move On

31 In that hour, some Pharisees came up and said to Yeshua, “Get out and leave from here, because Herod wants to kill You!”

32 But Yeshua said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Indeed, I’m driving out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.’ 33 But I must keep going today and tomorrow because it just can’t be that a prophet would perish outside Jerusalem.

34 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her! How often I longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing. 35 Look, your house is left to you desolate![e] For I tell you, you will never see Me until you say, ‘Baruch ha-ba b’shem Adonai. Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’[f]

叫人悔改

13 正當那時,有人將彼拉多使加利利人的血摻雜在他們祭物中的事告訴耶穌。 耶穌說:「你們以為這些加利利人比眾加利利人更有罪,所以受這害嗎? 我告訴你們:不是的!你們若不悔改,都要如此滅亡。 從前西羅亞樓倒塌了,壓死十八個人,你們以為那些人比一切住在耶路撒冷的人更有罪嗎? 我告訴你們:不是的!你們若不悔改,都要如此滅亡。」

不結實的無花果樹

於是用比喻說:「一個人有一棵無花果樹栽在葡萄園裡。他來到樹前找果子,卻找不著, 就對管園的說:『看哪,我這三年來到這無花果樹前找果子,竟找不著。把它砍了吧,何必白占地土呢?』 管園的說:『主啊,今年且留著,等我周圍掘開土,加上糞, 以後若結果子便罷,不然,再把它砍了。』」

安息日醫治駝背的女人

10 安息日,耶穌在會堂裡教訓人。 11 有一個女人被鬼附著,病了十八年,腰彎得一點直不起來。 12 耶穌看見,便叫過她來,對她說:「女人,你脫離這病了!」 13 於是用兩隻手按著她,她立刻直起腰來,就歸榮耀於神。 14 管會堂的因為耶穌在安息日治病,就氣憤憤地對眾人說:「有六日應當做工,那六日之內可以來求醫,在安息日卻不可。」 15 主說:「假冒為善的人哪,難道你們各人在安息日不解開槽上的牛、驢,牽去飲嗎? 16 況且這女人本是亞伯拉罕的後裔,被撒旦捆綁了這十八年,不當在安息日解開她的綁嗎?」 17 耶穌說這話,他的敵人都慚愧了;眾人因他所行一切榮耀的事,就都歡喜了。

芥菜種和麵酵的比喻

18 耶穌說:「神的國好像什麼?我拿什麼來比較呢? 19 好像一粒芥菜種,有人拿去種在園子裡,長大成樹,天上的飛鳥宿在它的枝上。」 20 又說:「我拿什麼來比神的國呢? 21 好比麵酵,有婦人拿來藏在三斗麵裡,直等全團都發起來。」

當進窄門

22 耶穌往耶路撒冷去,在所經過的各城各鄉教訓人。 23 有一個人問他說:「主啊,得救的人少嗎?」 24 耶穌對眾人說:「你們要努力進窄門。我告訴你們:將來有許多人想要進去,卻是不能。 25 及至家主起來關了門,你們站在外面叩門,說:『主啊,給我們開門!』他就回答說:『我不認識你們,不曉得你們是哪裡來的。』 26 那時,你們要說:『我們在你面前吃過、喝過,你也在我們的街上教訓過人。』 27 他要說:『我告訴你們我不曉得你們是哪裡來的。你們這一切作惡的人,離開我去吧!』 28 你們要看見亞伯拉罕以撒雅各和眾先知都在神的國裡,你們卻被趕到外面,在那裡必要哀哭切齒了。 29 從東、從西、從南、從北將有人來,在神的國裡坐席。 30 只是有在後的將要在前,有在前的將要在後。」

嘆息耶路撒冷

31 正當那時,有幾個法利賽人來對耶穌說:「離開這裡去吧,因為希律想要殺你。」 32 耶穌說:「你們去告訴那個狐狸說,今天、明天我趕鬼治病,第三天我的事就成全了。 33 雖然這樣,今天、明天、後天我必須前行,因為先知在耶路撒冷之外喪命是不能的。 34 耶路撒冷啊,耶路撒冷啊!你常殺害先知,又用石頭打死那奉差遣到你這裡來的人。我多次願意聚集你的兒女,好像母雞把小雞聚集在翅膀底下,只是你們不願意。 35 看哪,你們的家成為荒場留給你們!我告訴你們:從今以後你們不得再見我,直等到你們說:『奉主名來的是應當稱頌的!』」