Matthew

撒种的比喻

1当那一天，耶稣从房子里出来，坐在海边。

2有许多人到他那里聚集，他只得上船坐下，众人都站在岸上。

3他用比喻对他们讲许多道理，说：「有一个撒种的出去撒种；

4撒的时候，有落在路旁的，飞鸟来吃尽了；

5有落在土浅石头地上的，土既不深，发苗最快，

6日头出来一晒，因为没有根，就枯干了；

7有落在荆棘里的，荆棘长起来，把它挤住了；

8又有落在好土里的，就结实，有一百倍的，有六十倍的，有三十倍的。

9有耳可听的，就应当听！」

用比喻的目的

10门徒进前来，问耶稣说：「对众人讲话，为什么用比喻呢？」

11耶稣回答说：「因为天国的奥秘只叫你们知道，不叫他们知道。

12凡有的，还要加给他，叫他有余；凡没有的，连他所有的，也要夺去。

13所以我用比喻对他们讲，是因他们看也看不见，听也听不见，也不明白。

14在他们身上，正应了以赛亚的预言，说：你们听是要听见，却不明白； 看是要看见，却不晓得；

15因为这百姓油蒙了心， 耳朵发沉， 眼睛闭着， 恐怕眼睛看见， 耳朵听见， 心里明白，回转过来， 我就医治他们。

16「但你们的眼睛是有福的，因为看见了；你们的耳朵也是有福的，因为听见了。

17我实在告诉你们，从前有许多先知和义人要看你们所看的，却没有看见，要听你们所听的，却没有听见。」

解明撒种的比喻

18「所以，你们当听这撒种的比喻。

19凡听见天国道理不明白的，那恶者就来，把所撒在他心里的夺了去；这就是撒在路旁的了。

20撒在石头地上的，就是人听了道，当下欢喜领受，

21只因心里没有根，不过是暂时的，及至为道遭了患难，或是受了逼迫，立刻就跌倒了。

22撒在荆棘里的，就是人听了道，后来有世上的思虑、钱财的迷惑把道挤住了，不能结实。

23撒在好地上的，就是人听道明白了，后来结实，有一百倍的，有六十倍的，有三十倍的。」

稗子的比喻

24耶稣又设个比喻对他们说：「天国好像人撒好种在田里，

25及至人睡觉的时候，有仇敌来，将稗子撒在麦子里就走了。

26到长苗吐穗的时候，稗子也显出来。

27田主的仆人来告诉他说：『主啊，你不是撒好种在田里吗？从哪里来的稗子呢？』

28主人说：『这是仇敌做的。』仆人说：『你要我们去薅出来吗？』

29主人说：『不必，恐怕薅稗子，连麦子也拔出来。

30容这两样一齐长，等着收割。当收割的时候，我要对收割的人说，先将稗子薅出来，捆成捆，留着烧；惟有麦子要收在仓里。』」

芥菜种和面酵的比喻

31他又设个比喻对他们说：「天国好像一粒芥菜种，有人拿去种在田里。

32这原是百种里最小的，等到长起来，却比各样的菜都大，且成了树，天上的飞鸟来宿在它的枝上。」

33他又对他们讲个比喻说：「天国好像面酵，有妇人拿来，藏在三斗面里，直等全团都发起来。」

用比喻的原因

34这都是耶稣用比喻对众人说的话；若不用比喻，就不对他们说什么。

35这是要应验先知的话，说：我要开口用比喻， 把创世以来所隐藏的事发明出来。

解明稗子的比喻

36当下，耶稣离开众人，进了房子。他的门徒进前来，说：「请把田间稗子的比喻讲给我们听。」

37他回答说：「那撒好种的就是人子；

38田地就是世界；好种就是天国之子；稗子就是那恶者之子；

39撒稗子的仇敌就是魔鬼；收割的时候就是世界的末了；收割的人就是天使。

40将稗子薅出来用火焚烧，世界的末了也要如此。

41人子要差遣使者，把一切叫人跌倒的和作恶的，从他国里挑出来，

42丢在火炉里；在那里必要哀哭切齿了。

43那时，义人在他们父的国里，要发出光来，像太阳一样。有耳可听的，就应当听！」

藏宝、寻珠、撒网的比喻

44「天国好像宝贝藏在地里，人遇见了就把它藏起来，欢欢喜喜地去变卖一切所有的，买这块地。

45天国又好像买卖人寻找好珠子，

46遇见一颗重价的珠子，就去变卖他一切所有的，买了这颗珠子。

47天国又好像网撒在海里，聚拢各样水族，

48网既满了，人就拉上岸来，坐下，拣好的收在器具里，将不好的丢弃了。

49世界的末了也要这样。天使要出来，从义人中把恶人分别出来，

50丢在火炉里；在那里必要哀哭切齿了。」

新旧的东西

51耶稣说：「这一切的话你们都明白了吗？」他们说：「我们明白了。」

52他说：「凡文士受教作天国的门徒，就像一个家主从他库里拿出新旧的东西来。」

拿撒勒人厌弃耶稣

53耶稣说完了这些比喻，就离开那里，

54来到自己的家乡，在会堂里教训人，甚至他们都希奇，说：「这人从哪里有这等智慧和异能呢？

55这不是木匠的儿子吗？他母亲不是叫马利亚吗？他弟兄们不是叫雅各、约西、西门、犹大吗？

56他妹妹们不是都在我们这里吗？这人从哪里有这一切的事呢？」

57他们就厌弃他。耶稣对他们说：「大凡先知，除了本地本家之外，没有不被人尊敬的。」

58耶稣因为他们不信，就在那里不多行异能了。

The Parable of the Sower

1That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.

2Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore.

3And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

4And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

5Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.

6But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

7Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings.

8Still other seed fell on good soil and produced a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.

9He who has ears,let him hear.”

The Purpose of Jesus’ Parables

10Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”

11He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.

12Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

13This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see;though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’

14In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding;you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.

15For this people’s heart has grown callous;they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes.Otherwise they might see with their eyes,hear with their ears, understand with their hearts,and turn, and I would heal them.’

16But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.

17For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

The Parable of the Sower Explained

18Consider, then, the parable of the sower:

19When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sownalong the path.

20The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.

21But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.

22The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

23But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”

The Parable of the Weeds

24Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

25But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.

26When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.

27The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’

28‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. So the servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’

29‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them.

30Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

31He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.

32Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”

The Parable of the Leaven

33He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”

I Will Open My Mouth in Parables

34Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.

35So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables;I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

The Parable of the Weeds Explained

36Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

37He replied, “The One who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.

38The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,

39and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

40As the weeds are collected and burned in the fire, so will it be at the end of the age.

41The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.

42And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

43Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

The Parables of the Treasure and the Pearl

44The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.

45Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls.

46When he found one very precious pearl, he went away and sold all he had and bought it.

The Parable of the Net

47Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish.

48When it was full, the men pulled it ashore. Then they sat down and sorted the good fish into containers, but threw the bad away.

49So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous

50and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

51Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered.

52Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”

The Rejection at Nazareth

53When Jesus had finished these parables, He withdrew from that place.

54Coming to His hometown, He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” they asked.

55“Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t His mother’s name Mary, and aren’t His brothers James, Joseph,Simon, and Judas?

56Aren’t all His sisters with us as well? Where then did this man get all these things?”

57And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”

58And He did not do many miracles there, because of their unbelief.