路加福音 11
论祷告
(太6.9-15;7.7-11)
1 耶稣在一个地方祷告。祷告完了,有个门徒对他说:“主啊,求你教导我们祷告,像约翰教导他的门徒一样。” 2 耶稣对他们说:“你们祷告的时候,要说: ‘父啊,t 愿人都尊你的名为圣; 愿你的国降临;t
3 我们日用的饮食,天天赐给我们。
4 赦免我们的罪, 因为我们也赦免凡亏欠我们的人。 不叫我们陷入试探。t’”
5 耶稣又对他们说:“你们中间谁有一个朋友半夜到他那里去,对他说:‘朋友!请借给我三个饼; 6 因为我有一个朋友旅途中来到我这里,我没有东西招待他。’ 7 那人在里面回答:‘不要打扰我,门已经关了,孩子们也同我在床上了,我不能起来给你。’ 8 我告诉你们,虽不因他是朋友起来给他,也会因他不顾面子地直求,起来照他所需要的给他。 9 我又告诉你们,祈求,就给你们;寻找,就找到;叩门,就给你们开门。 10 因为凡祈求的,就得着;寻找的,就找到;叩门的,就给他开门。 11 你们中间作父亲的,谁有儿子t求鱼,反拿蛇当鱼给他呢? 12 求鸡蛋,反给他蝎子呢? 13 你们虽然不好,尚且知道拿好东西给儿女,何况t天父,他岂不更要把圣灵赐给求他的人吗?”
诬蔑耶稣为别西卜
(太12.22-30;可3.20-27)
14 耶稣赶出一个使人成为哑巴的鬼t,鬼出去了,哑巴就说出话来;众人都很惊讶。 15 其中却有人说:“他是靠着鬼王别西卜赶鬼。” 16 又有人试探耶稣,要他显个来自天上的神迹。 17 他知道他们的意念,就对他们说:“一国自相纷争,必定荒芜;一家自相纷争,就必败落。 18 撒但若自相纷争,他的国怎能立得住呢?因为你们说我是靠着别西卜赶鬼。 19 我若靠着别西卜赶鬼,你们的子弟赶鬼又靠着谁呢?这样,他们要作你们的判官。 20 我若靠着上帝的能力赶鬼,那么,上帝的国就已临到你们了。 21 壮士全副武装,看守自己的住宅,他所有的都很安全; 22 但有一个比他更强的来攻击他,并且战胜了他,就夺去他所倚靠的盔甲兵器,又分了他的掠物。 23 不跟我一起的,就是反对我;不与我一起收聚的,就是在拆散。”
污灵回来
(太12.43-45)
24 “污灵离了人身,走遍无水之地寻找安歇之处,却找不到。就说:‘我要回到我原来的屋里去。’ 25 他到了,看见里面打扫干净,修饰好了, 26 就去另带了七个比自己更恶的灵来,都进去住在那里。那人后来的景况比先前更坏了。”
真正的福
27 耶稣正说这些话的时候,众人中间有一个女人高声对他说:“怀你胎乳养你的有福了!” 28 耶稣却说:“更有福的是听上帝的道而遵守的人!”
求神迹
(太12.38-42)
29 当众人越来越拥挤的时候,耶稣说:“这世代是一个邪恶的世代。他们求看神迹,除了约拿的神迹以外,再没有神迹给他们看了。 30 约拿怎样为尼尼微人成了神迹,人子也要照样为这世代的人成为神迹。 31 在审判的时候,南方的女王要起来定这世代的人的罪,因为她从地极而来,要听所罗门智慧的话。看哪,比所罗门更大的在这里! 32 在审判的时候,尼尼微人要起来定这世代的罪,因为尼尼微人听了约拿所传的就悔改了。看哪,比约拿更大的在这里!”
