馬太福音 21-22
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)
主騎驢進耶路撒冷
21 耶穌和門徒將近耶路撒冷,到了伯法其,在橄欖山那裡, 2 耶穌就打發兩個門徒,對他們說:「你們往對面村子裡去,必看見一匹驢拴在那裡,還有驢駒同在一處。你們解開,牽到我這裡來。 3 若有人對你們說什麼,你們就說:『主要用牠。』那人必立時讓你們牽來。」 4 這事成就,是要應驗先知的話說: 5 「要對錫安的居民[a]說:『看哪,你的王來到你這裡,是溫柔的,又騎著驢,就是騎著驢駒子。』」 6 門徒就照耶穌所吩咐的去行, 7 牽了驢和驢駒來,把自己的衣服搭在上面,耶穌就騎上。 8 眾人多半把衣服鋪在路上,還有人砍下樹枝來鋪在路上。 9 前行後隨的眾人喊著說:「和散那[b]歸於大衛的子孫!奉主名來的是應當稱頌的!高高在上和散那!」 10 耶穌既進了耶路撒冷,合城都驚動了,說:「這是誰?」 11 眾人說:「這是加利利拿撒勒的先知耶穌。」
潔淨聖殿
12 耶穌進了神的殿,趕出殿裡一切做買賣的人,推倒兌換銀錢之人的桌子和賣鴿子之人的凳子, 13 對他們說:「經上記著說:『我的殿必稱為禱告的殿』,你們倒使它成為賊窩了!」 14 在殿裡有瞎子、瘸子到耶穌跟前,他就治好了他們。 15 祭司長和文士看見耶穌所行的奇事,又見小孩子在殿裡喊著說「和散那歸於大衛的子孫」,就甚惱怒, 16 對他說:「這些人所說的,你聽見了嗎?」耶穌說:「是的。經上說『你從嬰孩和吃奶的口中完全了讚美』的話,你們沒有念過嗎?」 17 於是離開他們,出城到伯大尼去,在那裡住宿。
無花果樹被咒詛
18 早晨回城的時候,他餓了。 19 看見路旁有一棵無花果樹,就走到跟前,在樹上找不著什麼,不過有葉子,就對樹說:「從今以後,你永不結果子!」那無花果樹就立刻枯乾了。 20 門徒看見了,便稀奇說:「無花果樹怎麼立刻枯乾了呢?」 21 耶穌回答說:「我實在告訴你們:你們若有信心,不疑惑,不但能行無花果樹上所行的事,就是對這座山說:『你挪開此地,投在海裡!』,也必成就。 22 你們禱告,無論求什麼,只要信,就必得著。」
辯駁耶穌的權柄
23 耶穌進了殿,正教訓人的時候,祭司長和民間的長老來,問他說:「你仗著什麼權柄做這些事?給你這權柄的是誰呢?」 24 耶穌回答說:「我也要問你們一句話,你們若告訴我,我就告訴你們我仗著什麼權柄做這些事。 25 約翰的洗禮是從哪裡來的?是從天上來的,是從人間來的呢?」他們彼此商議說:「我們若說從天上來,他必對我們說:『這樣,你們為什麼不信他呢?』 26 若說從人間來,我們又怕百姓,因為他們都以約翰為先知。」 27 於是回答耶穌說:「我們不知道。」耶穌說:「我也不告訴你們我仗著什麼權柄做這些事。」
兩個兒子的比喻
28 又說:「一個人有兩個兒子。他來對大兒子說:『我兒,你今天到葡萄園裡去做工。』 29 他回答說『我不去』,以後自己懊悔,就去了。 30 又來對小兒子也是這樣說,他回答說『父啊,我去』,他卻不去。 31 你們想這兩個兒子是哪一個遵行父命呢?」他們說:「大兒子。」耶穌說:「我實在告訴你們:稅吏和娼妓倒比你們先進神的國。 32 因為約翰遵著義路到你們這裡來,你們卻不信他,稅吏和娼妓倒信他。你們看見了,後來還是不懊悔去信他。
凶惡園戶的比喻
33 「你們再聽一個比喻:有個家主栽了一個葡萄園,周圍圈上籬笆,裡面挖了一個壓酒池,蓋了一座樓,租給園戶,就往外國去了。 34 收果子的時候近了,就打發僕人到園戶那裡去收果子。 35 園戶拿住僕人,打了一個,殺了一個,用石頭打死一個。 36 主人又打發別的僕人去,比先前更多,園戶還是照樣待他們。 37 後來打發他的兒子到他們那裡去,意思說:『他們必尊敬我的兒子。』 38 不料園戶看見他兒子,就彼此說:『這是承受產業的。來吧,我們殺他,占他的產業!』 39 他們就拿住他,推出葡萄園外殺了。 40 園主來的時候,要怎樣處治這些園戶呢?」 41 他們說:「要下毒手除滅那些惡人,將葡萄園另租給那按著時候交果子的園戶。」 42 耶穌說:「經上寫著:『匠人所棄的石頭,已做了房角的頭塊石頭。這是主所做的,在我們眼中看為稀奇。』這經你們沒有念過嗎? 43 所以我告訴你們:神的國必從你們奪去,賜給那能結果子的百姓。 44 誰掉在這石頭上,必要跌碎;這石頭掉在誰的身上,就要把誰砸得稀爛。」 45 祭司長和法利賽人聽見他的比喻,就看出他是指著他們說的。 46 他們想要捉拿他,只是怕眾人,因為眾人以他為先知。
娶親的筵席
22 耶穌又用比喻對他們說: 2 「天國好比一個王為他兒子擺設娶親的筵席, 3 就打發僕人去,請那些被召的人來赴席,他們卻不肯來。 4 王又打發別的僕人,說:『你們告訴那被召的人:我的筵席已經預備好了,牛和肥畜已經宰了,各樣都齊備,請你們來赴席。』 5 那些人不理就走了:一個到自己田裡去,一個做買賣去, 6 其餘的拿住僕人,凌辱他們,把他們殺了。 7 王就大怒,發兵除滅那些凶手,燒毀他們的城。 8 於是對僕人說:『喜筵已經齊備,只是所召的人不配。 9 所以你們要往岔路口上去,凡遇見的,都召來赴席。』 10 那些僕人就出去,到大路上,凡遇見的,不論善惡都召聚了來,筵席上就坐滿了客。 11 王進來觀看賓客,見那裡有一個沒有穿禮服的, 12 就對他說:『朋友,你到這裡來怎麼不穿禮服呢?』那人無言可答。 13 於是王對使喚的人說:『捆起他的手腳來,把他丟在外邊的黑暗裡,在那裡必要哀哭切齒了。』 14 因為被召的人多,選上的人少。」
