路加福音 14
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
治好水臌病的人
14 在安息日，耶稣进了一个法利赛人领袖的家里吃饭，众人都在窥探他。 2 正好在他面前有一个患水臌病的人； 3 耶稣对律法师和法利赛人说：“在安息日治病，可以不可以呢？” 4 他们却不出声。耶稣扶着病人，治好他，叫他走了， 5 就对他们说：“你们中间谁的儿子或牛在安息日掉在井里，不立刻把他拉上来呢？” 6 他们不能回答这些话。
耶稣教训筵席的主人（参(A)
7 耶稣看见被邀请的客人选择高位，就用比喻对他们说： 8 “你被邀请参加婚筵的时候，不要自己坐在高位上，恐怕有比你更尊贵的客人也被请来； 9 那请你又请他的人过来对你说：‘请你让位给这个人。’那时你就惭愧地退居末位了。 10 你被邀请的时候，要坐在末位上，等请你的人过来对你说：‘朋友，请上座。’那时你在同席的人面前才有光彩。 11 因为凡高抬自己的，必要降卑；自己谦卑的，必要升高。” 12 耶稣又对邀请他的人说：“你设午餐或晚宴，不要请你的朋友、弟兄、亲戚或富裕的邻舍，恐怕他们又回请你，你就得了报答。 13 你摆筵席的时候，总要邀请那贫穷的、残废的、瘸腿的、瞎眼的， 14 那你就有福了。因为他们没有甚么可以报答你，义人复活的时候，你必定得着报答。”
婚筵的比喻（参(B)
15 一起吃饭的人中有一个，听了这些话，就对耶稣说：“在 神的国里吃饭的人有福了。” 16 耶稣对他说：“有一个人大摆筵席，请了许多客人。 17 到了开席的时候，他打发仆人去对所请的人说：‘请来吧！样样都准备好了。’ 18 众人一致推辞，头一个说：‘我买了一块地，不得不去看一看，请原谅我。’ 19 另一个说：‘我买了五对牛，要去试一试，请原谅我。’ 20 又一个说：‘我刚结了婚，不能去。’ 21 仆人回来把这些事告诉他主人，家主就发怒，对仆人说：‘快到城里大街小巷去，把贫穷的、残废的、瞎眼的、瘸腿的，都领到这里来。’ 22 仆人说：‘主啊，你所吩咐的已经办了，还有空位。’ 23 主人就对仆人说：‘你出去到路边篱畔，勉强人进来，好把我的屋子坐满。 24 我告诉你们，先前请的那些人，一个也不得尝我的筵席。’”
作门徒的代价（参(C)
25 有许多人与耶稣同行，他转身对他们说： 26 “如果有人到我这里来，爱我不超过爱（“爱我不超过爱”原文作“不恨”）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跟随我的，也不能作我的门徒。 28 你们当中有谁要盖一座楼，不先坐下计算费用，能不能盖成呢？ 29 恐怕安了地基，而不能完成，所有看见的人都讥笑他， 30 说：‘这个人开了工，却不能完工。’ 31 或者一个王去和别的王打仗，哪有不先坐下想想，能否用一万兵去抵抗那领两万来攻打他的呢？ 32 如果不能，就该趁对方还远的时候，派使者去谈判和平的条件。 33 这样，你们中间不论谁，如果不撇下一切所有的，就不能作我的门徒。
34 “盐本来是好的，但如果失了味，怎能使它再咸呢？ 35 或用在田里，或放在粪里，都不合适；只好扔在外面。有耳可听的，就应当听。”
Luke 14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 14
Healing of the Man with Dropsy on the Sabbath.[a] 1 (A)On a sabbath he went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees, and the people there were observing him carefully.(B) 2 In front of him there was a man suffering from dropsy.[b] 3 Jesus spoke to the scholars of the law and Pharisees in reply, asking, “Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath or not?”(C) 4 But they kept silent; so he took the man and, after he had healed him, dismissed him. 5 Then he said to them, “Who among you, if your son or ox[c] falls into a cistern, would not immediately pull him out on the sabbath day?”(D) 6 But they were unable to answer his question.(E)
Conduct of Invited Guests and Hosts.[d] 7 (F)He told a parable to those who had been invited, noticing how they were choosing the places of honor at the table. 8 (G)“When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not recline at table in the place of honor. A more distinguished guest than you may have been invited by him, 9 and the host who invited both of you may approach you and say, ‘Give your place to this man,’ and then you would proceed with embarrassment to take the lowest place. 10 Rather, when you are invited, go and take the lowest place so that when the host comes to you he may say, ‘My friend, move up to a higher position.’ Then you will enjoy the esteem of your companions at the table. 11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”(H) 12 Then he said to the host who invited him, “When you hold a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your wealthy neighbors, in case they may invite you back and you have repayment.(I) 13 Rather, when you hold a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind; 14 blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”(J)
The Parable of the Great Feast.[e] 15 One of his fellow guests on hearing this said to him, “Blessed is the one who will dine in the kingdom of God.” 16 (K)He replied to him, “A man gave a great dinner to which he invited many. 17 When the time for the dinner came, he dispatched his servant to say to those invited, ‘Come, everything is now ready.’ 18 But one by one, they all began to excuse themselves. The first said to him, ‘I have purchased a field and must go to examine it; I ask you, consider me excused.’ 19 And another said, ‘I have purchased five yoke of oxen and am on my way to evaluate them; I ask you, consider me excused.’ 