马可福音 2
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
治好癱子(A)
2 過了些日子,耶穌再回到迦百農。一聽說他在屋子裡, 2 許多人就都來聚集,甚至連門前都沒有地方了,耶穌就對他們講道。 3 那時有人把一個癱子帶到耶穌那裡,是由四個人抬來的。 4 因為人擠,不能帶到他面前,就對著耶穌所在的地方,拆去房頂;拆通了,就把癱子連人帶褥子縋了下去。 5 耶穌看見他們的信心,就對癱子說:“孩子,你的罪赦了。” 6 當時有幾個經學家也坐在那裡,心裡議論說: 7 “這個人為甚麼這樣說話?他說僭妄的話了。除了 神一位以外,誰能赦罪呢?” 8 耶穌心裡立刻知道他們這樣議論,就對他們說:“你們心裡為甚麼議論這事? 9 對癱子說‘你的罪赦了’,或說‘起來,拿著你的褥子走’,哪一樣容易呢? 10 然而為了要你們知道人子在地上有赦罪的權柄,(他就對癱子說:) 11 我吩咐你,起來,拿起你的褥子,回家去吧。” 12 那人就起來,立刻拿著褥子,當眾出去了。眾人都非常驚奇,頌讚 神,說:“我們從來沒有見過這樣的事。”
呼召利未(B)
13 耶穌又出去,到了加利利海邊;眾人都到他面前來,他就教導他們。 14 他往前走的時候,看見亞勒腓的兒子利未坐在稅關那裡,就對他說:“來跟從我!”他就起來跟從了耶穌。 15 後來耶穌在利未家裡吃飯,有很多稅吏和罪人也來與他和門徒一起吃飯;因為這樣的人很多,並且他們已經跟隨了耶穌。 16 法利賽派的經學家,看見耶穌與罪人和稅吏一起吃飯,就對耶穌的門徒說:“他跟稅吏和罪人一起吃飯嗎?” 17 耶穌聽見了,就對他們說:“健康的人不需要醫生,有病的人才需要;我來不是要召義人,而是要召罪人。”
新舊的比喻(C)
18 約翰的門徒和法利賽人正在禁食,有人來問耶穌說:“為甚麼約翰的門徒和法利賽人的門徒常常禁食,你的門徒卻不禁食呢?” 19 耶穌回答:“新郎跟賓客在一起的時候,賓客怎能禁食呢?只要新郎還在,就不能禁食。 20 但日子到了,新郎要被取去,離開他們,那一天他們就要禁食了。 21 沒有人會把一塊新布縫在舊衣服上,如果這樣,新的布就會把舊衣服扯破,裂開的地方就更大了。 22 也沒有人會把新酒裝在舊皮袋裡,如果這樣,酒就會把皮袋脹破,酒和皮袋都損壞了;新酒總該裝在新皮袋裡。”
安息日的主(D)
23 有一次,在安息日,耶穌從麥田經過,他的門徒一面走路,一面摘麥穗。 24 法利賽人對耶穌說:“你看,他們為甚麼作安息日不可作的事?” 25 耶穌對他們說:“大衛和跟他一起的人在飢餓缺食的時候所作的,你們沒有念過嗎? 26 他不是在亞比亞他作大祭司的時候,進了 神的殿,吃了除祭司以外誰都不可以吃的陳設餅,而且還給跟他在一起的人吃嗎?” 27 耶穌又告訴他們:“安息日是為人設立的,人並不是為安息日設立的。 28 這樣,人子也是安息日的主。”
Mark 2
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 2
The Healing of a Paralytic. 1 [a]When Jesus returned to Capernaum(A) after some days, it became known that he was at home.[b] 2 Many gathered together so that there was no longer room for them, not even around the door, and he preached the word to them. 3 They came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. 4 Unable to get near Jesus because of the crowd, they opened up the roof above him. After they had broken through, they let down the mat on which the paralytic was lying. 5 [c]When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Child, your sins are forgiven.” 6 [d]Now some of the scribes were sitting there asking themselves, 7 “Why does this man speak that way?[e] He is blaspheming. Who but God alone can forgive sins?”(B) 8 Jesus immediately knew in his mind what they were thinking to themselves, so he said, “Why are you thinking such things in your hearts? 9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise, pick up your mat and walk’? 10 [f]But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth”— 11 he said to the paralytic, “I say to you, rise, pick up your mat, and go home.” 12 He rose, picked up his mat at once, and went away in the sight of everyone. They were all astounded and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this.”
The Call of Levi. 13 [g](C)Once again he went out along the sea. All the crowd came to him and he taught them. 14 (D)As he passed by,[h] he saw Levi, son of Alphaeus, sitting at the customs post. He said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him. 15 While he was at table in his house,[i] many tax collectors and sinners sat with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many who followed him. 16 [j]Some scribes who were Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors and said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 17 Jesus heard this and said to them [that], “Those who are well do not need a physician,[k] but the sick do. I did not come to call the righteous but sinners.”
