马可福音 12
葡萄园主的比喻
1 耶稣开始用比喻对他们说:“有一个人栽种了一个葡萄园,四面围上篱笆,挖了一个榨酒池,盖了一座守望楼,然后把葡萄园租给一些农夫,就出外旅行。2 到了收获的t季节,他就派了一个奴仆到那些农夫那里去,好从他们收取葡萄园的果子。3 但他们抓住那奴仆,打了他,叫他空手回去。4 园主又派另一个奴仆到他们那里去。那些农夫t打伤了他的头,并且侮辱他t。5 园主再派另一个去,他们把他杀了。另派了许多去,有的被打,有的被杀。
6 “那园主还有一位——是他的爱子。最后他差派儿子到他们那里,说:‘他们一定会尊重我的儿子。’
7 “可是那些农夫彼此说:‘这是继承人。来,我们把他杀了,那继业就归我们了。’8 于是他们抓住他,把他杀了,并扔出葡萄园外。
9 “那么,葡萄园的主人会做什么呢?他会来除灭那些农夫,把葡萄园交给别人。
10 你们难道也没有读过这段经文吗?‘工匠所弃绝的石头,它已经成了房角的头块石头;
11 这是主所成就的,在我们眼中实在奇妙!’t”
12 祭司长们、律法师们和长老们知道这比喻是针对他们而说的,就想拘捕耶稣。可是他们怕民众,于是离开耶稣走了。
神与凯撒
13 后来,他们派了一些法利赛人和希律党的人到耶稣那里,要找话柄来陷害他。14 那些人来对耶稣说:“老师,我们知道你是真诚的。你不顾忌任何人,因为你不看人的情面,而是按真理教导神的道t。请问,向凯撒纳税,可以不可以呢?我们该交还是不该交呢?”
15 耶稣看出他们的假意,就对他们说:“你们为什么试探我呢?拿一个银币t来给我看。”
16 他们就拿来了。耶稣问他们:
“这是谁的像和名号?”回答说:“是凯撒的。”
17 耶稣对他们说:“凯撒的归给凯撒;神的归给神。”使他们感到惊奇。
撒都该人与复活
18 接着,撒都该人来到耶稣那里,他们一向说没有复活的事。他们问耶稣,说:19 “老师,摩西为我们写道:如果一个人的兄弟死了,撇下妻子而没有留下孩子,他就应该娶这妇人,为兄弟留后裔。t20 曾经有兄弟七人,第一个娶了妻子,死去了,没有留下后裔。21 第二个娶了这寡妇,也死了,没有留下后裔。第三个也一样。22 结果,兄弟七个都t没有留下后裔。到了最后,这妇人也死了。23 既然这七个人都娶过她为妻,在复活的时候,当他们复活了t,她将是谁的妻子呢?”
24 耶稣说:“你们之所以错了,不就是因为你们不明白经上的话,也不明白神的大能吗?25 当人从死人中复活以后,他们既不娶也不嫁,而是像诸天之上的天使一样。26 关于死人复活的事,你们难道没有读过摩西书‘荆棘篇’上,神怎样对摩西说的吗?神说‘我是亚伯拉罕的神、以撒的神、雅各的神。’t27 神不是死人的神,而是活人的神t。你们完全错了!”
最重要的诫命
28 有一个经文士前来,听见他们辩论,见耶稣回答得好,就问耶稣:“所有的诫命中,哪一条是最重要的呢?”
29 耶稣回答:
“t最重要的是:‘以色列啊,你当听好!主——我们的神,是独一的主。t30 你要以全心、全灵、全意、全力爱主——你的神。t’t
31 “其次就是‘要爱邻如己。’t没有别的诫命比这两条更大的了。”
32 那经文士就对耶稣说:“不错,老师,你真的讲了:神只有一位,除他以外没有别的神。33 以全心、全智、t全力来爱神,并且要爱邻如己,这是比所有的燔祭和各种祭祀都重要的。”
34 耶稣见他回答得有智慧,就对他说:“你离神的国不远了。”,没有人敢再质问耶稣了。
有关基督的问题
35 耶稣在圣殿里教导人的时候问:“经文士们怎么说基督是大卫的后裔呢?
