葡萄园主的比喻

12 耶稣开始用比喻对他们说:“有一个人栽种了一个葡萄园,四面围上篱笆,挖了一个榨酒池,盖了一座守望楼,然后把葡萄园租给一些农夫,就出外旅行。 到了收获的[a]季节,他就派了一个奴仆到那些农夫那里去,好从他们收取葡萄园的果子。 但他们抓住那奴仆,打了他,叫他空手回去。 园主又派另一个奴仆到他们那里去。那些农夫[b]打伤了他的头,并且侮辱他[c] 园主再派另一个去,他们把他杀了。另派了许多去,有的被打,有的被杀。

“那园主还有一位——是他的爱子。最后他差派儿子到他们那里,说:‘他们一定会尊重我的儿子。’

“可是那些农夫彼此说:‘这是继承人。来,我们把他杀了,那继业就归我们了。’ 于是他们抓住他,把他杀了,并扔出葡萄园外。

“那么,葡萄园的主人会做什么呢?他会来除灭那些农夫,把葡萄园交给别人。 10 你们难道也没有读过这段经文吗?

‘工匠所弃绝的石头,
它已经成了房角的头块石头;
11 这是主所成就的,
在我们眼中实在奇妙!’[d]

12 祭司长们、律法师们和长老们知道这比喻是针对他们而说的,就想拘捕耶稣。可是他们怕民众,于是离开耶稣走了。

神与凯撒

13 后来,他们派了一些法利赛人和希律党的人到耶稣那里,要找话柄来陷害他。 14 那些人来对耶稣说:“老师,我们知道你是真诚的。你不顾忌任何人,因为你不看人的情面,而是按真理教导神的道[e]。请问,向凯撒纳税,可以不可以呢?我们该交还是不该交呢?”

15 耶稣看出他们的假意,就对他们说:“你们为什么试探我呢?拿一个银币[f]来给我看。” 16 他们就拿来了。耶稣问他们:“这是谁的像和名号?”

他们回答说:“是凯撒的。”

17 耶稣对他们说:“凯撒的归给凯撒;神的归给神。”这使他们感到惊奇。

撒都该人与复活

18 接着,撒都该人来到耶稣那里,他们一向说没有复活的事。他们问耶稣,说: 19 “老师,摩西为我们写道:如果一个人的兄弟死了,撇下妻子而没有留下孩子,他就应该娶这妇人,为兄弟留后裔。[g] 20 曾经有兄弟七人,第一个娶了妻子,死去了,没有留下后裔。 21 第二个娶了这寡妇,也死了,没有留下后裔。第三个也一样。 22 结果,兄弟七个都[h]没有留下后裔。到了最后,这妇人也死了。 23 既然这七个人都娶过她为妻,在复活的时候,当他们复活了[i],她将是谁的妻子呢?”

24 耶稣说:“你们之所以错了,不就是因为你们不明白经上的话,也不明白神的大能吗? 25 当人从死人中复活以后,他们既不娶也不嫁,而是像诸天之上的天使一样。 26 关于死人复活的事,你们难道没有读过摩西书‘荆棘篇’上,神怎样对摩西说的吗?神说‘我是亚伯拉罕的神、以撒的神、雅各的神。’[j] 27 神不是死人的神,而是活人的神[k]。你们完全错了!”

最重要的诫命

28 有一个经文士前来,听见他们辩论,见耶稣回答得好,就问耶稣:“所有的诫命中,哪一条是最重要的呢?”

