馬太福音 22
Chinese Standard Bible (Traditional)
婚宴的比喻
22 耶穌又用比喻對他們說： 2 「天國好比一個君王，為自己的兒子預備婚宴。 3 他派了奴僕們去叫那些被邀請的人前來赴宴，可是他們不肯來。 4 王又派了別的奴僕，說：『你們去對那些被邀請的人說，看哪，我的午餐我已經預備好了，公牛和肥畜已經宰殺了，一切都預備好了，請你們來赴婚宴。』
5 「但那些人不理，就走開了，有的到自己的田裡去，有的做自己的生意去。 6 其餘的竟抓住王的奴僕們，凌辱他們，並且把他們殺了。 7 王[a]就發怒，派軍兵除滅那些凶手，燒毀了他們的城。
8 「然後對奴僕們說：『婚宴預備好了，但那些被邀請的人不配。 9 所以你們要到大街小巷去，把所見到的人都請來赴宴。』 10 那些奴僕就出去，到大街上，把所見到的，無論好人壞人都召集起來，婚宴上就坐滿了賓客。 11 王進來會見賓客，發現有一個人沒有穿婚宴的禮服， 12 就對他說：『朋友，你進到這裡來怎麼沒有穿婚宴的禮服呢？』那個人啞口無言。
13 「於是王吩咐僕人們：『把他的手腳捆起來，[b]丟到外面的黑暗裡去！在那裡將有哀哭和切齒。』
14 「要知道，蒙召喚的人多，而蒙揀選的人少。」
神與凱撒
15 法利賽人就去商議，怎樣找耶穌的話柄來陷害他。 16 他們派了自己的門徒們與希律黨的人一同去見耶穌，說：「老師，我們知道你是真誠的，並且按真理教導神的道[c]。你不顧忌任何人，因為你不看人的情面。 17 請告訴我們，你認為向凱撒納稅，可以不可以呢？」
18 耶穌看出他們的惡意，就說：「你們這些偽善的人！為什麼試探我呢？ 19 拿一個納稅的錢幣給我看。」他們就拿來了一個銀幣[d]給他。 20 耶穌問他們：「這是誰的像和名號？」
21 他們回答說：「是凱撒的。」
耶穌對他們說：「那麼，凱撒的歸給凱撒；神的歸給神。」 22 他們聽了，感到驚奇，就離開耶穌走了。
撒都該人與復活
23 在那一天，撒都該人來到耶穌那裡，他們一向說沒有復活的事。他們問耶穌， 24 說：「老師，摩西說：如果一個人死了，沒有兒女，他的一個兄弟就要娶他的妻子，為他兄弟留後裔。[e] 25 我們這裡曾經有兄弟七人，第一個結了婚，死了，沒有後裔，留下妻子給他的一個兄弟。 26 第二個、第三個、一直到第七個，都是如此。 27 到了最後，這婦人也死了。 28 既然他們都娶過她，那麼，在復活的時候，她將是這七個人中哪一個的妻子呢？」
29 耶穌回答說：「你們錯了，因為你們不明白經上的話，也不明白神的大能。 30 復活的時候，人既不娶也不嫁，而是像天上的[f]天使一樣。 31 關於死人復活的事，你們難道沒有讀過神對你們所說的話嗎？神說 32 『我是亞伯拉罕的神、以撒的神、雅各的神。』[g]神不是死人的神，而是活人的神。」
33 眾人聽了這話，對他的教導驚嘆不已。
最大的誡命
34 法利賽人聽說耶穌使撒都該人啞口無言，就聚集在一起。 35 他們當中有一個是律法師，[h]來試探耶穌，問他： 36 「老師，律法中最大的誡命是哪一條呢？」
37 耶穌對他說：「『你要以全心、全靈、全意愛主——你的神』[i]， 38 這是最大的，也是最重要的誡命。 39 其次的也和它類似，『要愛鄰如己。』[j] 40 全部律法和先知書都是以這兩條誡命為依據的。」
有關基督的問題
41 法利賽人聚集在一起的時候，耶穌問他們 42 說：「關於基督，你們怎麼看？他是誰的後裔呢？」
他們說：「是大衛的後裔。」
43 耶穌問他們：「那麼，大衛藉著聖靈，怎麼還稱他為『主』呢？大衛說：
45 「因此，大衛如果稱基督為『主』，基督怎麼會是大衛的後裔呢？」 46 沒有人能回答他一句話。從那天起，再也沒有人敢質問耶穌了。
Footnotes
- 馬太福音 22:7 有古抄本附「聽了」。
- 馬太福音 22:13 有古抄本附「帶去」。
- 馬太福音 22:16 道——或譯作「路」。
- 馬太福音 22:19 銀幣——原文為「得拿利」。1得拿利=約1日工資的羅馬銀幣。
- 馬太福音 22:24 《申命記》25:5。
- 馬太福音 22:30 有古抄本附「神的」。
- 馬太福音 22:32 《出埃及記》3:6。
- 馬太福音 22:35 有古抄本沒有「是律法師，」。
- 馬太福音 22:37 《申命記》6:5。
- 馬太福音 22:39 《利未記》19:18。
- 馬太福音 22:44 有古抄本附「做腳凳」。
- 馬太福音 22:44 《詩篇》110:1。
Matthew 22
EasyEnglish Bible
Jesus tells a story about a meal at a marriage
22 Jesus continued to teach the people with stories. 2 He said, ‘This is what the kingdom of heaven is like. A king prepared a special meal for his son's marriage. 3 He asked many people to come. When the meal was ready, he sent his servants out to tell those people to come. But they refused to come.