眼睛是身体的灯
(太5.15;6.22-23)
33 “没有人点灯放在地窖里,或是斗底下t,总是放在灯台上,让进来的人看见亮光。 34 你的眼睛就是身体的灯。当你的眼睛明亮,全身就光明,当眼睛昏花,全身就黑暗。 35 所以,你要注意,免得你里面的光暗了。 36 若是你全身光明,毫无黑暗,就必全然光明,如同灯的明光照亮你。”
谴责法利赛人和文士
(太23.1-36;可12.38-40)
37 耶稣正说话的时候,有一个法利赛人请他吃饭,耶稣就进去坐席。 38 这法利赛人看见耶稣饭前不先洗手就很诧异。 39 主对他说:“如今你们法利赛人洗净杯盘的外面,你们里面却满了贪婪和邪恶。 40 无知的人哪!造外面的,不也造了里面吗? 41 只要把杯盘里面的施舍给人,对你们来说一切就都洁净了。
42 “但是你们法利赛人有祸了!因为你们将薄荷、芸香,和各样蔬菜献上十分之一,疏忽了公义和爱上帝的事;这原是你们该做的—至于其他也不可忽略。 43 你们法利赛人有祸了!因为你们喜爱会堂里的高位,又喜欢人们在街市上向你们问安。 44 你们有祸了!因为你们如同不显露的坟墓,走在上面的人并不知道。”
45 律法师中有一个回答耶稣,说:“老师,你这样说也把我们侮辱了。” 46 耶稣说:“你们律法师也有祸了!因为你们把难挑的担子放在别人身上,自己却不肯动一个指头去减轻这些担子。 47 你们有祸了!因为你们建造先知的坟墓,那些先知正是你们的祖宗所杀的。 48 可见你们祖宗所做的事,你们是证人,你们也赞同,因为他们杀了先知,你们建造先知的坟墓。 49 所以,上帝的智慧也曾说:‘我要差遣先知和使徒到他们那里去,有的他们要残杀,有的他们要迫害’, 50 为使创世以来所流众先知的血的罪都归在这世代的人身上, 51 就是从亚伯的血起,直到被杀在祭坛和圣所中间的撒迦利亚的血为止。是的,我告诉你们,这都要向这世代的人追讨。 52 你们律法师有祸了!因为你们把知识的钥匙夺了去,自己不进去,要进去的人,你们也阻挡他们。”
53 耶稣从那里出来,文士和法利赛人就开始极力地催逼他,盘问他许多事, 54 伺机要抓他的话柄。
LUKE 11
Prayer
(Matthew 6.9-13; 7.7-11)
1 When Jesus had finished praying, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his followers to pray.”
2 So Jesus told them, “Pray in this way:
‘Father, help us
to honor your name.
Come and set up
your kingdom.
3 Give us each day
the food we need.t
4 Forgive our sins,
as we forgive everyone
who has done wrong to us.
And keep us
from being tempted.’ ”
5 Then Jesus went on to say:
Suppose one of you goes to a friend in the middle of the night and says, “Let me borrow three loaves of bread. 6 A friend of mine has dropped in, and I don't have a thing for him to eat.”
7 And suppose your friend answers, “Don't bother me! The door is bolted, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up to give you something.”
8 He may not get up and give you the bread, just because you are his friend. But he will get up and give you as much as you need, simply because you are not ashamed to keep on asking.
9 So I tell you to ask and you will receive, search and you will find, knock and the door will be opened for you. 10 Everyone who asks will receive, everyone who searches will find, and the door will be opened for everyone who knocks. 11 Which one of you fathers would give your hungry child a snake if the child asked for a fish? 12 Which one of you would give your child a scorpion if the child asked for an egg?
13 As bad as you are, you still know how to give good gifts to your children. But your heavenly Father is even more ready to give the Holy Spirit to anyone who asks.Jesus and the Ruler //of Demons
(Matthew 12.22-30; Mark 3.20-27)
14 Jesus forced a demon out of a man who could not talk. And after the demon had gone out, the man started speaking, and the crowds were amazed.
15 t But some people said, “He forces out demons by the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons!”
16 t Others wanted to put Jesus to the test. So they asked him to show them a sign from God.
17 Jesus knew what they were thinking, and he said:
A kingdom where people fight each other will end up in ruin. And a family that fights will break up. 18 If Satan fights against himself, how can his kingdom last? Yet you say that I force out demons by the power of Beelzebul. 19 If I use his power to force out demons, whose power do your own followers use to force them out? They are the ones who will judge you.