29 耶稣回答:[l]最重要的是:

以色列啊,你当听好!主——我们的神,是独一的主。[m] 30 你要以全心、全灵、全意、全力爱主——你的神。[n][o]

31 “其次就是‘要爱邻如己。’[p]没有别的诫命比这两条更大的了。”

32 那经文士就对耶稣说:“不错,老师,你真的讲了:神只有一位,除他以外没有别的神。 33 以全心、全智、[q]全力来爱神,并且要爱邻如己,这是比所有的燔祭和各种祭祀都重要的。”

34 耶稣见他回答得有智慧,就对他说:“你离神的国不远了。”于是,没有人敢再质问耶稣了。

有关基督的问题

35 耶稣在圣殿里教导人的时候问:“经文士们怎么说基督是大卫的后裔呢? 36 大卫藉着圣灵,自己说过:

‘主对我主说:
你坐在我的右边,
等我把你的敌人放在你的脚下[r]。’[s]

37 大卫自己称基督为‘主’,基督又怎么会是大卫的后裔呢?”那一大群人都乐意听耶稣讲说。

要防备经文士

38 耶稣在他的教导中说:“你们要当心经文士们。他们喜欢穿着长袍走来走去,喜欢街市上的致敬问候, 39 又喜欢会堂里的首位、宴席中的上座。 40 他们侵吞寡妇的家产,又假意做很长的祷告。这些人将受到更重的惩罚[t]。”

寡妇的奉献

41 耶稣面对奉献箱坐着,看众人怎样把钱投入奉献箱里。许多富有的人投进了很多钱。 42 有一个穷寡妇来,投进两个小钱[u],值一个铜币[v] 43 耶稣把他的门徒们召来,对他们说:“我确实地告诉你们:这穷寡妇所投入奉献箱的,比所有的人投的更多。 44 因为大家是从自己的富余中拿出来投进去;而这寡妇是从自己的缺乏中,把她所拥有的一切,就是她全部的养生费用都投进去了。”

Footnotes

  1. 马可福音 12:2 收获的——辅助词语。
  2. 马可福音 12:4 有古抄本附“用石头砸他,”。
  3. 马可福音 12:4 有古抄本附“把他赶了回去”。
  4. 马可福音 12:11 《诗篇》118:22-23。
  5. 马可福音 12:14 道——或译作“路”。
  6. 马可福音 12:15 银币——原文为“得拿利”。1得拿利=约1日工资的罗马银币。
  7. 马可福音 12:19 《申命记》25:5。
  8. 马可福音 12:22 有古抄本附“娶过她,而”。
  9. 马可福音 12:23 有古抄本没有“当他们复活以后”。
  10. 马可福音 12:26 《出埃及记》3:6,15-16。
  11. 马可福音 12:27 有古抄本没有“神”。
  12. 马可福音 12:29 有古抄本附“所有诫命中”。
  13. 马可福音 12:29 《申命记》6:4。
  14. 马可福音 12:30 《申命记》6:5;《约书亚记》22:5。
  15. 马可福音 12:30 有古抄本附“这是最重要的诫命。”
  16. 马可福音 12:31 《利未记》19:18。
  17. 马可福音 12:33 有古抄本附“全灵、”。
  18. 马可福音 12:36 有古抄本附“做脚凳”。
  19. 马可福音 12:36 《诗篇》110:1。
  20. 马可福音 12:40 惩罚——或译作“审判”。
  21. 马可福音 12:42 两个小钱——原文为“2雷普顿”。1雷普顿=约1/128日工资的希腊小铜币。
  22. 马可福音 12:42 铜币——原文为“柯锥特”。1柯锥特=约1/64日工资的罗马铜币。

兇狠的佃戶

12 耶穌用比喻對他們說:「有人開闢了一個葡萄園,在四周築起籬笆,又在園中挖了一個榨酒池,建了一座瞭望臺,然後把葡萄園租給佃戶,就出遠門了。

「到葡萄成熟時,園主派一個奴僕去收取他該得的一份。 那些佃戶卻捉住那個奴僕,打了他一頓,使他空手而歸。

「園主又差另一個奴僕去。這一次,佃戶不但侮辱他,還把他打得頭破血流。 園主再派一個奴僕前往,他們卻把他殺掉了。園主後來派去的人不是挨打,就是被殺。 最後只剩下園主的愛子,園主就派他去,以為那些佃戶會尊重他的兒子。 這班佃戶卻彼此商量說,『這個就是園主的繼承人。來吧!我們殺掉他,產業就歸我們了。』