巧言盤問
15 當時,法利賽人出去商議,怎樣就著耶穌的話陷害他, 16 就打發他們的門徒同希律黨的人去見耶穌,說:「夫子,我們知道你是誠實人,並且誠誠實實傳神的道,什麼人你都不徇情面,因為你不看人的外貌。 17 請告訴我們你的意見如何:納稅給愷撒可以不可以?」
納稅給愷撒
18 耶穌看出他們的惡意,就說:「假冒為善的人哪,為什麼試探我? 19 拿一個上稅的錢給我看。」他們就拿一個銀錢來給他。 20 耶穌說:「這像和這號是誰的?」 21 他們說:「是愷撒的。」耶穌說:「這樣,愷撒的物當歸給愷撒,神的物當歸給神。」 22 他們聽見就稀奇,離開他走了。
撒都該人辯駁復活之事
23 撒都該人常說沒有復活的事。那天,他們來問耶穌,說: 24 「夫子,摩西說:『人若死了,沒有孩子,他兄弟當娶他的妻,為哥哥生子立後。』 25 從前在我們這裡有弟兄七人,第一個娶了妻,死了,沒有孩子,撇下妻子給兄弟。 26 第二、第三直到第七個,都是如此。 27 末後,婦人也死了。 28 這樣,當復活的時候,她是七個人中哪一個的妻子呢?因為他們都娶過她。」 29 耶穌回答說:「你們錯了,因為不明白聖經,也不曉得神的大能。 30 當復活的時候,人也不娶也不嫁,乃像天上的使者一樣。 31 論到死人復活,神在經上向你們所說的,你們沒有念過嗎? 32 他說:『我是亞伯拉罕的神、以撒的神、雅各的神。』神不是死人的神,乃是活人的神。」 33 眾人聽見這話,就稀奇他的教訓。
最大的誡命
34 法利賽人聽見耶穌堵住了撒都該人的口,他們就聚集。 35 內中有一個人是律法師,要試探耶穌,就問他說: 36 「夫子,律法上的誡命哪一條是最大的呢?」 37 耶穌對他說:「你要盡心、盡性、盡意愛主你的神。 38 這是誡命中的第一,且是最大的。 39 其次也相仿,就是要愛人如己。 40 這兩條誡命是律法和先知一切道理的總綱。」
41 法利賽人聚集的時候,耶穌問他們說: 42 「論到基督,你們的意見如何?他是誰的子孫呢?」他們回答說:「是大衛的子孫。」 43 耶穌說:「這樣,大衛被聖靈感動,怎麼還稱他為主說: 44 『主對我主說:你坐在我的右邊,等我把你仇敵放在你的腳下』? 45 大衛既稱他為主,他怎麼又是大衛的子孫呢?」 46 他們沒有一個人能回答一言。從那日以後,也沒有人敢再問他什麼。
Matthew 21-22
New International Version
Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King(A)(B)
21 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives,(C) Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”
4 This took place to fulfill(D) what was spoken through the prophet:
5 “Say to Daughter Zion,
‘See, your king comes to you,
gentle and riding on a donkey,
and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”[a](E)
6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them for Jesus to sit on. 8 A very large crowd spread their cloaks(F) on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted,
10 When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”
11 The crowds answered, “This is Jesus, the prophet(J) from Nazareth in Galilee.”
Jesus at the Temple(K)
12 Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying(L) and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers(M) and the benches of those selling doves.(N) 13 “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’[e](O) but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’[f]”(P)
14 The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them.(Q) 15 But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David,”(R) they were indignant.(S)
16 “Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked him.