20 And another said, ‘I have just married a woman, and therefore I cannot come.’ 21 The servant went and reported this to his master. Then the master of the house in a rage commanded his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in here the poor and the crippled, the blind and the lame.’ 22 The servant reported, ‘Sir, your orders have been carried out and still there is room.’ 23 The master then ordered the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedgerows and make people come in that my home may be filled. 24 For, I tell you, none of those men who were invited will taste my dinner.’”
Sayings on Discipleship.[f] 25 Great crowds were traveling with him, and he turned and addressed them, 26 (L)“If any one comes to me without hating his father[g] and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.(M) 27 Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.(N) 28 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? 29 Otherwise, after laying the foundation and finding himself unable to finish the work the onlookers should laugh at him 30 and say, ‘This one began to build but did not have the resources to finish.’ 31 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? 32 But if not, while he is still far away, he will send a delegation to ask for peace terms. 33 In the same way, everyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be my disciple.(O)
The Simile of Salt.[h] 34 “Salt is good, but if salt itself loses its taste, with what can its flavor be restored?(P) 35 It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown out. Whoever has ears to hear ought to hear.”(Q)
Footnotes
- 14:1–6 See note on Lk 13:10–17.
- 14:2 Dropsy: an abnormal swelling of the body because of the retention and accumulation of fluid.
- 14:5 Your son or ox: this is the reading of many of the oldest and most important New Testament manuscripts. Because of the strange collocation of son and ox, some copyists have altered it to “your ass or ox,” on the model of the saying in Lk 13:15.
- 14:7–14 The banquet scene found only in Luke provides the opportunity for these teachings of Jesus on humility and presents a setting to display Luke’s interest in Jesus’ attitude toward the rich and the poor (see notes on Lk 4:18; 6:20–26; 12:13–34).
- 14:15–24 The parable of the great dinner is a further illustration of the rejection by Israel, God’s chosen people, of Jesus’ invitation to share in the banquet in the kingdom and the extension of the invitation to other Jews whose identification as the poor, crippled, blind, and lame (Lk 14:21) classifies them among those who recognize their need for salvation, and to Gentiles (Lk 14:23). A similar parable is found in Mt 22:1–10.
- 14:25–33 This collection of sayings, most of which are peculiar to Luke, focuses on the total dedication necessary for the disciple of Jesus. No attachment to family (Lk 14:26) or possessions (Lk 14:33) can stand in the way of the total commitment demanded of the disciple. Also, acceptance of the call to be a disciple demands readiness to accept persecution and suffering (Lk 14:27) and a realistic assessment of the hardships and costs (Lk 14:28–32).
- 14:26 Hating his father…: cf. the similar saying in Mt 10:37. The disciple’s family must take second place to the absolute dedication involved in following Jesus (see also Lk 9:59–62).
- 14:34–35 The simile of salt follows the sayings of Jesus that demanded of the disciple total dedication and detachment from family and possessions and illustrates the condition of one who does not display this total commitment. The halfhearted disciple is like salt that cannot serve its intended purpose. See the simile of salt in Mt 5:13 and the note there.
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