「於是他們抓住他,殺了他,把他拋到葡萄園外。 那麼,園主會採取什麼行動呢?他必定會來殺掉這些佃戶,把葡萄園轉給別人。 10 聖經上說,

『工匠丟棄的石頭已成了房角石。
11 這是主的作為,
在我們看來奇妙莫測。』

你們沒有讀過這經文嗎?」

12 他們聽出這比喻是針對他們說的,就想逮捕耶穌,但又害怕百姓,只好先離開了。

納稅給凱撒的問題

13 後來,他們派了幾個法利賽人和希律黨人到耶穌那裡,企圖利用祂所說的話設計陷害祂。

14 他們上前對耶穌說:「老師,我們知道你誠實無偽,不看人的情面,因為你不以貌取人,而是按真理傳上帝的道。那麼,向凱撒納稅對不對呢? 15 我們該不該納呢?」耶穌看破他們的陰謀,就說:「你們為什麼試探我呢?拿一個銀幣來給我看。」

16 他們就拿來一個銀幣,耶穌問他們:「上面刻的是誰的像和名號?」

他們說:「凱撒的。」

17 耶穌說:「屬於凱撒的東西應該給凱撒,屬於上帝的東西應該給上帝。」

他們聽了這話,都很驚奇。

論復活

18 撒都該人向來不相信有復活的事,他們來問耶穌: 19 「老師,摩西為我們寫下律例,如果一個人死了,遺下妻子,又沒有兒女,他的兄弟就當娶嫂嫂,替哥哥傳宗接代。 20 有弟兄七人,老大結了婚,沒有孩子就死了。 21 二弟把大嫂娶過來,也沒有生孩子就死了,三弟也是一樣, 22 七個人都沒有留下孩子。最後,那女人也死了。 23 那麼,到復活的時候,她將是誰的妻子呢?因為七個人都娶過她。」

24 耶穌說:「你們弄錯了,因為你們不明白聖經,也不知道上帝的能力。 25 死人復活之後,將不娶也不嫁,就像天上的天使一樣。 26 關於死人復活的事,你們沒有讀過摩西書有關火中荊棘的記載嗎?上帝對摩西說,『我是亞伯拉罕的上帝,以撒的上帝,雅各的上帝。』 27 上帝不是死人的上帝,而是活人的上帝。你們大錯了!」

最大的誡命

28 有一位律法教師聽到他們的辯論,覺得耶穌的回答很精彩,就走過去問道:「誡命中哪一條最重要呢?」

29 耶穌回答道:「最重要的誡命是,『聽啊,以色列!主——我們的上帝是獨一的主。 30 你要全心、全情、全意、全力愛主——你的上帝』; 31 其次就是『要愛鄰如己』。再也沒有任何誡命比這兩條更重要了。」

32 那位律法教師說:「老師,你說得對,上帝只有一位,除祂以外,別無他神。 33 我們要全心、全意、全力愛祂,又要愛鄰如己。這樣做比獻什麼祭都好。」

34 耶穌見他答得很有智慧,就告訴他:「你離上帝的國不遠了。」此後,沒人再敢問耶穌問題了。

基督的身分

35 耶穌在聖殿裡教導的時候,問道:「律法教師為什麼說基督是大衛的後裔呢? 36 大衛自己曾經受聖靈的感動,說,

『主對我主說,
你坐在我的右邊,
等我使你的仇敵伏在你腳下。』

37 既然大衛自己稱基督為主,基督又怎能是大衛的後裔呢?」百姓聽得津津有味。 38 耶穌又教導他們,說:「你們要提防律法教師,他們愛穿著長袍招搖過市,喜歡人們在大街上問候他們, 39 又喜歡會堂裡的上座和宴席中的首位。 40 他們侵吞寡婦的財產,還假意做冗長的禱告。這種人必受到更嚴厲的懲罰。」

窮寡婦的奉獻

41 然後,耶穌走到聖殿的奉獻箱對面坐下,看大家怎樣奉獻。很多財主奉獻了大量的錢。 42 後來一個窮寡婦來了,投進了相當於一文錢的兩個小銅錢。 43 耶穌叫門徒來,說:「我實在告訴你們,這位窮寡婦比其他人奉獻的都多, 44 因為他們不過奉獻了自己剩餘的,但這窮寡婦卻奉獻了她賴以為生的。」

The Parable of the Tenants(A)

12 Jesus then began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard.(B) He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place. At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. But they seized him, beat him and sent him away empty-handed. Then he sent another servant to them; they struck this man on the head and treated him shamefully. He sent still another, and that one they killed. He sent many others; some of them they beat, others they killed.

