路 加 福 音 20
Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
犹太人首领怀疑耶稣的权威
20 一天，耶稣正在大殿院里教导人们、传播福音，祭司长、律法师和年长的犹太首领走过来， 2 问耶稣∶“告诉我们，你凭什么权力做这些事情，谁给了你这种权力的呢？”
3 耶稣回答他们道∶“我也要问你们一个问题，你们告诉我： 4 约翰所施的洗礼来自天上还是来自人间呢？”
5 他们彼此议论说∶“如果我们说∶‘来自天上，’他将说∶‘那么你们为什么不相信他呢？’ 6 可是，如果咱们说∶‘是来自凡人，’那么所有的人都会朝我们扔石头，因为他们都相信约翰是先知。” 7 于是他们回答说∶“我们不知道。”
8 然后，耶稣对他们说∶“那么，我也不告诉你们我是凭什么权力做这些事。”
上帝派谴他的儿子
9 接着，耶稣又给人们讲了这个寓言∶“从前，有个人种了一个葡萄园，他把园子租给了一些农户，然后自己就离开了，在外面住了很长一段时间。 10 到了收葡萄的季节，他派了一个仆人去见那些农户，向他们收取他应得的那份果实，可是，农夫们殴打了他一顿，还把他两手空空地撵了回去。 11 所以，他又派另一个仆人去要，结果这个仆人也挨了一顿打，农户们还羞辱了他一番，然后让他空着手回去了。 12 园主于是又派了第三个仆人去，可是那些农户不但打伤了他，还把他扔出了大门。 13 葡萄园主说道∶‘我该怎么办呢？我就派我的爱子去吧，也许他们会尊敬他。’ 14 农户一看到园主的儿子，便私下议论道∶‘这是园主的继承人，咱们把他杀了，那份产业就归咱们了。’ 15 于是，他们把园主的儿子扔出了园子，杀害了他。
“那么，葡萄园主将会怎么对付那些农户呢？ 16 他会来杀掉那些农户，把园子转租给别人。”
他们听到这个故事时，说道∶“这种事情绝不该发生！” 17 可耶稣注视着他们说∶“书上的这句话∶‘那块被建筑师舍弃的石头， 现在变成了基石’是什么意思呢？ 18 跌倒在这块石头上的人，将会粉身碎骨；这块石头砸在谁身上，谁就会被砸得稀烂。”
19 律法师和祭司长明白耶稣的比喻是针对他们讲的，恨不得马上把耶稣抓起来，可是，他们又害怕民众。
犹太首领企图设陷井
20 所以，律法师和祭司长们密切地注视着耶稣，并派了一些奸细，装作很诚恳的样子，他们的计划是要抓住耶稣话里的把柄，以便把他交到有权有势的总督那里去。 21 这些奸细问耶稣∶“老师，我们知道你所说的和所教的东西都是正确的，也知道你一视同仁，你总是忠实地教导上帝之道， 22 那么，我们是否应该向凯撒交税呢？”
23 耶稣意识到他们设的诡计，就对他们说： 24 “拿一块银币来给我看看，谁的头像和名字刻在上面？”
25 他们说∶“是凯撒的。”
然后耶稣说∶“那么，就应该把属于凯撒的东西给凯撒，把属于上帝的东西给上帝。”
26 这些奸细对耶稣的回答十分惊讶，都哑口无言了，他们无法在众人面前抓住耶稣的话柄。
一些撒都该人企图设陷井
27 一些撒都该人来见耶稣，（他们不相信死人会复活。）他们问道： 28 “老师，摩西为我们写道：如果一个结了婚的男子死了，没留下儿女，他的兄弟就应该和他的遗孀结婚，代兄长生儿育女。 29 从前一家有七个兄弟，老大结婚后死了，没留下孩子。 30 老二便娶了这个寡妇，可老二也没有孩子就死了； 31 然后，老三又娶了这个寡妇，结果也是如此。如果这七个兄弟都娶过这个寡妇，可都没有留下孩子便死去了。 32 最后，这个女子也死了。 33 既然七个兄弟都娶过她，那么在他们复活后，她应该是谁的妻子呢？”
34 然后，耶稣对他们说∶“这个世界的人们有娶有嫁， 35 一人在今世后会配得上从死里复活，在那个世界的人，既不娶也不嫁， 36 因为，他们就像天使一样，所以不会再死；因为他们复活了，所以他们是上帝的儿女。 37 但是，在关于燃烧着的荆棘 [a]那段里，当他称主为‘亚伯拉罕的上帝、以撒的上帝和雅各的上帝’时，甚至连摩西也表明了死者能复活。 [b] 38 他（上帝），不是死人的上帝，而是活人的上帝，所有归属他的人们都是活着的。”
39 一些律法师答道∶“老师，您讲得真好！” 40 之后，他们没人再敢向耶稣提问题了。
基督是大卫的子孙还是他的主？
41 耶稣又对他们说∶“人们怎么说基督是大卫的子孙呢？ 42 因为大卫本人在《诗篇》书中说道：
‘主对我的主说：
坐在我的右侧，
43 直到我把你的敌人变成你的垫脚凳。’ (A)
44 既然大卫称基督为‘主’，那么基督怎么可能是大卫的子孙呢？”
警告当心律法师
45 当所有的人们听耶稣讲话的时候，耶稣对他的门徒们说∶ 46 “提防那些律法师。他们喜欢穿着长袍到处招摇，他们喜欢在集市上受人毕恭毕敬地问候；他们喜欢在犹太会堂里坐高位，在宴席上坐首位； 47 他们骗取寡妇的房屋，表演长篇的祷告，这些人将会受到更严厉的惩罚！”
Footnotes
- 路 加 福 音 20:37 燃烧着的荆棘： 读《出埃及记》3:1-12。
- 路 加 福 音 20:37 引自《出埃及记》3:6。
Luke 20
Contemporary English Version
A Question about Jesus' Authority
(Matthew 21.23-27; Mark 11.27-33)
20 One day, Jesus was teaching in the temple and telling the good news. So the chief priests, the teachers, and the nation's leaders 2 asked him, “What right do you have to do these things? Who gave you this authority?”