4 So the king then sent out other servants. He said to them, “Tell this message to all those people that I have asked to come. Tell them that the master says, ‘My servants have prepared the meal. They have killed my large oxen and some fat young cows to eat. Everything is ready. Now come to the marriage party!’ ”
5 But the people did not think that the king's message was important. They went away to do their own work. One man went to his farm and another man went to his business. 6 Other people took hold of the king's servants. They hurt them and then they killed them. 7 The king was very angry. He sent his soldiers to the city where those people lived. They killed the people who killed the king's servants. They destroyed their city with fire.
8 Then the king said to his other servants, “The meal for my son's marriage is ready. But the people that I had asked to come did not deserve to come. 9 So go out now to the town's streets where people meet together. Ask all the people that you find there to come to the marriage party.” 10 Then those servants went out into the streets. They brought to the king's house all the people that they met. Some were good people and some were bad people. Very many people came. The room for the marriage was full!
11 Then the king came into the room to see all the people. He saw one man who was not wearing the right clothes for a marriage.[a] 12 The king said to the man, “How did you come in here, my friend? You are not wearing the right clothes for a marriage.” The man could not answer the king.
13 The king said to his servants, “Tie his hands and his feet. Take him and throw him into the dark place outside. There, people will cry and they will bite their teeth together.”
14 God asks many people to come to him. But he only chooses a few people to be there with him.’
The Pharisees ask Jesus about taxes
15 After the Pharisees heard this, they thought about what they could do. They wanted to ask Jesus difficult questions. They wanted to make him say something wrong about the Roman ruler. 16 So the Pharisees sent their own disciples to Jesus. They also sent people who were friends of King Herod. They said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, we know that you only say true things. You teach us what God wants us to do. It does not matter to you what other people think. If someone is important, you do not change your answers to make them happy. 17 So tell us your answer to this question: Should we pay our taxes to the Roman ruler, Caesar? Is it right to give that money to him, or not?’
18 Jesus knew that these men wanted to do bad things to him. So he said to them, ‘You are asking that question to cause trouble for me. You are not being honest! 19 Now, show me the coin that you use for the tax.’ So they brought a coin to him. 20 Then Jesus asked them, ‘Whose picture is on this coin? Whose name is on it?’
21 They replied, ‘It is Caesar's picture and Caesar's name.’
Jesus said to them, ‘So you should give to Caesar the things that belong to Caesar. And give to God the things that belong to God.’
22 When they heard Jesus' answer, they were very surprised. So they left him and they went away.
The Sadducees ask Jesus a question
23 On that day, some Sadducees also came to Jesus. Sadducees do not believe that anyone becomes alive again after they die. They wanted to ask Jesus a question.[b]
24 ‘Teacher,’ they said to him, ‘Moses said in the Bible: A man may die and leave behind a wife but no children. Then that man's brother must marry the woman. Then their children will be called the children of the brother who died. 25 Once, there were seven brothers who lived here. The oldest brother married a woman. Then he died before they had any children. So the second brother married the woman. 26 But then he also died with no children. So a third brother married this woman. And the same thing happened to all the brothers down to the seventh brother. They all died before the woman had any children. 27 After all this, the woman also died. 28 You teach that one day dead people will become alive again. On that day, whose wife will that woman be? She had married all seven of those brothers.’
29 Jesus said to the Sadducees, ‘You are wrong. This is because you do not know the Bible. And you do not know how powerful God is. 30 One day, God will raise people up after they have died. They will become alive again. But then men and women will not marry. They will not have husbands or wives. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven. 31 It is true that one day dead people will become alive again. You have read in the Bible about what God said to you: 32 “I am the God of Abraham. I am the God of Isaac. And I am the God of Jacob.” God is not the God of people who are dead. He is the God of people who are alive.’[c]
33 The crowd heard this. They were very surprised about what Jesus was teaching.
Jesus teaches the Pharisees about the most important Law
34 The Pharisees heard that Jesus had said these things to the Sadducees. Now the Sadducees could not say anything more to him. So the Pharisees met together. They decided what they would say to Jesus.