“Yes,” replied Jesus, “have you never read,
17 And he left them and went out of the city to Bethany,(U) where he spent the night.
Jesus Curses a Fig Tree(V)
18 Early in the morning, as Jesus was on his way back to the city, he was hungry. 19 Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he said to it, “May you never bear fruit again!” Immediately the tree withered.(W)
20 When the disciples saw this, they were amazed. “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?” they asked.
21 Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt,(X) not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done. 22 If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for(Y) in prayer.”
The Authority of Jesus Questioned(Z)
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(AA) 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.”(AB)
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.’(AC)
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(AD) and the prostitutes(AE) are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you. 32 For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness,(AF) and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors(AG) and the prostitutes(AH) did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent(AI) and believe him.
The Parable of the Tenants(AJ)
33 “Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted(AK) a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower.(AL) Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.(AM) 34 When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants(AN) to the tenants to collect his fruit.
35 “The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.(AO) 36 Then he sent other servants(AP) 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.(AQ) Come, let’s kill him(AR) and take his inheritance.’(AS) 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,”(AT) they replied, “and he will rent the vineyard to other tenants,(AU) 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’[h]?(AV)
43 “Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you(AW) 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.”[i](AX)
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.(AY)
The Parable of the Wedding Banquet(AZ)
22 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: 2 “The kingdom of heaven is like(BA) a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. 3 He sent his servants(BB) to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.
4 “Then he sent some more servants(BC) and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
5 “But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business. 6 The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them. 7 The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers(BD) and burned their city.
8 “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come. 9 So go to the street corners(BE) and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’ 10 So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good,(BF) and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. 12 He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend(BG)?’ The man was speechless.
13 “Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’(BH)
14 “For many are invited, but few are chosen.”(BI)
Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar(BJ)
15 Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words. 16 They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians.(BK) “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are. 17 Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay the imperial tax[j](BL) to Caesar or not?”
18 But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, “You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me? 19 Show me the coin used for paying the tax.” They brought him a denarius, 20 and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?”
21 “Caesar’s,” they replied.
Then he said to them, “So give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s,(BM) and to God what is God’s.”
22 When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away.(BN)
Marriage at the Resurrection(BO)
23 That same day the Sadducees,(BP) who say there is no resurrection,(BQ) came to him with a question. 24 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.(BR) 25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother. 26 The same thing happened to the second and third brother, right on down to the seventh. 27 Finally, the woman died. 28 Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to her?”
29 Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures(BS) or the power of God. 30 At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage;(BT) they will be like the angels in heaven. 31 But about the resurrection of the dead—have you not read what God said to you, 32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’[k]?(BU) He is not the God of the dead but of the living.”
33 When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his teaching.(BV)
The Greatest Commandment(BW)
34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees,(BX) the Pharisees got together. 35 One of them, an expert in the law,(BY) tested him with this question: 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[l](BZ) 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[m](CA) 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”(CB)
Whose Son Is the Messiah?(CC)
41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42 “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?”
“The son of David,”(CD) they replied.
43 He said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’? For he says,
44 “‘The Lord said to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand
until I put your enemies
under your feet.”’[n](CE)
45 If then David calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?” 46 No one could say a word in reply, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.(CF)
Footnotes
- Matthew 21:5 Zech. 9:9
- Matthew 21:9 A Hebrew expression meaning “Save!” which became an exclamation of praise; also in verse 15
- Matthew 21:9 Psalm 118:25,26
- Matthew 21:9 A Hebrew expression meaning “Save!” which became an exclamation of praise; also in verse 15
- Matthew 21:13 Isaiah 56:7
- Matthew 21:13 Jer. 7:11
- Matthew 21:16 Psalm 8:2 (see Septuagint)
- Matthew 21:42 Psalm 118:22,23
- Matthew 21:44 Some manuscripts do not have verse 44.
- Matthew 22:17 A special tax levied on subject peoples, not on Roman citizens
- Matthew 22:32 Exodus 3:6
- Matthew 22:37 Deut. 6:5
- Matthew 22:39 Lev. 19:18
- Matthew 22:44 Psalm 110:1
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