“He had one left to send, a son, whom he loved. He sent him last of all,(C) saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

“But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ So they took him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.

“What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others. 10 Haven’t you read this passage of Scripture:

“‘The stone the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone;(D)
11 the Lord has done this,
    and it is marvelous in our eyes’[a]?”(E)

12 Then the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders looked for a way to arrest him because they knew he had spoken the parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd;(F) so they left him and went away.(G)

Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar(H)

13 Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians(I) to Jesus to catch him(J) in his words. 14 They came to him and said, “Teacher, we know that you are a man of integrity. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are; but you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay the imperial tax[b] to Caesar or not? 15 Should we pay or shouldn’t we?”

But Jesus knew their hypocrisy. “Why are you trying to trap me?” he asked. “Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.” 16 They brought the coin, and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?”

“Caesar’s,” they replied.

17 Then Jesus said to them, “Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.”(K)

And they were amazed at him.

Marriage at the Resurrection(L)

18 Then the Sadducees,(M) who say there is no resurrection,(N) came to him with a question. 19 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.(O) 20 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died without leaving any children. 21 The second one married the widow, but he also died, leaving no child. It was the same with the third. 22 In fact, none of the seven left any children. Last of all, the woman died too. 23 At the resurrection[c] whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?”

24 Jesus replied, “Are you not in error because you do not know the Scriptures(P) or the power of God? 25 When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.(Q) 26 Now about the dead rising—have you not read in the Book of Moses, in the account of the burning bush, how God said to him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’[d]?(R) 27 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”

The Greatest Commandment(S)

28 One of the teachers of the law(T) came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”

29 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.[e] 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’[f](U) 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[g](V) There is no commandment greater than these.”

32 “Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him.(W) 33 To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”(X)

34 When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.”(Y) And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions.(Z)

Whose Son Is the Messiah?(AA)(AB)

35 While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts,(AC) he asked, “Why do the teachers of the law say that the Messiah is the son of David?(AD) 36 David himself, speaking by the Holy Spirit,(AE) declared:

“‘The Lord said to my Lord:
    “Sit at my right hand
until I put your enemies
    under your feet.”’[h](AF)

37 David himself calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?”

The large crowd(AG) listened to him with delight.

Warning Against the Teachers of the Law

38 As he taught, Jesus said, “Watch out for the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and be greeted with respect in the marketplaces, 39 and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.(AH) 40 They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely.”

The Widow’s Offering(AI)

41 Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put(AJ) and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. 42 But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.

43 Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. 44 They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”(AK)

Footnotes

  1. Mark 12:11 Psalm 118:22,23
  2. Mark 12:14 A special tax levied on subject peoples, not on Roman citizens
  3. Mark 12:23 Some manuscripts resurrection, when people rise from the dead,
  4. Mark 12:26 Exodus 3:6
  5. Mark 12:29 Or The Lord our God is one Lord
  6. Mark 12:30 Deut. 6:4,5
  7. Mark 12:31 Lev. 19:18
  8. Mark 12:36 Psalm 110:1

12 And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.

And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.

And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.

Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.'

And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.

10 And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:

11 This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

12 And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.

13 And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.

14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.

16 And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.

17 And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him.

18 Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

20 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.

21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.

22 And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.

23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.

24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?

25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.

26 And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.

28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?

29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:

33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.

35 And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David?

36 For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.

37 David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly.

38 And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,

39 And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:

40 Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.

41 And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.

42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.

