马太福音 10
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
差遣十二使徒(A)
10 耶稣叫了十二门徒来，赐给他们胜过污灵的权柄，可以赶出污灵和医治各种疾病、各种病症。 2 十二使徒的名字如下：为首的是西门（又名彼得），西门的弟弟安得烈，西庇太的儿子雅各，雅各的弟弟约翰， 3 腓力，巴多罗迈，多马，税吏马太，亚勒腓的儿子雅各，达太， 4 激进派的西门，和出卖耶稣的加略人犹大。 5 耶稣差遣这十二个人出去，并且嘱咐他们：“外族人的路，你们不要走，撒玛利亚人的城，你们也不要进； 6 却要到以色列家的迷羊那里去。 7 你们要一边走一边宣扬说：‘天国近了。’ 8 要医治有病的，叫死人复活，洁净患痲风的，赶出污鬼。你们白白地得来，也应当白白地给人。 9 你们腰袋里不要带金、银、铜钱； 10 路上不要带行囊，也不要带两件衣裳，不要带鞋或手杖，因为作工的理当得到供应。 11 你们无论进哪一座城哪一个村，都要打听谁配接待你们，就住在那里，直到离去。 12 到他家里的时候，要向他们问安； 13 如果这家是配得的，你们的平安就必临到他们；如果这家不配得，你们的平安仍归你们。 14 如果有人不接待你们，不听你们的话，你们离开那一家那一城的时候，就要把脚上的灰尘跺下去。 15 我实在告诉你们，在审判的日子，所多玛和蛾摩拉所受的，比那城还轻呢。
使徒会遭受迫害(B)
16 “现在，我差派你们出去，好象羊进到狼群中间；所以你们要像蛇一样机警，像鸽子一样纯洁。 17 你们要小心，因为有人要把你们送交公议会，并要在会堂里鞭打你们； 18 你们为我的缘故，也要被带到统治者和君王面前，向他们和外族人作见证。 19 你们被捕的时候，用不着担心说甚么和怎么说，因为那时你们必得着当说的话； 20 因为说话的不是你们，而是你们的父的灵，是他在你们里面说话。 21 弟兄要出卖弟兄，父亲要出卖儿女，甚至把他们置于死地；儿女要悖逆父母，害死他们。 22 你们为我的名，要被众人恨恶，然而坚忍到底的必然得救。 23 如果有人在这城迫害你们，就逃到别的城去。我实在告诉你们，你们还没有走遍以色列的各城，人子就来到了。
24 “学生不能胜过老师，奴仆也不能胜过主人。 25 学生若能像老师一样，奴仆若能像主人一样，也就够了。如果一家之主也被称为别西卜（“别西卜”是鬼王的名字），何况他的家人呢？
应该怕谁(C)
26 “所以不要怕他们。没有甚么掩盖的事不被揭露，也没有甚么秘密是人不知道的。 27 我在暗处告诉你们的，你们要在明处讲出来；你们听见的耳语，要在房顶上宣扬出来。 28 那些杀身体却不能杀灵魂的，不要怕他们；倒要怕那位能把灵魂和身体都投入地狱里的。 29 两只麻雀不是卖一个大钱吗？但你们的父若不许可，一只也不会掉在地上。 30 甚至你们的头发都一一数过了。 31 所以不要怕，你们比许多麻雀贵重得多呢。
32 “凡在人面前承认我的，我在我天父面前也要承认他； 33 在人面前不认我的，我在我天父面前也要不认他。
作门徒的代价(D)
34 “你们不要以为我来了，是要给地上带来和平；我并没有带来和平，却带来刀剑， 35 因为我来了是要叫人分裂：
人与父亲作对，
女儿与母亲作对，
媳妇与婆婆作对，
36 人的仇敌就是自己的家人。
37 爱父母过于爱我的，不配作属我的；爱儿女过于爱我的，不配作属我的； 38 凡不背起自己的十字架来跟从我的，也不配作属我的。 39 顾惜自己生命的，必要丧掉生命；但为我牺牲生命的，必要得着生命。
得赏赐(E)
40 “接待你们的，就是接待我；接待我的，就是接待那差我来的。 41 因先知的名接待先知的，必得先知所得的赏赐；因义人的名接待义人的，必得义人所得的赏赐。 42 无论谁因门徒的名，只把一杯凉水给这些微不足道的人中的一个喝，我实在告诉你们，他决不会得不到他的赏赐。”
Matthew 10
International Children’s Bible
Jesus Sends Out His Apostles
10 Jesus called his 12 followers together. He gave them power to drive out evil spirits and to heal every kind of disease and sickness. 2 These are the names of the 12 apostles: Simon (also called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; 3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew, the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; 4 Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot. Judas is the one who turned against Jesus.
