马可福音 12
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
佃戶的比喻(A)
12 耶穌又用比喻對他們說：“有一個人栽種了一個葡萄園，四面圍上籬笆，挖了一個壓酒池，蓋了一座瞭望臺，然後租給佃戶，就遠行去了。 2 到了時候，園主派了一個僕人到佃戶那裡，向佃戶收取葡萄園一部分的果子。 3 佃戶抓住他，打了他，放他空手回去。 4 園主再派另外一個僕人到他們那裡，他們打傷了他的頭，並且侮辱他。 5 園主又派另一個去，他們就把他殺了。後來又派去許多僕人，有的給他們打了，有的給他們殺了。 6 還有一個，就是園主的愛子，最後園主派他到那裡去，說：‘他們必尊敬我的兒子。’ 7 那些佃戶卻彼此說：‘這是繼承產業的；來，我們殺了他，產業就是我們的了。’ 8 於是抓住他，把他殺了，扔在葡萄園外。 9 這樣，葡萄園的主人要怎麼辦呢？他要來除掉那些佃戶，把葡萄園租給別人。 10 你們沒有念過這段聖經嗎：
‘建築工人所棄的石頭，
成了房角的主要石頭；
11 這是主所作的，
在我們眼中看為希奇。’”
12 他們知道他這比喻是針對他們說的，就想要捉拿他，但因為害怕群眾，只好離開他走了。
以納稅的事問難耶穌(B)
13 後來，他們派了幾個法利賽人和希律黨的人到耶穌那裡去，要找他的把柄來陷害他。 14 他們來到了，就對他說：“老師，我們知道你為人誠實，不顧忌任何人，因為你不徇情面，只照著真理把 神的道教導人。請問納稅給凱撒可以不可以？我們該納不該納呢？” 15 耶穌看出他們的假意，就對他們說：“你們為甚麼試探我呢？拿一個銀幣來給我，讓我看看。” 16 他們就拿來了。耶穌問他們：“這是誰的像，誰的名號？”他們回答他：“凱撒的。” 17 耶穌說：“凱撒的應當歸給凱撒， 神的應當歸給 神。”他們就對他十分驚奇。
人復活後不娶不嫁(C)
18 撒都該人向來認為沒有復活的事，他們來到耶穌那裡，問他： 19 “老師，摩西曾寫給我們說：‘如果一個人死了，留下妻子，沒有兒女，他的弟弟就應當娶他的妻子，為哥哥立後。’ 20 從前有兄弟七人，頭一個娶了妻子，死了，沒有留下孩子； 21 第二個娶了她，也沒有留下孩子，就死了；第三個也是這樣。 22 那七個人都沒有留下孩子，最後那女人也死了。 23 到了復活的時候，他們都要復活，她是哪一個的妻子呢？因為七個人都娶過她。” 24 耶穌對他們說：“你們錯了，不正是因為你們不明白聖經，也不曉得 神的能力嗎？ 25 因為人從死裡復活以後，也不娶，也不嫁，而是像天上的天使一樣。 26 關於死人復活的事，摩西的經卷中荊棘篇上， 神怎樣對他說：‘我是亞伯拉罕的 神，以撒的 神，雅各的 神’，你們沒有念過嗎？ 27 他不是死人的 神，而是活人的 神。你們是大錯特錯了！”
最重要的誡命(D)
28 有一個經學家，聽到他們的辯論，覺得耶穌回答得好，就來問他：“誡命中哪一條是第一重要的呢？” 29 耶穌回答：“第一重要的是：‘以色列啊，你要聽！主我們的 神是獨一的主。 30 你要全心、全性、全意、全力，愛主你的 神。’ 31 其次是：‘要愛人如己。’再沒有別的誡命比這兩條更重要的了。” 32 那經學家對耶穌說：“老師，是的，你說的很對， 神是獨一的，除了他以外再沒有別的 神。 33 我們要用全心、全意、全力去愛他，並且要愛人如己，這就比一切燔祭和各樣祭物好得多了。” 34 耶穌見他回答得有智慧，就對他說：“你距離 神的國不遠了。”從此再也沒有人敢問他了。
大衛稱基督為主(E)
35 耶穌在殿裡教訓人，說：“經學家怎麼說基督是大衛的子孫呢？ 36 大衛自己被聖靈感動卻說：
‘主對我的主說：
你坐在我的右邊，
等我把你的仇敵放在你的腳下（有些抄本作“等我使你的仇敵作你的腳凳”）。’
37 大衛自己既然稱他為主，他又怎麼會是大衛的子孫呢？”群眾都喜歡聽他。
耶穌叫人提防經學家(F)
38 耶穌教導人的時候，說：“你們要提防經學家，他們喜歡穿長袍走來走去，喜歡人在市中心向他們問安， 39 又喜歡會堂裡的高位，筵席上的首座。 40 他們吞沒了寡婦的房產，又假裝作冗長的禱告。這些人必受更重的刑罰。”
窮寡婦的奉獻(G)
41 耶穌面對銀庫坐著，看著大家怎樣把錢投入庫中。許多有錢的人投入很多的錢。 42 後來，有一個窮寡婦來投入了兩個小錢，就是一個銅錢。 43 耶穌把門徒叫過來，對他們說：“我實在告訴你們，這窮寡婦投入庫裡的，比眾人投的更多。 44 因為他們都是把自己剩餘的投入，這寡婦是自己不足，卻把她一切所有的，就是全部養生的，都投進去了。”
Mark 12
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 12
Parable of the Tenants.[a] 1 He began to speak to them in parables.(A) “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and left on a journey.(B) 2 At the proper time he sent a servant to the tenants to obtain from them some of the produce of the vineyard. 3 But they seized him, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. 4 Again he sent them another servant. And that one they beat over the head and treated shamefully. 5 He sent yet another whom they killed. So, too, many others; some they beat, others they killed. 6 He had one other to send, a beloved son. He sent him to them last of all, thinking, ‘They will respect my son.’ 7 But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ 8 So they seized him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard. 9 What [then] will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come, put the tenants to death, and give the vineyard to others. 10 Have you not read this scripture passage:(C)
‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
11 by the Lord has this been done,
and it is wonderful in our eyes’?”
