Matthew

光荣地进耶路撒冷

1耶稣和门徒将近耶路撒冷，到了伯法其，在橄榄山那里。

2耶稣就打发两个门徒，对他们说：「你们往对面村子里去，必看见一匹驴拴在那里，还有驴驹同在一处；你们解开，牵到我这里来。

3若有人对你们说什么，你们就说：『主要用它。』那人必立时让你们牵来。

4这事成就是要应验先知的话，说：

5要对锡安的居民说：看哪，你的王来到你这里， 是温柔的，又骑着驴， 就是骑着驴驹子。」

6门徒就照耶稣所吩咐的去行，

7牵了驴和驴驹来，把自己的衣服搭在上面，耶稣就骑上。

8众人多半把衣服铺在路上；还有人砍下树枝来铺在路上。

9前行后随的众人喊着说：和散那归于大卫的子孙！ 奉主名来的是应当称颂的！ 高高在上和散那！

10耶稣既进了耶路撒冷，合城都惊动了，说：「这是谁？」

11众人说：「这是加利利拿撒勒的先知耶稣。」

洁净圣殿

12耶稣进了 神的殿，赶出殿里一切做买卖的人，推倒兑换银钱之人的桌子，和卖鸽子之人的凳子，

13对他们说：「经上记着说：我的殿必称为祷告的殿， 你们倒使它成为贼窝了。」

14在殿里有瞎子、瘸子到耶稣跟前，他就治好了他们。

15祭司长和文士看见耶稣所行的奇事，又见小孩子在殿里喊着说：「和散那归于大卫的子孙！」就甚恼怒，

16对他说：「这些人所说的，你听见了吗？」耶稣说：「是的。经上说『你从婴孩和吃奶的口中完全了赞美』的话，你们没有念过吗？」

17于是离开他们，出城到伯大尼去，在那里住宿。

咒诅无花果树

18早晨回城的时候，他饿了，

19看见路旁有一棵无花果树，就走到跟前，在树上找不着什么，不过有叶子，就对树说：「从今以后，你永不结果子。」那无花果树就立刻枯干了。

20门徒看见了，便希奇说：「无花果树怎么立刻枯干了呢？」

21耶稣回答说：「我实在告诉你们，你们若有信心，不疑惑，不但能行无花果树上所行的事，就是对这座山说：『你挪开此地，投在海里！』也必成就。

22你们祷告，无论求什么，只要信，就必得着。」

质问耶稣的权柄

23耶稣进了殿，正教训人的时候，祭司长和民间的长老来问他说：「你仗着什么权柄做这些事？给你这权柄的是谁呢？」

24耶稣回答说：「我也要问你们一句话，你们若告诉我，我就告诉你们我仗着什么权柄做这些事。

25约翰的洗礼是从哪里来的？是从天上来的？是从人间来的呢？」他们彼此商议说：「我们若说『从天上来』，他必对我们说：『这样，你们为什么不信他呢？』

26若说『从人间来』，我们又怕百姓，因为他们都以约翰为先知。」

27于是回答耶稣说：「我们不知道。」耶稣说：「我也不告诉你们我仗着什么权柄做这些事。」

两个儿子的比喻

28又说：「一个人有两个儿子。他来对大儿子说：『我儿，你今天到葡萄园里去做工。』

29他回答说：『我不去』，以后自己懊悔，就去了。

30又来对小儿子也是这样说。他回答说：『父啊，我去』，他却不去。

31你们想，这两个儿子是哪一个遵行父命呢？」他们说：「大儿子。」耶稣说：「我实在告诉你们，税吏和娼妓倒比你们先进 神的国。

32因为约翰遵着义路到你们这里来，你们却不信他；税吏和娼妓倒信他。你们看见了，后来还是不懊悔去信他。」

凶恶园户的比喻

33「你们再听一个比喻：有个家主栽了一个葡萄园，周围圈上篱笆，里面挖了一个压酒池，盖了一座楼，租给园户，就往外国去了。

34收果子的时候近了，就打发仆人到园户那里去收果子。

35园户拿住仆人，打了一个，杀了一个，用石头打死一个。

36主人又打发别的仆人去，比先前更多；园户还是照样待他们。

37后来打发他的儿子到他们那里去，意思说：『他们必尊敬我的儿子。』

38不料，园户看见他儿子，就彼此说：『这是承受产业的。来吧，我们杀他，占他的产业！』

39他们就拿住他，推出葡萄园外，杀了。

40园主来的时候要怎样处治这些园户呢？」

41他们说：「要下毒手除灭那些恶人，将葡萄园另租给那按着时候交果子的园户。」

42耶稣说：「经上写着：匠人所弃的石头 已作了房角的头块石头。 这是主所做的， 在我们眼中看为希奇。这经你们没有念过吗？

43所以我告诉你们， 神的国必从你们夺去，赐给那能结果子的百姓。

44谁掉在这石头上，必要跌碎；这石头掉在谁的身上，就要把谁砸得稀烂。」

45祭司长和法利赛人听见他的比喻，就看出他是指着他们说的。

46他们想要捉拿他，只是怕众人，因为众人以他为先知。

The Triumphal Entry

1As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two disciples,

2saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt beside her. Untie them and bring them to Me.

3If anyone questions you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”

4This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

5“Say to the Daughter of Zion,‘See, your King comes to you,gentle and riding on a donkey,on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”

6So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.

7They brought the donkey and the colt and laid their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them.

8A massive crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

9The crowds that went ahead of Him and those that followed were shouting: “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!”

10When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”

11The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

12Then Jesus entered the temple courtsand drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.

13And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”

14The blind and the lame came to Him at the temple, and He healed them.

15But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”

16“Do You hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infantsYou have ordained praise’?”

17Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where He spent the night.

The Barren Fig Tree

18In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He was hungry.

19Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.

20When the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”

21“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.

22If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

Jesus’ Authority Challenged

23When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You this authority?”

24“I will also ask you one question,” Jesus replied, “and if you answer Me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

25What was the source of John’s baptism? Was it from heaven or from men?” They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

26But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the people, for they all regard John as a prophet.”

27So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

The Parable of the Two Sons

28But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’

29‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.

30Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing. ‘I will, sir,’ he said. But he did not go.

31Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

32For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.

The Parable of the Wicked Tenants

33Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

34When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.

35But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

36Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them.

37Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

38But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’

39So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

40Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?”

41“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”

42Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejectedhas become the cornerstone.This is from the Lord,and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

43Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

44He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

45When the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that Jesus was speaking about them.

46Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.