43 And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:

44 For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.

葡萄园主的比喻

12 耶稣开始用比喻对他们说:“有一个人栽种了一个葡萄园,四面围上篱笆,挖了一个榨酒池,盖了一座守望楼,然后把葡萄园租给一些农夫,就出外旅行。 到了收获的[a]季节,他就派了一个奴仆到那些农夫那里去,好从他们收取葡萄园的果子。 但他们抓住那奴仆,打了他,叫他空手回去。 园主又派另一个奴仆到他们那里去。那些农夫[b]打伤了他的头,并且侮辱他[c] 园主再派另一个去,他们把他杀了。另派了许多去,有的被打,有的被杀。

“那园主还有一位——是他的爱子。最后他差派儿子到他们那里,说:‘他们一定会尊重我的儿子。’

“可是那些农夫彼此说:‘这是继承人。来,我们把他杀了,那继业就归我们了。’ 于是他们抓住他,把他杀了,并扔出葡萄园外。

“那么,葡萄园的主人会做什么呢?他会来除灭那些农夫,把葡萄园交给别人。 10 你们难道也没有读过这段经文吗?

‘工匠所弃绝的石头,
它已经成了房角的头块石头;
11 这是主所成就的,
在我们眼中实在奇妙!’[d]

12 祭司长们、律法师们和长老们知道这比喻是针对他们而说的,就想拘捕耶稣。可是他们怕民众,于是离开耶稣走了。

神与凯撒

13 后来,他们派了一些法利赛人和希律党的人到耶稣那里,要找话柄来陷害他。 14 那些人来对耶稣说:“老师,我们知道你是真诚的。你不顾忌任何人,因为你不看人的情面,而是按真理教导神的道[e]。请问,向凯撒纳税,可以不可以呢?我们该交还是不该交呢?”

15 耶稣看出他们的假意,就对他们说:“你们为什么试探我呢?拿一个银币[f]来给我看。” 16 他们就拿来了。耶稣问他们:“这是谁的像和名号?”

他们回答说:“是凯撒的。”

17 耶稣对他们说:“凯撒的归给凯撒;神的归给神。”这使他们感到惊奇。

撒都该人与复活

18 接着,撒都该人来到耶稣那里,他们一向说没有复活的事。他们问耶稣,说: 19 “老师,摩西为我们写道:如果一个人的兄弟死了,撇下妻子而没有留下孩子,他就应该娶这妇人,为兄弟留后裔。[g] 20 曾经有兄弟七人,第一个娶了妻子,死去了,没有留下后裔。 21 第二个娶了这寡妇,也死了,没有留下后裔。第三个也一样。 22 结果,兄弟七个都[h]没有留下后裔。到了最后,这妇人也死了。 23 既然这七个人都娶过她为妻,在复活的时候,当他们复活了[i],她将是谁的妻子呢?”

24 耶稣说:“你们之所以错了,不就是因为你们不明白经上的话,也不明白神的大能吗? 25 当人从死人中复活以后,他们既不娶也不嫁,而是像诸天之上的天使一样。 26 关于死人复活的事,你们难道没有读过摩西书‘荆棘篇’上,神怎样对摩西说的吗?神说‘我是亚伯拉罕的神、以撒的神、雅各的神。’[j] 27 神不是死人的神,而是活人的神[k]。你们完全错了!”

最重要的诫命

28 有一个经文士前来,听见他们辩论,见耶稣回答得好,就问耶稣:“所有的诫命中,哪一条是最重要的呢?”

