马太福音 23
Revised Chinese Union Version (Simplified Script) Shen Edition
谴责文士和法利赛人(A)
23 那时,耶稣对众人和门徒讲论, 2 说:“文士和法利赛人坐在摩西的位上, 3 所以凡他们所吩咐你们的,你们都要谨守遵行。但不要效法他们的行为,因为他们能说不能行。 4 他们把难挑的[a]重担捆起来,搁在人的肩上,但自己一个指头也不肯动。 5 他们所做的一切事都是要让人看见,所以把佩戴的经匣[b]加宽了,衣裳的䍁子加长了, 6 喜爱宴席上的首座、会堂里的高位, 7 又喜欢人们在街市上向他们问安,称呼他们拉比[c]。 8 但你们不要接受拉比的称呼,因为只有一位是你们的老师;你们都是弟兄。 9 也不要称呼地上的人为父,因为只有一位是你们的父,就是在天上的父。 10 不要接受师傅的称呼,因为只有一位是你们的师傅,就是基督。 11 你们中间谁为大,谁就要作你们的用人。 12 凡自高的,必降为卑;自甘卑微的,必升为高。
13 “你们这假冒为善的文士和法利赛人有祸了!因为你们当着人的面把天国的门关了,自己不进去,要进去的人,你们也不容他们进去。[d]
15 “你们这假冒为善的文士和法利赛人有祸了!因为你们走遍海洋陆地,说服一个人入教,既入了教,却使他成为比你们加倍坏的地狱之子。
16 “你们这瞎眼的向导有祸了!你们说:‘凡指着圣所起誓的算不得什么;但是凡指着圣所中的金子起誓的,他就该谨守。’ 17 你们这无知的瞎子啊,哪个更大呢?是金子,还是使金子成圣的圣所呢? 18 你们又说:‘凡指着祭坛起誓的算不得什么;但是凡指着坛上祭物起誓的,他就该谨守。’ 19 你们这些瞎子啊,哪个更大呢?是祭物,还是使祭物成圣的坛呢? 20 所以,人指着祭坛起誓,就是指着坛和坛上一切所有的起誓; 21 人指着圣所起誓,就是指着圣所和那住在圣所里的起誓; 22 人指着天起誓,就是指着 神的宝座和那坐在上面的起誓。
23 “你们这假冒为善的文士和法利赛人有祸了!因为你们将薄荷、大茴香、小茴香献上十分之一,那律法上更重要的事,就是公义、怜悯、信实,你们反倒不做;这原是你们该做的—至于那些奉献也不可废弃。 24 你们这瞎眼的向导,蠓虫你们就滤出来,骆驼你们倒吞下去。
25 “你们这假冒为善的文士和法利赛人有祸了!因为你们洗净杯盘的外面,里面却满了贪婪和放荡。 26 你这瞎眼的法利赛人,先洗净杯子[e]的里面,好使外面也干净了。
27 “你们这假冒为善的文士和法利赛人有祸了!因为你们好像粉饰了的坟墓,外面好看,里面却满了死人的骨头和一切的污秽。 28 你们也是如此,外面对人显出公义,里面却满了虚伪和不法的事。
29 “你们这假冒为善的文士和法利赛人有祸了!因为你们建造先知的坟,装修义人的墓, 30 说:‘若是我们在先祖的时代,必不和他们一同流先知的血。’ 31 这样,你们就证明自己是杀害先知的人的子孙了。 32 你们去充满你们祖宗的恶贯吧! 33 你们这些蛇啊,毒蛇的孽种啊,怎能逃脱地狱的惩罚呢? 34 所以,我差遣先知、智慧人和文士到你们这里来,有的你们要杀害,要钉十字架;有的你们要在会堂里鞭打,从这城追逼到那城, 35 如此,地上所有义人流的血都归到你们身上,从义人亚伯的血起,直到你们在圣所和祭坛中间所杀的巴拉加的儿子撒迦利亚的血为止。 36 我实在告诉你们,这一切的罪都要归到这世代了。”
为耶路撒冷哀哭(B)
37 “耶路撒冷啊,耶路撒冷啊,你常杀害先知,又用石头打死那奉差遣到你这里来的人。我多少次想聚集你的儿女,好像母鸡把小鸡聚集在翅膀底下,但是你们不愿意。 38 看吧,你们的家要被废弃成为荒芜。 39 我告诉你们,从今以后,你们绝不会再见到我,直到你们说:‘奉主名来的是应当称颂的!’”