5 These 12 men he sent out with the following order: “Don’t go to the non-Jewish people. And don’t go into any town where the Samaritans live. 6 But go to the people of Israel. They are like sheep that are lost. 7 When you go, preach this: ‘The kingdom of heaven is coming soon.’ 8 Heal the sick. Give dead people life again. Heal those who have harmful skin diseases. Force demons to leave people. I give you these powers freely. So help other people freely. 9 Don’t carry any money with you—gold or silver or copper. 10 Don’t carry a bag. Take for your trip only the clothes and sandals you are wearing. Don’t take a walking stick. A worker should be given the things he needs.
11 “When you enter a city or town, find some worthy person there and stay in his home until you leave. 12 When you enter that home, say, ‘Peace be with you.’ 13 If the people there welcome you, let your peace stay there. But if they don’t welcome you, take back the peace you wished for them. 14 And if a home or town refuses to welcome you or listen to you, then leave that place. Shake its dust off your feet.[a] 15 I tell you the truth. On the Judgment Day it will be worse for that town than for the towns of Sodom and Gomorrah.[b]
Jesus Warns His Apostles
16 “Listen! I am sending you out, and you will be like sheep among wolves. So be as smart as snakes. But also be like doves and do nothing wrong. 17 Be careful of people. They will arrest you and take you to court. They will whip you in their synagogues. 18 Because of me you will be taken to stand before governors and kings. You will tell them and the non-Jewish people about me. 19 When you are arrested, don’t worry about what to say or how you should say it. At that time you will be given the things to say. 20 It will not really be you speaking. The Spirit of your Father will be speaking through you.
21 “Brothers will turn against their own brothers and give them over to be killed. Fathers will turn against their own children and give them to be killed. Children will fight against their own parents and have them killed. 22 All people will hate you because you follow me. But the person who continues strong until the end will be saved. 23 When you are treated badly in one city, go to another city. I tell you the truth. You will not finish going through all the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
24 “A student is not better than his teacher. A servant is not better than his master. 25 A student should be satisfied to become like his teacher. A servant should be satisfied to become like his master. If the head of the family is called Beelzebul, then the other members of the family will be called worse names!
Fear God, Not People
26 “So don’t be afraid of those people. Everything that is hidden will be shown. Everything that is secret will be made known. 27 I tell you these things in the dark, but I want you to tell them in the light. I speak these things only to you, but you should tell them to everyone. 28 Don’t be afraid of people. They can only kill the body. They cannot kill the soul. The only one you should fear is the One who can destroy the body and the soul in hell. 29 When birds are sold, two small birds cost only a penny. But not even one of the little birds can die without your Father’s knowing it. 30 God even knows how many hairs are on your head. 31 So don’t be afraid. You are worth much more than many birds.
Tell People About Your Faith
32 “If anyone stands before other people and says he believes in me, then I will say that he belongs to me. I will say this before my Father in heaven. 33 But if anyone stands before people and says he does not believe in me, then I will say that he does not belong to me. I will say this before my Father in heaven.
34 “Don’t think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 I have come to make this happen:
‘A son will be against his father,
a daughter will be against her mother,
a daughter-in-law will be against her mother-in-law.
36 A person’s enemies will be members of his own family.’ Micah 7:6
37 “Whoever loves his father or mother more than he loves me is not worthy to be my follower. Whoever loves his son or daughter more than he loves me is not worthy to be my follower. 38 Whoever is not willing to die on a cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 Whoever tries to hold on to his life will give up true life. Whoever gives up his life for me will hold on to true life. 40 Whoever accepts you also accepts me. And whoever accepts me also accepts the One who sent me. 41 Whoever meets a prophet and accepts him will receive the reward of a prophet. And whoever accepts a good man because that man is good will receive the reward of a good man. 42 Whoever helps one of these little ones because they are my followers will truly get his reward. He will get his reward even if he only gave my follower a cup of cold water.”
Chinese New Version (CNV). Copyright © 1976, 1992, 1999, 2001, 2005 by Worldwide Bible Society.
The Holy Bible, International Children’s Bible® Copyright© 1986, 1988, 1999, 2015 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission.