The Question About Fasting.[l] 18 The disciples of John and of the Pharisees were accustomed to fast.(E) People came to him and objected, “Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?” 19 Jesus answered them, “Can the wedding guests fast[m] while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast. 20 But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day. 21 No one sews a piece of unshrunken cloth on an old cloak. If he does, its fullness pulls away, the new from the old, and the tear gets worse. 22 Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins are ruined. Rather, new wine is poured into fresh wineskins.”
The Disciples and the Sabbath.[n] 23 As he was passing through a field of grain on the sabbath, his disciples began to make a path while picking the heads of grain.(F) 24 At this the Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?”(G) 25 He said to them, “Have you never read what David did[o] when he was in need and he and his companions were hungry? 26 How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the bread of offering that only the priests could lawfully eat, and shared it with his companions?”(H) 27 Then he said to them, “The sabbath was made for man,[p] not man for the sabbath.(I) 28 [q]That is why the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.”
Footnotes
- 2:1–3:6 This section relates a series of conflicts between Jesus and the scribes and Pharisees in which the growing opposition of the latter leads to their plot to put Jesus to death (Mk 3:6).
- 2:1–2 He was at home: to the crowds that gathered in and outside the house Jesus preached the word, i.e., the gospel concerning the nearness of the kingdom and the necessity of repentance and faith (Mk 1:14).
- 2:5 It was the faith of the paralytic and those who carried him that moved Jesus to heal the sick man. Accounts of other miracles of Jesus reveal more and more his emphasis on faith as the requisite for exercising his healing powers (Mk 5:34; 9:23–24; 10:52).
- 2:6 Scribes: trained in oral interpretation of the written law; in Mark’s gospel, adversaries of Jesus, with one exception (Mk 12:28, 34).
- 2:7 He is blaspheming: an accusation made here and repeated during the trial of Jesus (Mk 14:60–64).
- 2:10 But that you may know that the Son of Man…on earth: although Mk 2:8–9 are addressed to the scribes, the sudden interruption of thought and structure in Mk 2:10 seems not addressed to them nor to the paralytic. Moreover, the early public use of the designation “Son of Man” to unbelieving scribes is most unlikely. The most probable explanation is that Mark’s insertion of Mk 2:10 is a commentary addressed to Christians for whom he recalls this miracle and who already accept in faith that Jesus is Messiah and Son of God.
- 2:13 He taught them: see note on Mk 1:21–45.
- 2:14 As he passed by: see note on Mk 1:16–20. Levi, son of Alphaeus: see note on Mt 9:9. Customs post: such tax collectors paid a fixed sum for the right to collect customs duties within their districts. Since whatever they could collect above this amount constituted their profit, the abuse of extortion was widespread among them. Hence, Jewish customs officials were regarded as sinners (Mk 2:16), outcasts of society, and disgraced along with their families. He got up and followed him: i.e., became a disciple of Jesus.
- 2:15 In his house: cf. Mk 2:1; Mt 9:10. Lk 5:29 clearly calls it Levi’s house.
- 2:16–17 This and the following conflict stories reflect a similar pattern: a statement of fact, a question of protest, and a reply by Jesus.
- 2:17 Do not need a physician: this maxim of Jesus with its implied irony was uttered to silence his adversaries who objected that he ate with tax collectors and sinners (Mk 2:16). Because the scribes and Pharisees were self-righteous, they were not capable of responding to Jesus’ call to repentance and faith in the gospel.
- 2:18–22 This conflict over the question of fasting has the same pattern as Mk 2:16–17; see notes on Mt 9:15; 9:16–17.
- 2:19 Can the wedding guests fast?: the bridal metaphor expresses a new relationship of love between God and his people in the person and mission of Jesus to his disciples. It is the inauguration of the new and joyful messianic time of fulfillment and the passing of the old. Any attempt at assimilating the Pharisaic practice of fasting, or of extending the preparatory discipline of John’s disciples beyond the arrival of the bridegroom, would be as futile as sewing a piece of unshrunken cloth on an old cloak or pouring new wine into old wineskins with the resulting destruction of both cloth and wine (Mk 2:21–22). Fasting is rendered superfluous during the earthly ministry of Jesus; cf. Mk 2:20.
- 2:23–28 This conflict regarding the sabbath follows the same pattern as in Mk 2:18–22.
- 2:25–26 Have you never read what David did?: Jesus defends the action of his disciples on the basis of 1 Sm 21:2–7 in which an exception is made to the regulation of Lv 24:9 because of the extreme hunger of David and his men. According to 1 Samuel, the priest who gave the bread to David was Ahimelech, father of Abiathar.
- 2:27 The sabbath was made for man: a reaffirmation of the divine intent of the sabbath to benefit Israel as contrasted with the restrictive Pharisaic tradition added to the law.
- 2:28 The Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath: Mark’s comment on the theological meaning of the incident is to benefit his Christian readers; see note on Mk 2:10.
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