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在安息日治好水肿病人

14 安息日,耶稣到一个法利赛人的领袖家里去吃饭,他们就窥探他。 这时在他面前有一个患水肿病的人。 耶稣回答律法师和法利赛人,说:“安息日治病合不合法?” 他们却不说话。耶稣扶着那人,治好了他,叫他走了。 耶稣对他们说:“你们中间谁有儿子[a]或有牛在安息日掉在井里,不立刻拉他上来呢?” 他们对这些事不能反驳。

对客人和主人的教导

耶稣见所请的客人选择首位,就用比喻对他们说: “你被人请去赴婚宴,不要坐在首位上,恐怕主人请了比你尊贵的客人, 请了你和他的那人前来,对你说:‘请让座给这一位吧。’你就羞羞惭惭地退到末位去了。 10 你被请的时候,去坐在末位上,好让主人来对你说:‘朋友,请上座。’那时,你在同席的人面前就有光彩了。 11 因为凡自高的,必降为卑;自甘卑微的,必升为高。”

12 耶稣又对请他的人说:“你准备午饭或晚餐,不要请你的朋友、弟兄、亲属和富足的邻舍,免得他们回请你,你就得了报答。 13 你摆设宴席,倒要请那贫穷的、残疾的、瘸腿的、失明的, 14 你就有福了!因为他们没有什么可报答你。到义人复活的时候,你要得到报答。”

大宴席的比喻(A)

15 同席的有一人听见这些话,就对耶稣说:“在 神国里吃饭的有福了!” 16 耶稣对他说:“有人摆设大宴席,请了许多客人。 17 到了坐席的时候,他打发仆人去对所请的人说:‘请来吧!样样都已齐备了。’ 18 众人异口同声地推辞。头一个对他说:‘我买了一块地,必须去看看。请你准我辞了。’ 19 另一个说:‘我买了五对牛,要去试一试。请你准我辞了。’ 20 又有一个说:‘我才娶了妻子,所以不能去。’ 21 那仆人回来,把这些事都告诉了主人。这家的主人就发怒,对仆人说:‘快出去,到城里大街小巷,领那贫穷的、残疾的、失明的、瘸腿的来。’ 22 仆人说:‘主啊,你所吩咐的已经办了,还有空位。’ 23 主人对仆人说:‘你出去,到大街小巷强拉人进来,坐满我的屋子。 24 我告诉你们,先前所请的人没有一个可以尝到我的宴席。’”

作门徒的代价(B)

25 有一大群人和耶稣同行。他转过来对他们说: 26 “无论什么人到我这里来,若不爱我胜过爱[b]自己的父母、妻子、儿女、兄弟、姊妹,甚至自己的性命,就不能作我的门徒。 27 凡不背着自己的十字架来跟从我的,也不能作我的门徒。 28 你们哪一个要盖一座楼,不先坐下来计算费用,看能不能盖成? 29 免得安了地基,不能盖成,看见的人都笑话他,说: 30 ‘这个人开了工,却不能完工。’ 31 或是一个王出去和别的王打仗,岂不先坐下来酌量,他能不能用一万兵去抵抗那领二万兵来攻打他的吗? 32 若是不能,他就趁敌人还远的时候,派使者去谈和平的条件。 33 这样,你们无论什么人,若不撇下一切所有的,就不能作我的门徒。”

失味的盐(C)

34 “盐本是好的;盐若失了味,怎能叫它再咸呢? 35 或用在田里,或堆在粪里,都不合适,只好丢在外面。有耳可听的,就应当听!”

Footnotes

  1. 14.5 “儿子”:有古卷是“驴”。
  2. 14.26 “爱我胜过爱”:原文直译“恨”。

Jesus Eats at a Pharisee’s House

14 One Sabbath day, Jesus went to eat in the house of a well-known Pharisee. While he was there, he was being carefully watched. In front of him was a man whose body was badly swollen. Jesus turned to the Pharisees and the authorities on the law. He asked them, “Is it breaking the Law to heal on the Sabbath day?” But they remained silent. So Jesus took hold of the man and healed him. Then he sent him away.

He asked them another question. He said, “Suppose one of you has a child or an ox that falls into a well on the Sabbath day. Wouldn’t you pull it out right away?” And they had nothing to say.

Jesus noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table. So he told them a story. He said, “Suppose someone invites you to a wedding feast. Do not take the place of honor. A person more important than you may have been invited. If so, the host who invited both of you will come to you. He will say, ‘Give this person your seat.’ Then you will be filled with shame. You will have to take the least important place. 10 But when you are invited, take the lowest place. Then your host will come over to you. He will say, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in front of all the other guests. 11 All those who lift themselves up will be made humble. And those who make themselves humble will be lifted up.”

12 Then Jesus spoke to his host. “Suppose you give a lunch or a dinner,” he said. “Do not invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, or your relatives, or your rich neighbors. If you do, they may invite you to eat with them. So you will be paid back. 13 But when you give a banquet, invite those who are poor. Also invite those who can’t see or walk. 14 Then you will be blessed. Your guests can’t pay you back. But you will be paid back when those who are right with God rise from the dead.”

The Story of the Great Banquet

15 One of the people at the table with Jesus heard him say those things. So he said to Jesus, “Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in God’s kingdom.”

16 Jesus replied, “A certain man was preparing a great banquet. He invited many guests. 17 Then the day of the banquet arrived. He sent his servant to those who had been invited. The servant told them, ‘Come. Everything is ready now.’

18 “But they all had the same idea. They began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have just bought a field. I have to go and see it. Please excuse me.’

19 “Another said, ‘I have just bought five pairs of oxen. I’m on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.’

20 “Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’

21 “The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry. He ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the town. Bring in those who are poor. Also bring those who can’t see or walk.’

22 “ ‘Sir,’ the servant said, ‘what you ordered has been done. But there is still room.’

23 “Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads. Go out to the country lanes. Make the people come in. I want my house to be full. 24 I tell you, not one of those people who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.’ ”

The Cost of Being a Disciple

25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus. He turned and spoke to them. He said, 26 “Anyone who comes to me must hate their father and mother. They must hate their wife and children. They must hate their brothers and sisters. And they must hate even their own life. Unless they do this, they can’t be my disciple. 27 Whoever doesn’t carry their cross and follow me can’t be my disciple.

28 “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you sit down first and figure out how much it will cost? Then you will see whether you have enough money to finish it. 29 Suppose you start building and are not able to finish. Then everyone who sees what you have done will laugh at you. 30 They will say, ‘This person started to build but wasn’t able to finish.’

31 “Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. And suppose he has 10,000 men, while the other has 20,000 coming against him. Won’t he first sit down and think about whether he can win? 32 And suppose he decides he can’t win. Then he will send some men to ask how peace can be made. He will do this while the other king is still far away. 33 In the same way, you must give up everything you have. Those of you who don’t cannot be my disciple.

34 “Salt is good. But suppose it loses its saltiness. How can it be made salty again? 35 It is not good for the soil. And it is not good for the trash pile. It will be thrown out.

“Whoever has ears should listen.”