20 But if I use God's power to force out demons, it proves that God's kingdom has already come to you.
21 When a strong man arms himself and guards his home, everything he owns is safe. 22 But if a stronger man comes and defeats him, he will carry off the weapons in which the strong man trusted. Then he will divide with others what he has taken.
23 t If you are not on my side, you are against me. If you don't gather in the crop with me, you scatter it.Return of an Evil Spirit
(Matthew 12.43-45)
24 When an evil spirit leaves a person, it travels through the desert, looking for a place to rest. But when it doesn't find a place, it says, “I will go back to the home I left.” 25 When it gets there and finds the place clean and fixed up,
26 it goes off and finds seven other evil spirits even worse than itself. They all come and make their home there, and that person ends up in worse shape than before.Being Really Blessed
27 While Jesus was still talking, a woman in the crowd spoke up, “The woman who gave birth to you and nursed you is blessed!”
28 Jesus replied, “That's true, but the people who are really blessed are the ones who hear and obey God's message!”tA Sign from God
(Matthew 12.38-42; Mark 8.12)
29 t As crowds were gathering around Jesus, he said:
You people of today are evil! You keep looking for a sign from God. But what happened to Jonaht is the only sign you will be given. 30 t Just as Jonah was a sign to the people of Nineveh, the Son of Man will be a sign to the people of today. 31 t When the judgment comes, the Queen of the Southt will stand there with you and condemn you. She traveled a long way to hear Solomon's wisdom, and yet here is something far greater than Solomon.
32 t The people of Nineveh will also stand there with you and condemn you. They turned to God when Jonah preached, and yet here is something far greater than Jonah.Light
(Matthew 5.15; 6.22,23)
33 t No one lights a lamp and then hides it or puts it under a clay pot. A lamp is put on a lampstand, so everyone who comes into the house can see the light. 34 Your eyes are the lamp for your body. When your eyes are good, you have all the light you need. But when your eyes are bad, everything is dark. 35 So be sure your light isn't darkness.
36 If you have light, and nothing is dark, then light will be everywhere, as when a lamp shines brightly on you.Jesus Condemns the Pharisees //and Teachers of the Law of Moses
(Matthew 23.1-36; Mark 12.38-40; Luke 20.45-47)
37 When Jesus finished speaking, a Pharisee invited him home for a meal. Jesus went and sat down to eat.t 38 The Pharisee was surprised that he did not wash his handst before eating.
39 So the Lord said to him:
You Pharisees clean the outside of cups and dishes, but on the inside you are greedy and evil. 40 You fools! Didn't God make both the outside and the inside?t
41 If you would only give what you have to the poor, everything you do would please God.
42 t You Pharisees are in for trouble! You give God a tenth of the spices from your gardens, such as mint and rue. But you cheat people, and you don't love God. You should be fair and kind to others and still give a tenth to God.
43 You Pharisees are in for trouble! You love the front seats in the synagogues, and you like to be greeted with honor in the market.
44 But you are in for trouble! You are like unmarked gravest that people walk on without even knowing it.
45 A teacher of the Law of Moses spoke up, “Teacher, you said cruel things about us.”
46 Jesus replied:
You teachers are also in for trouble! You load people down with heavy burdens, but you won't lift a finger to help them carry the loads. 47 Yes, you are really in for trouble. You build monuments to honor the prophets your own people murdered long ago.
48 You must think that was the right thing for your people to do, or else you would not have built monuments for the prophets they murdered.
49 Because of your evil deeds, the Wisdom of God said, “I will send prophets and apostles to you. But you will murder some and mistreat others.” 50 You people living today will be punished for all the prophets who have been murdered since the beginning of the world.
51 t This includes every prophet from the time of Abel to the time of Zechariah, t who was murdered between the altar and the temple. You people will certainly be punished for all of this.
52 You teachers of the Law of Moses are really in for trouble! You carry the keys to the door of knowledge about God. But you never go in, and you keep others from going in.
53 Jesus was about to leave, but the teachers and the Pharisees wanted to get even with him. They tried to make him say what he thought about other things, 54 so they could catch him saying something wrong.