36 大卫藉着圣灵,自己说过:‘主对我主说:你坐在我的右边,等我把你的敌人放在你的脚下t。’t
37 大卫自己称基督为‘主’,基督又怎么会是大卫的后裔呢?”一大群人都乐意听耶稣讲说。
要防备经文士
38 耶稣在他的教导中说:“你们要当心经文士们。他们喜欢穿着长袍走来走去,喜欢街市上的致敬问候,39 又喜欢会堂里的首位、宴席中的上座。40 他们侵吞寡妇的家产,又假意做很长的祷告。这些人将受到更重的惩罚t。”
寡妇的奉献
41 耶稣面对奉献箱坐着,看众人怎样把钱投入奉献箱里。许多富有的人投进了很多钱。42 有一个穷寡妇来,投进两个小钱t,值一个铜币t。43 耶稣把他的门徒们召来,对他们说:“我确实地告诉你们:这穷寡妇所投入奉献箱的,比所有的人投的更多。44 因为大家是从自己的富余中拿出来投进去;而这寡妇是从自己的缺乏中,把她所拥有的一切,就是她全部的养生费用都投进去了。”
Mark 12
The Parable of the Tenants
1 Thent he began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard.s He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Thent he leased it to tenant farmerss and went on a journey.2 At harvest time he sent a slavets to the tenants to collect from themt his portion of the crop.t3 Butt those tenantst seized his slave,t beat him,s and sent him away empty-handed.s4 Sot he sent another slave to them again. This one they struck on the head and treated outrageously.5 He sent another, and that one they killed. This happened to many others, some of whom were beaten, others killed.6 He had one left, his one dear son.ts Finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’7 But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and the inheritance will be ours!’8 Sot they seized him,t killed him, and threw his bodyt out of the vineyard.s9 What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroys those tenants and give the vineyard to others.s
10 Have you not read this scripture:
‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.ts
11 This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”s
12 Nowt they wanted to arrest him (but they feared the crowd), because they realized that he told this parable against them. Sot they left him and went away.s
Paying Taxes to Caesar
13 Thent they sent some of the Phariseess and Herodianss to trap him with his own words.t14 When they came they said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are truthful and do not court anyone’s favor, because you show no partialityt but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.s Is it rightt to pay taxests to Caesart or not? Should we pay or shouldn’t we?”15 But he saw through their hypocrisy and saidt to them, “Why are you testing me? Bring me a denariusts and let me look at it.”16 Sot they brought one, and he said to them, “Whose imagets is this, and whose inscription?” They replied,t “Caesar’s.”
17 Then Jesus said to them, “Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”s And they were utterly amazed at him.
Marriage and the Resurrection
18 Sadduceess (who say there is no resurrection)s also came to him and asked him,t19 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us: ‘If a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, that mantmust marrytthe widow and father childrentfor his brother.’s20 There were seven brothers. The first one married,t and when he died he had no children.21 The second married her and died without any children, and likewise the third.22 None of the seven had children. Finally, the woman died too.23 In the resurrection, when they rise again,s whose wife will she be? For all seven had married her.”t24 Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you deceivedt for this reason, because you don’t know the scriptures or the power of God?25 For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angelss in heaven.26 Now as for the dead being raised,t have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush,s how God said to him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, thetGod of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?s
27 He is not the God of the dead but of the living.s You are badly mistaken!”
The Greatest Commandment
28 Nowt one of the experts in the lawt came and heard them debating. When he saw that Jesust answered them well, he asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?”29 Jesus answered, “The most important is: ‘Listen, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.30 Lovetthe Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’s31 The second is: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’s There is no other commandment greater than these.”32 The expert in the law said to him, “That is true, Teacher; you are right to say that he is one, and there is no one else besides him.s33 And to love him with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your strengths and to love your neighbor as yourselfs is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
34 When Jesus saw that he had answered thoughtfully, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” Then no one dared any longer to question him.
The Messiah: David’s Son and Lord
35 While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, he said, “How is it that the experts in the lawt say that the Christts is David’s son?s
36 David himself, by the Holy Spirit, said,
‘The Lord said to my lord,s
“Sit at my right hand,
until I put your enemies under your feet.”’s
37 If David himself calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?”t And the large crowd was listening to him with delight.
Warnings About Experts in the Law
38 In his teaching Jesust also said, “Watch out for the experts in the law.t They like walkingt around in long robes and elaborate greetingss in the marketplaces,39 and the best seats in the synagoguess and the places of honor at banquets.
40 Theyt devour widows’ property,t and as a show make long prayers. These men will receive a more severe punishment.”
The Widow’s Offering
41 Thent hes sat down opposite the offering box,tss and watched the crowd putting coins into it. Many rich people were throwing in large amounts.42 And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins,s worth less than a penny.43 He called his disciples and said to them, “I tell you the truth,t this poor widow has put more into the offering boxt than all the others.s
44 For they all gave out of their wealth.t But she, out of her poverty, put in what she had to live on, everything she had.”s