29 耶稣回答:[l]最重要的是:

以色列啊,你当听好!主——我们的神,是独一的主。[m] 30 你要以全心、全灵、全意、全力爱主——你的神。[n][o]

31 “其次就是‘要爱邻如己。’[p]没有别的诫命比这两条更大的了。”

32 那经文士就对耶稣说:“不错,老师,你真的讲了:神只有一位,除他以外没有别的神。 33 以全心、全智、[q]全力来爱神,并且要爱邻如己,这是比所有的燔祭和各种祭祀都重要的。”

34 耶稣见他回答得有智慧,就对他说:“你离神的国不远了。”于是,没有人敢再质问耶稣了。

有关基督的问题

35 耶稣在圣殿里教导人的时候问:“经文士们怎么说基督是大卫的后裔呢? 36 大卫藉着圣灵,自己说过:

‘主对我主说:
你坐在我的右边,
等我把你的敌人放在你的脚下[r]。’[s]

37 大卫自己称基督为‘主’,基督又怎么会是大卫的后裔呢?”那一大群人都乐意听耶稣讲说。

要防备经文士

38 耶稣在他的教导中说:“你们要当心经文士们。他们喜欢穿着长袍走来走去,喜欢街市上的致敬问候, 39 又喜欢会堂里的首位、宴席中的上座。 40 他们侵吞寡妇的家产,又假意做很长的祷告。这些人将受到更重的惩罚[t]。”

寡妇的奉献

41 耶稣面对奉献箱坐着,看众人怎样把钱投入奉献箱里。许多富有的人投进了很多钱。 42 有一个穷寡妇来,投进两个小钱[u],值一个铜币[v] 43 耶稣把他的门徒们召来,对他们说:“我确实地告诉你们:这穷寡妇所投入奉献箱的,比所有的人投的更多。 44 因为大家是从自己的富余中拿出来投进去;而这寡妇是从自己的缺乏中,把她所拥有的一切,就是她全部的养生费用都投进去了。”

Footnotes

  1. 马可福音 12:2 收获的——辅助词语。
  2. 马可福音 12:4 有古抄本附“用石头砸他,”。
  3. 马可福音 12:4 有古抄本附“把他赶了回去”。
  4. 马可福音 12:11 《诗篇》118:22-23。
  5. 马可福音 12:14 道——或译作“路”。
  6. 马可福音 12:15 银币——原文为“得拿利”。1得拿利=约1日工资的罗马银币。
  7. 马可福音 12:19 《申命记》25:5。
  8. 马可福音 12:22 有古抄本附“娶过她,而”。
  9. 马可福音 12:23 有古抄本没有“当他们复活以后”。
  10. 马可福音 12:26 《出埃及记》3:6,15-16。
  11. 马可福音 12:27 有古抄本没有“神”。
  12. 马可福音 12:29 有古抄本附“所有诫命中”。
  13. 马可福音 12:29 《申命记》6:4。
  14. 马可福音 12:30 《申命记》6:5;《约书亚记》22:5。
  15. 马可福音 12:30 有古抄本附“这是最重要的诫命。”
  16. 马可福音 12:31 《利未记》19:18。
  17. 马可福音 12:33 有古抄本附“全灵、”。
  18. 马可福音 12:36 有古抄本附“做脚凳”。
  19. 马可福音 12:36 《诗篇》110:1。
  20. 马可福音 12:40 惩罚——或译作“审判”。
  21. 马可福音 12:42 两个小钱——原文为“2雷普顿”。1雷普顿=约1/128日工资的希腊小铜币。
  22. 马可福音 12:42 铜币——原文为“柯锥特”。1柯锥特=约1/64日工资的罗马铜币。

兇狠的佃戶

12 耶穌用比喻對他們說:「有人開闢了一個葡萄園,在四周築起籬笆,又在園中挖了一個榨酒池,建了一座瞭望臺,然後把葡萄園租給佃戶,就出遠門了。

「到葡萄成熟時,園主派一個奴僕去收取他該得的一份。 那些佃戶卻捉住那個奴僕,打了他一頓,使他空手而歸。

「園主又差另一個奴僕去。這一次,佃戶不但侮辱他,還把他打得頭破血流。 園主再派一個奴僕前往,他們卻把他殺掉了。園主後來派去的人不是挨打,就是被殺。 最後只剩下園主的愛子,園主就派他去,以為那些佃戶會尊重他的兒子。 這班佃戶卻彼此商量說,『這個就是園主的繼承人。來吧!我們殺掉他,產業就歸我們了。』

