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马太福音 21:23-46
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
马太福音 21:23-46
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
质问耶稣凭甚么权柄作事(A)
23 耶稣进了圣殿，正在教导人的时候，祭司长和民间的长老前来问他：“你凭甚么权柄作这些事？谁给你这权柄？” 24 耶稣回答他们：“我也要问你们一句话，如果你们告诉我，我就告诉你们我凭甚么权柄作这些事。 25 约翰的洗礼是从哪里来的呢？是从天上来的，还是从人来的呢？”他们就彼此议论：“如果我们说‘是从天上来的’，他会问我们‘那你们为甚么不信他呢？’ 26 如果我们说‘是从人来的’，我们又怕群众，因为他们都认为约翰是先知。” 27 于是回答耶稣：“我们不知道。”耶稣也对他们说：“我也不告诉你们，我凭甚么权柄作这些事。
两个儿子的比喻
28 “你们认为怎样？有一个人，他有两个儿子。他去对大儿子说：‘孩子，你今天到葡萄园去工作吧。’ 29 他说：‘我不想去。’但后来他改变主意，就去了。 30 父亲又照样去吩咐小儿子。小儿子说：‘父亲，我会去的。’后来却没有去。 31 这两个儿子，哪一个听父亲的话呢？”他们说：“大儿子。”耶稣对他们说：“我实在告诉你们：税吏和娼妓比你们先进 神的国。 32 约翰来到你们那里，指示你们行义路（或译：“约翰在义路中，来到你们这里”），你们不信他；税吏和娼妓却信了他。你们看见了之后，还是没有改变心意去信他。
佃户的比喻(B)
33 “你们再听一个比喻：有一个家主，栽种了一个葡萄园，四面围上篱笆，在园子里挖了一个压酒池，盖了一座瞭望台，然后把园子租给佃户，就远行去了。 34 到了收成的时候，园主派了仆人到佃户那里，收取应该纳给他的果子。 35 佃户却抓住他的仆人，打伤一个，杀了一个，又用石头打死一个。 36 于是园主再派其他的仆人去，人数比前一次更多，但佃户也是同样对付他们。 37 最后，他派了自己的儿子去，说：‘他们必尊敬我的儿子。’ 38 佃户看见他的儿子，就彼此说：‘这是继承产业的；来，我们杀了他，占有他的产业吧！’ 39 于是他们抓住他，把他推出葡萄园外杀了。 40 那么，葡萄园的主人来到的时候，会怎样对待那些佃户呢？” 41 他们回答：“他会毫不留情地除掉那些恶人，把葡萄园租给按时缴纳果子的佃户。” 42 耶稣对他们说：“经上记着：
‘建筑工人所弃的石头，
成了房角的主要石头；
这是主所作的，
在我们眼中看为希奇。’
这话你们没有念过吗？ 43 因此我告诉你们， 神的国要从你们那里取去，赐给那结果子的外族人。 44 谁跌在这石头上，就必摔碎；这石头掉在谁的身上，就必把他压得粉碎。”
45 祭司长和法利赛人听了耶稣这些比喻，知道是指着他们说的。 46 他们想要逮捕他，但又怕群众，因为他们都认为耶稣是先知。
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Matthew 21:23-46
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Matthew 21:23-46
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The Authority of Jesus Questioned(A)
23 Jesus entered the temple courts, and, while he was teaching, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him. “By what authority(B) are you doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave you this authority?”
24 Jesus replied, “I will also ask you one question. If you answer me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things. 25 John’s baptism—where did it come from? Was it from heaven, or of human origin?”
They discussed it among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask, ‘Then why didn’t you believe him?’ 26 But if we say, ‘Of human origin’—we are afraid of the people, for they all hold that John was a prophet.”(C)
27 So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.”
Then he said, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
The Parable of the Two Sons
28 “What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’(D)
29 “‘I will not,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went.
30 “Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I will, sir,’ but he did not go.
31 “Which of the two did what his father wanted?”
“The first,” they answered.
Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors(E) and the prostitutes(F) are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you. 32 For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness,(G) and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors(H) and the prostitutes(I) did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent(J) and believe him.
The Parable of the Tenants(K)
33 “Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted(L) a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower.(M) Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.(N) 34 When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants(O) to the tenants to collect his fruit.
35 “The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.(P) 36 Then he sent other servants(Q) to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way. 37 Last of all, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.
38 “But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the heir.(R) Come, let’s kill him(S) and take his inheritance.’(T) 39 So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
40 “Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”
41 “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,”(U) they replied, “and he will rent the vineyard to other tenants,(V) who will give him his share of the crop at harvest time.”
42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:
“‘The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
the Lord has done this,
and it is marvelous in our eyes’[a]?(W)
43 “Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you(X) and given to a people who will produce its fruit. 44 Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.”[b](Y)
45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus’ parables, they knew he was talking about them. 46 They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was a prophet.(Z)
Footnotes
- Matthew 21:42 Psalm 118:22,23
- Matthew 21:44 Some manuscripts do not have verse 44.
Matthew 21:23-46
King James Version
Matthew 21:23-46
King James Version
23 And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?
24 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
25 The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?
26 But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
27 And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
28 But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
33 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.
35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.
37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.
40 When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?
41 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
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