Matthew 23
Expanded Bible
Jesus Accuses Some Leaders(A)
23 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his ·followers [disciples], 2 “The ·teachers of the law [scribes] and the Pharisees ·have the authority to interpret what the law of Moses says [L sit in Moses’ seat/chair]. 3 So you should ·obey [do; practice] and ·follow [keep; observe] whatever they tell you, but ·their lives are not good examples for you to follow [L do not follow their actions]. ·They tell you to do things, but they themselves don’t do them [L For they say but do not do]. 4 They ·make strict rules [L tie up heavy loads/burdens that are hard to carry] and ·try to force people to obey them [L put them on people’s shoulders], but they are unwilling to ·help those who struggle under the weight of their rules [lift a finger to move them; L move them with their finger].
5 “They do good things so that other people will see them. They enlarge ·the little boxes holding Scriptures that they wear [L their phylacteries; C leather cases worn on the left arm and forehead to literally fulfill Deut. 6:8; 11:18], and they ·make their special prayer clothes very long [L lengthen their tassels; C Jewish males were to wear tassels on the four corners of their garment; Num. 15:38; Deut. 22:12]. 6 Those Pharisees and teachers of the law love to have the ·most important seats [places of greatest honor] at ·feasts [banquets] and [L the best seats] in the synagogues. 7 They love people to greet them with respect in the marketplaces, and they love to have people call them ·‘Teacher [L Rabbi].’
8 “But you must not be called ‘·Teacher [Rabbi],’ because you have only one Teacher, and you are all brothers and sisters together. 9 And don’t call any person on earth ‘Father,’ because you have one Father, who is in heaven. 10 And you should not be called ‘·Master [Leader; Teacher; Instructor]’ because you have only one ·Master [Leader; Teacher; Instructor], the ·Christ [Messiah]. 11 ·Whoever is your servant is the greatest among you [L The greatest among you will be your servant]. 12 Whoever ·makes himself great [lifts up/exalts himself] will be made humble. Whoever makes himself humble will be ·made great [exalted; lifted up].
13 “·How terrible for [L Woe to] you, ·teachers of the law [scribes] and Pharisees! You are hypocrites! [L Because] You ·close [shut; lock] the door for people to enter the kingdom of heaven. You yourselves don’t enter, and you ·stop [don’t allow] others who are trying to enter. |14 ·How terrible for [L Woe to] you, ·teachers of the law [scribes] and Pharisees. You are hypocrites. You ·take away [L devour] widows’ houses, and you say long prayers ·so that people will notice you [as a pretense]. So you will have a worse ·punishment [condemnation].|[a]
15 “·How terrible for [L Woe to] you, ·teachers of the law [scribes] and Pharisees! You are hypocrites! You travel across land and sea to ·find one person who will change to your ways [L make one convert/proseltye]. When you ·find that person [make that convert], you make him ·more fit for hell than [L twice the son of hell/Gehenna that; 5:22] you are.
16 “·How terrible for [L Woe to] you! ·You guide the people, but you are blind [L Blind guides!]. You say, ‘If people ·swear [make an oath/vow] by the Temple when they make a promise, that means nothing. But if they swear by the gold that is in the Temple, they ·must keep that promise [are obligated/bound].’ 17 You are blind fools! Which is greater: the gold or the Temple that makes that gold ·holy [sacred; sanctified]? 18 And you say, ‘If people ·swear [make an oath/vow] by the altar when they make a promise, that means nothing. But if they ·swear [make an oath/vow] by the ·gift [offering] on the altar, they ·must keep that promise [are obligated/bound].’ 19 You are blind! Which is greater: the ·gift [offering] or the altar that makes the gift ·holy [sacred; sanctified]? 20 [L So; Therefore] The person who swears by the altar is really swearing by the altar and also everything on the altar. 21 And the person who swears by the Temple is really swearing by the Temple and the One who ·lives [dwells] in the Temple. 22 The person who swears by heaven is also swearing by God’s throne and the One who sits on that throne.