「於是他們抓住他,殺了他,把他拋到葡萄園外。 那麼,園主會採取什麼行動呢?他必定會來殺掉這些佃戶,把葡萄園轉給別人。 10 聖經上說,

『工匠丟棄的石頭已成了房角石。
11 這是主的作為,
在我們看來奇妙莫測。』

你們沒有讀過這經文嗎?」

12 他們聽出這比喻是針對他們說的,就想逮捕耶穌,但又害怕百姓,只好先離開了。

納稅給凱撒的問題

13 後來,他們派了幾個法利賽人和希律黨人到耶穌那裡,企圖利用祂所說的話設計陷害祂。

14 他們上前對耶穌說:「老師,我們知道你誠實無偽,不看人的情面,因為你不以貌取人,而是按真理傳上帝的道。那麼,向凱撒納稅對不對呢? 15 我們該不該納呢?」耶穌看破他們的陰謀,就說:「你們為什麼試探我呢?拿一個銀幣來給我看。」

16 他們就拿來一個銀幣,耶穌問他們:「上面刻的是誰的像和名號?」

他們說:「凱撒的。」

17 耶穌說:「屬於凱撒的東西應該給凱撒,屬於上帝的東西應該給上帝。」

他們聽了這話,都很驚奇。

論復活

18 撒都該人向來不相信有復活的事,他們來問耶穌: 19 「老師,摩西為我們寫下律例,如果一個人死了,遺下妻子,又沒有兒女,他的兄弟就當娶嫂嫂,替哥哥傳宗接代。 20 有弟兄七人,老大結了婚,沒有孩子就死了。 21 二弟把大嫂娶過來,也沒有生孩子就死了,三弟也是一樣, 22 七個人都沒有留下孩子。最後,那女人也死了。 23 那麼,到復活的時候,她將是誰的妻子呢?因為七個人都娶過她。」

24 耶穌說:「你們弄錯了,因為你們不明白聖經,也不知道上帝的能力。 25 死人復活之後,將不娶也不嫁,就像天上的天使一樣。 26 關於死人復活的事,你們沒有讀過摩西書有關火中荊棘的記載嗎?上帝對摩西說,『我是亞伯拉罕的上帝,以撒的上帝,雅各的上帝。』 27 上帝不是死人的上帝,而是活人的上帝。你們大錯了!」

最大的誡命

28 有一位律法教師聽到他們的辯論,覺得耶穌的回答很精彩,就走過去問道:「誡命中哪一條最重要呢?」

29 耶穌回答道:「最重要的誡命是,『聽啊,以色列!主——我們的上帝是獨一的主。 30 你要全心、全情、全意、全力愛主——你的上帝』; 31 其次就是『要愛鄰如己』。再也沒有任何誡命比這兩條更重要了。」

32 那位律法教師說:「老師,你說得對,上帝只有一位,除祂以外,別無他神。 33 我們要全心、全意、全力愛祂,又要愛鄰如己。這樣做比獻什麼祭都好。」

34 耶穌見他答得很有智慧,就告訴他:「你離上帝的國不遠了。」此後,沒人再敢問耶穌問題了。

基督的身分

35 耶穌在聖殿裡教導的時候,問道:「律法教師為什麼說基督是大衛的後裔呢? 36 大衛自己曾經受聖靈的感動,說,

『主對我主說,
你坐在我的右邊,
等我使你的仇敵伏在你腳下。』

37 既然大衛自己稱基督為主,基督又怎能是大衛的後裔呢?」百姓聽得津津有味。 38 耶穌又教導他們,說:「你們要提防律法教師,他們愛穿著長袍招搖過市,喜歡人們在大街上問候他們, 39 又喜歡會堂裡的上座和宴席中的首位。 40 他們侵吞寡婦的財產,還假意做冗長的禱告。這種人必受到更嚴厲的懲罰。」

窮寡婦的奉獻

41 然後,耶穌走到聖殿的奉獻箱對面坐下,看大家怎樣奉獻。很多財主奉獻了大量的錢。 42 後來一個窮寡婦來了,投進了相當於一文錢的兩個小銅錢。 43 耶穌叫門徒來,說:「我實在告訴你們,這位窮寡婦比其他人奉獻的都多, 44 因為他們不過奉獻了自己剩餘的,但這窮寡婦卻奉獻了她賴以為生的。」

The Parable of the Tenants(A)

12 Jesus then began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard.(B) He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place. At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. But they seized him, beat him and sent him away empty-handed. Then he sent another servant to them; they struck this man on the head and treated him shamefully. He sent still another, and that one they killed. He sent many others; some of them they beat, others they killed.