3 Jesus replied, “I want to ask you a question. 4 Who gave John the right to baptize? Was it God in heaven or merely some human being?”
5 They talked this over and said to each other, “We can't say God gave John this right. Jesus will ask us why we didn't believe John. 6 And we can't say it was merely some human who gave John the right to baptize. The crowd will stone us to death, because they think John was a prophet.”
7 So they told Jesus, “We don't know who gave John the right to baptize.”
8 Jesus replied, “Then I won't tell you who gave me the right to do what I do.”
Renters of a Vineyard
(Matthew 21.33-46; Mark 12.1-12)
9 (A) Jesus told the people this story:
A man once planted a vineyard and rented it out. Then he left the country for a long time. 10 When it was time to harvest the crop, he sent a servant to ask the renters for his share of the grapes. But they beat up the servant and sent him away without anything. 11 So the owner sent another servant. The renters also beat him up. They insulted him terribly and sent him away without a thing. 12 The owner sent a third servant. He was also beaten terribly and thrown out of the vineyard.
13 The owner then said to himself, “What am I going to do? I know what. I'll send my son, the one I love so much. They will surely respect him!”
14 When the renters saw the owner's son, they said to one another, “Someday he will own the vineyard. Let's kill him! Then we can have it all for ourselves.” 15 So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
Jesus asked, “What do you think the owner of the vineyard will do? 16 I'll tell you what. He will come and kill those renters and let someone else have his vineyard.”
When the people heard this, they said, “This must never happen!”
17 (B) But Jesus looked straight at them and said, “Then what do the Scriptures mean when they say, ‘The stone the builders tossed aside is now the most important stone of all’? 18 Anyone who stumbles over this stone will get hurt, and anyone it falls on will be smashed to pieces.”
19 The chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses knew that Jesus was talking about them when he was telling this story. They wanted to arrest him right then, but they were afraid of the people.
Paying Taxes
(Matthew 22.15-22; Mark 12.13-17)
20 Jesus' enemies kept watching him closely, because they wanted to hand him over to the Roman governor. So they sent some men who pretended to be good. But they were really spies trying to catch Jesus saying something wrong. 21 The spies said to him, “Teacher, we know you teach the truth about what God wants people to do. And you treat everyone with the same respect, no matter who they are. 22 Tell us, should we pay taxes to the Emperor or not?”
23 Jesus knew they were trying to trick him. So he told them, 24 “Show me a coin.” Then he asked, “Whose picture and name are on it?”
“The Emperor's,” they answered.
25 Then he told them, “Give the Emperor what belongs to him and give God what belongs to God.” 26 Jesus' enemies could not catch him saying anything wrong there in front of the people. They were amazed at his answer and kept quiet.
Life in the Future World
(Matthew 22.23-33; Mark 12.18-27)
27 (C) The Sadducees did not believe that people would rise to life after death. So some of them came to Jesus 28 (D) and said:
Teacher, Moses wrote that if a married man dies and has no children, his brother should marry the widow. Their first son would then be thought of as the son of the dead brother.
29 There were once seven brothers. The first one married, but died without having any children. 30 The second one married his brother's widow, and he also died without having any children. 31 The same thing happened to the third one. Finally, all seven brothers married this woman and died without having any children. 32 At last the woman died. 33 When God raises people from death, whose wife will this woman be? All seven brothers had married her.
34 Jesus answered:
The people in this world get married. 35 But in the future world no one who is worthy to rise from death will either marry 36 or die. They will be like the angels and will be God's children, because they have been raised to life.
37 (E) In the story about the burning bush, Moses clearly shows that people will live again. He said, “The Lord is the God worshiped by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”[a] 38 So the Lord isn't the God of the dead, but of the living. This means that everyone is alive as far as God is concerned.
39 Some of the teachers of the Law of Moses said, “Teacher, you have given a good answer!” 40 From then on, no one dared to ask Jesus any questions.
About David's Son
(Matthew 22.41-46; Mark 12.35-37)
41 Jesus asked, “Why do people say that the Messiah will be the son of King David?[b] 42 (F) In the book of Psalms, David himself says,
‘The Lord said to my Lord,
Sit at my right side[c]
43 until I make your enemies
into a footstool for you.’
44 David spoke of the Messiah as his Lord, so how can the Messiah be his son?”
Jesus and the Teachers of the Law of Moses
(Matthew 23.1-36; Mark 12.38-40; Luke 11.37-54)
45 While everyone was listening to Jesus, he said to his disciples:
46 Guard against the teachers of the Law of Moses! They love to walk around in long robes, and they like to be greeted in the market. They want the front seats in the synagogues and the best seats at banquets. 47 But they cheat widows out of their homes and then pray long prayers just to show off. These teachers will be punished most of all.
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