35 One of the Pharisees had studied God's Law very well. He asked Jesus a question to see how he would answer. 36 He said, ‘Teacher, which of God's Laws is the most important rule for us to obey?’
37 Jesus replied to him, ‘You should love the Lord your God completely: Love him with all your mind. Love him with all that you are. Love him in all that you think. 38 This is the greatest rule and the most important of all God's Laws. 39 The second rule is also important, like the first one. You should love other people as much as you love yourself. 40 All God's Laws that Moses gave us come from these two rules. All the things that the prophets wrote also come from them.’
Jesus teaches people about the Messiah
41 While the Pharisees met together with Jesus, he asked them, 42 ‘What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?’
The Pharisees replied, ‘He will be King David's son.’
43 Jesus said to them, ‘So think about this: God's Holy Spirit helped King David to call the Messiah his Lord. David said, 44 “The Lord said to my Lord:
Sit at my right side until I win against your enemies.
Then you will be able to put your feet on them.”
45 We know that King David calls the Messiah his Lord. So can you really say that the Messiah is David's son?’ 46 Nobody could answer the question that Jesus asked. After this, everyone was afraid to ask Jesus any more questions.
Footnotes
- 22:11 At that time, a man asked his friends to a special meal when he got married. He also gave them special clothes to wear. They wore these clothes when they came in to the meal. In the story, people came in from the streets, so they were not wearing special clothes. One person had not accepted the special clothes that the king gave to him. The special clothes are like what God gives us because of Jesus. Each person must accept what God gives. A person cannot save himself. That is what Jesus is teaching in this story.
- 22:23 The Sadducees were a group of Jewish leaders.
- 22:32 See Exodus 3:6.
Matthew 22
New King James Version
The Parable of the Wedding Feast(A)
22 And Jesus answered (B)and spoke to them again by parables and said: 2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son, 3 and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to come. 4 Again, he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner; (C)my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding.” ’ 5 But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business. 6 And the rest seized his servants, treated them [a]spitefully, and killed them. 7 But when the king heard about it, he was furious. And he sent out (D)his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. 8 Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not (E)worthy. 9 Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.’ 10 So those servants went out into the highways and (F)gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there (G)who did not have on a wedding garment. 12 So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was (H)speechless. 13 Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, [b]take him away, and cast him (I)into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
14 (J)“For many are called, but few are chosen.”
The Pharisees: Is It Lawful to Pay Taxes to Caesar?(K)
15 (L)Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle Him in His talk. 16 And they sent to Him their disciples with the (M)Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and teach the way of God in truth; nor do You care about anyone, for You do not [c]regard the person of men. 17 Tell us, therefore, what do You think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”
18 But Jesus [d]perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test Me, you hypocrites? 19 Show Me the tax money.”
So they brought Him a denarius.
20 And He said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?”
21 They said to Him, “Caesar’s.”
And He said to them, (N)“Render[e] therefore to Caesar the things that are (O)Caesar’s, and to God the things that are (P)God’s.” 22 When they had heard these words, they marveled, and left Him and went their way.
The Sadducees: What About the Resurrection?(Q)
23 (R)The same day the Sadducees, (S)who say there is no resurrection, came to Him and asked Him, 24 saying: “Teacher, (T)Moses said that if a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother. 25 Now there were with us seven brothers. The first died after he had married, and having no offspring, left his wife to his brother. 26 Likewise the second also, and the third, even to the seventh. 27 Last of all the woman died also. 28 Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had her.”
29 Jesus answered and said to them, “You are [f]mistaken, (U)not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but (V)are like angels [g]of God in heaven. 31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying, 32 (W)‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.” 33 And when the multitudes heard this, (X)they were astonished at His teaching.
The Scribes: Which Is the First Commandment of All?(Y)
34 (Z)But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 Then one of them, (AA)a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”
37 Jesus said to him, (AB)“‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: (AC)‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 (AD)On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”
Jesus: How Can David Call His Descendant Lord?(AE)
41 (AF)While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42 saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?”
They said to Him, “The (AG)Son of David.”
43 He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying:
44 ‘The(AH) Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
Till I make Your enemies Your footstool” ’?
45 If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his Son?” 46 (AI)And no one was able to answer Him a word, (AJ)nor from that day on did anyone dare question Him anymore.
Footnotes
- Matthew 22:6 insolently
- Matthew 22:13 NU omits take him away, and
- Matthew 22:16 Lit. look at the face of
- Matthew 22:18 knew
- Matthew 22:21 Pay
- Matthew 22:29 deceived
- Matthew 22:30 NU omits of God
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