“He had one left to send, a son, whom he loved. He sent him last of all,(C) saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

“But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ So they took him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.

“What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others. 10 Haven’t you read this passage of Scripture:

“‘The stone the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone;(D)
11 the Lord has done this,
    and it is marvelous in our eyes’[a]?”(E)

12 Then the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders looked for a way to arrest him because they knew he had spoken the parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd;(F) so they left him and went away.(G)

Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar(H)

13 Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians(I) to Jesus to catch him(J) in his words. 14 They came to him and said, “Teacher, we know that you are a man of integrity. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are; but you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay the imperial tax[b] to Caesar or not? 15 Should we pay or shouldn’t we?”

But Jesus knew their hypocrisy. “Why are you trying to trap me?” he asked. “Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.” 16 They brought the coin, and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?”

“Caesar’s,” they replied.

17 Then Jesus said to them, “Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.”(K)

And they were amazed at him.

Marriage at the Resurrection(L)

18 Then the Sadducees,(M) who say there is no resurrection,(N) came to him with a question. 19 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.(O) 20 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died without leaving any children. 21 The second one married the widow, but he also died, leaving no child. It was the same with the third. 22 In fact, none of the seven left any children. Last of all, the woman died too. 23 At the resurrection[c] whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?”

24 Jesus replied, “Are you not in error because you do not know the Scriptures(P) or the power of God? 25 When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.(Q) 26 Now about the dead rising—have you not read in the Book of Moses, in the account of the burning bush, how God said to him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’[d]?(R) 27 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”

The Greatest Commandment(S)

28 One of the teachers of the law(T) came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”

29 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.[e] 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’[f](U) 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[g](V) There is no commandment greater than these.”

32 “Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him.(W) 33 To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”(X)

34 When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.”(Y) And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions.(Z)

Whose Son Is the Messiah?(AA)(AB)

35 While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts,(AC) he asked, “Why do the teachers of the law say that the Messiah is the son of David?(AD) 36 David himself, speaking by the Holy Spirit,(AE) declared:

“‘The Lord said to my Lord:
    “Sit at my right hand
until I put your enemies
    under your feet.”’[h](AF)

37 David himself calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?”

The large crowd(AG) listened to him with delight.

Warning Against the Teachers of the Law

38 As he taught, Jesus said, “Watch out for the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and be greeted with respect in the marketplaces, 39 and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.(AH) 40 They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely.”

The Widow’s Offering(AI)

41 Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put(AJ) and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. 42 But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.

43 Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. 44 They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”(AK)

Footnotes

  1. Mark 12:11 Psalm 118:22,23
  2. Mark 12:14 A special tax levied on subject peoples, not on Roman citizens
  3. Mark 12:23 Some manuscripts resurrection, when people rise from the dead,
  4. Mark 12:26 Exodus 3:6
  5. Mark 12:29 Or The Lord our God is one Lord
  6. Mark 12:30 Deut. 6:4,5
  7. Mark 12:31 Lev. 19:18
  8. Mark 12:36 Psalm 110:1

12 And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.

And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.

And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.

Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.'

And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.

10 And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:

11 This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

12 And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.

13 And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.

14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.

16 And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.

17 And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him.

18 Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

20 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.

21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.

22 And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.

23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.

24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?

25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.

26 And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.

28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?

29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:

33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.

35 And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David?

36 For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.

37 David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly.

38 And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,

39 And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:

40 Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.

41 And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.

42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.

43 And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:

44 For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.