12 They were seeking to arrest him, but they feared the crowd, for they realized that he had addressed the parable to them. So they left him and went away.
Paying Taxes to the Emperor. 13 [b]They sent some Pharisees(D) and Herodians to him to ensnare him(E) in his speech.[c] 14 They came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man and that you are not concerned with anyone’s opinion. You do not regard a person’s status but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar or not? Should we pay or should we not pay?” 15 Knowing their hypocrisy he said to them, “Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius to look at.” 16 They brought one to him and he said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?” They replied to him, “Caesar’s.” 17 So Jesus said to them, “Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.” They were utterly amazed at him.(F)
The Question About the Resurrection.[d] 18 Some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and put this question to him, 19 saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us, ‘If someone’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and raise up descendants for his brother.’(G) 20 Now there were seven brothers. The first married a woman and died, leaving no descendants. 21 So the second married her and died, leaving no descendants, and the third likewise. 22 And the seven left no descendants. Last of all the woman also died. 23 At the resurrection [when they arise] whose wife will she be? For all seven had been married to her.” 24 Jesus said to them, “Are you not misled because you do not know the scriptures or the power of God? 25 When they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but they are like the angels in heaven. 26 As for the dead being raised, have you not read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, [the] God of Isaac, and [the] God of Jacob’?(H) 27 He is not God of the dead but of the living. You are greatly misled.”
The Greatest Commandment.[e] 28 One of the scribes,(I) when he came forward and heard them disputing and saw how well he had answered them, asked him, “Which is the first of all the commandments?” 29 Jesus replied, “The first is this: ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone! 30 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’(J) 31 The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”(K) 32 The scribe said to him, “Well said, teacher. You are right in saying, ‘He is One and there is no other than he.’ 33 And ‘to love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself’ is worth more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”(L) 34 And when Jesus saw that [he] answered with understanding, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared to ask him any more questions.(M)
The Question About David’s Son.[f] 35 As Jesus was teaching in the temple area he said,(N) “How do the scribes claim that the Messiah is the son of David? 36 David himself, inspired by the holy Spirit, said:
‘The Lord said to my lord,
“Sit at my right hand
until I place your enemies under your feet.”’(O)
37 David himself calls him ‘lord’; so how is he his son?” [The] great crowd heard this with delight.
Denunciation of the Scribes.[g] 38 In the course of his teaching he said,(P) “Beware of the scribes, who like to go around in long robes and accept greetings in the marketplaces, 39 seats of honor in synagogues, and places of honor at banquets. 40 They devour the houses of widows and, as a pretext, recite lengthy prayers. They will receive a very severe condemnation.”
The Poor Widow’s Contribution.[h] 41 He sat down opposite the treasury and observed how the crowd put money into the treasury.(Q) Many rich people put in large sums. 42 A poor widow also came and put in two small coins worth a few cents. 43 Calling his disciples to himself, he said to them, “Amen, I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all the other contributors to the treasury. 44 For they have all contributed from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has contributed all she had, her whole livelihood.”
Footnotes
- 12:1–12 The vineyard denotes Israel (Is 5:1–7). The tenant farmers are the religious leaders of Israel. God is the owner of the vineyard. His servants are his messengers, the prophets. The beloved son is Jesus (Mk 1:11; 9:7; Mt 3:17; 17:5; Lk 3:22; 9:35). The punishment of the tenants refers to the religious leaders, and the transfer of the vineyard to others refers to the people of the new Israel.
- 12:13–34 In the ensuing conflicts (cf. also Mk 2:1–3:6) Jesus vanquishes his adversaries by his responses to their questions and reduces them to silence (Mk 12:34).
- 12:13–17 See note on Mt 22:15–22.
- 12:18–27 See note on Mt 22:23–33.
- 12:28–34 See note on Mt 22:34–40.
- 12:35–37 Jesus questions the claim of the scribes about the Davidic descent of the Messiah, not to deny it (Mt 1:1; Acts 2:20, 34; Rom 1:3; 2 Tm 2:8) but to imply that he is more than this. His superiority derives from his transcendent origin, to which David himself attested when he spoke of the Messiah with the name “Lord” (Ps 110:1). See also note on Mt 22:41–46.
- 12:38–40 See notes on Mk 7:1–23 and Mt 23:1–39.
- 12:41–44 See note on Lk 21:1–4.
Mark 12
King James Version
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.
2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
3 And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
4 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.
5 And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.
6 Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
7 But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.'
8 And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
9 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.
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