23 “·How terrible for [L Woe to] you, ·teachers of the law [scribes] and Pharisees! You are hypocrites! You ·give to God one-tenth of [pay tithe on] everything you have—even your mint, dill, and cumin. But you ·don’t obey [ignore; neglect] the ·really important teachings [L weightier matters] of the law—justice, mercy, and ·being loyal [faith; faithfulness]. These are the things you should do, ·as well as [without neglecting] those other things. 24 ·You guide the people, but you are blind! [L Blind guides!] You ·are like a person who picks a fly out of a drink and then swallows a camel [L strain out a gnat, but swallow a camel; C worrying about the smallest mistakes while committing the biggest sins]!
25 “·How terrible for [L Woe to] you, ·teachers of the law [scribes] and Pharisees! You are hypocrites! You ·wash [clean] the outside of your cups and dishes [C for ceremonial purity], but inside they are full of ·things you got by cheating others and by pleasing only yourselves [L greed/robbery and self-indulgence]. 26 Pharisees, you are blind! First make the inside of the cup[b] clean, and then the outside ·can be truly [or will also be] clean.
27 “·How terrible for [L Woe to] you, ·teachers of the law [scribes] and Pharisees! You are hypocrites! You are like ·tombs that are painted white [whitewashed tombs]. Outside, those tombs ·look fine [appear beautiful], but inside, they are full of the bones of dead people and all kinds of ·unclean things [filth; corruption; impurity]. 28 It is the same with you. ·People look at you and think you are good [or On the outside you look like righteous people], but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and ·evil [lawlessness].
29 “·How terrible for [L Woe to] you, ·teachers of the law [scribes] and Pharisees! You are hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets, and you ·show honor to [decorate; adorn] the graves of ·those who lived good lives [L the righteous]. 30 You say, ‘If we had lived during the time of our ancestors, we would not have ·helped them kill [L been partners in the blood of] the prophets.’ 31 But you ·give proof [L testify against yourselves] that you are ·descendants [sons; children] of those who murdered the prophets. 32 ·And you will complete the sin that your ancestors started [or Go ahead and finish what your fathers started!; L Fill up the measure of your fathers].
33 “You ·are snakes [serpents]! A ·family of poisonous snakes [T brood/offspring of vipers]! How are you going to escape ·God’s judgment [the sentence/judgment/damnation of hell/Gehenna; 5:22]? 34 ·So I tell you this [For this reason]: I am sending to you prophets and wise men and ·teachers [scribes; experts in the law]. Some of them you will kill and crucify. Some of them you will ·beat [scourge; flog] in your synagogues and ·chase [hunt; persecute] from town to town. 35 So ·you will be guilty for [L upon you will come] ·the death of all the good people who have been killed on earth [L all the righteous blood shed on the earth]—from the ·murder [L blood] of that ·good [righteous] man Abel to the murder of Zechariah son of Berakiah, whom you murdered between the ·Temple [sanctuary] and the altar [C in the book order of the Hebrew Old Testament, Abel (Gen. 4:8) and Zechariah (2 Chr. 24:21) were the first and last men to be murdered]. 36 I tell you the truth, all of these things will happen to ·you people who are living now [L this generation].
Jesus Grieves for Jerusalem(B)
37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets and stone to death those who are sent to you. ·Many times [How often] I wanted to gather your ·people [L children] as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you ·did not let me [refused]. 38 ·Now [L Look; T Behold] your house ·will be [L is] left ·completely empty [abandoned; deserted; desolate; Jer. 22:5]. 39 [L For] I tell you, you will not see me again until that time when you will say, ‘·God bless [L Blessed is] the One who comes in the name of the Lord [Ps. 118:26].’”
Footnotes
- Matthew 23:14 How … punishment. Some Greek copies do not contain the bracketed text.
- Matthew 23:26 cup Some Greek copies add “and dish.”
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