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。

1And in that day Jesus, having gone forth from the house, was sitting by the sea,

2and gathered together unto him were many multitudes, so that he having gone into the boat did sit down, and all the multitude on the beach did stand,

3and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: 'Lo, the sower went forth to sow,

4and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the fowls did come and devour them,

5and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang forth, through not having depth of earth,

6and the sun having risen they were scorched, and through not having root, they withered,

7and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns did come up and choke them,

8and others fell upon the good ground, and were giving fruit, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.

9He who is having ears to hear — let him hear.'

10And the disciples having come near, said to him, 'Wherefore in similes dost thou speak to them?'

11And he answering said to them that — 'To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, and to these it hath not been given,

12for whoever hath, it shall be given to him, and he shall have overabundance, and whoever hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken from him.

13'Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand,

14and fulfilled on them is the prophecy of Isaiah, that saith, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive,

15for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they might see with the eyes, and with the ears might hear, and with the heart understand, and turn back, and I might heal them.

16'And happy are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear,

17for verily I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men did desire to see that which ye look on, and they did not see, and to hear that which ye hear, and they did not hear.

18'Ye, therefore, hear ye the simile of the sower:

19Every one hearing the word of the reign, and not understanding — the evil one doth come, and doth catch that which hath been sown in his heart; this is that sown by the way.

20'And that sown on the rocky places, this is he who is hearing the word, and immediately with joy is receiving it,

21and he hath not root in himself, but is temporary, and persecution or tribulation having happened because of the word, immediately he is stumbled.

22'And that sown toward the thorns, this is he who is hearing the word, and the anxiety of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, do choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

23'And that sown on the good ground: this is he who is hearing the word, and is understanding, who indeed doth bear fruit, and doth make, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.'

24Another simile he set before them, saying: 'The reign of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field,

25and, while men are sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel in the midst of the wheat, and went away,

26and when the herb sprang up, and yielded fruit, then appeared also the darnel.

27'And the servants of the householder, having come near, said to him, Sir, good seed didst thou not sow in thy field? whence then hath it the darnel?

28And he saith to them, A man, an enemy, did this; and the servants said to him, Wilt thou, then, [that] having gone away we may gather it up?

29'And he said, No, lest — gathering up the darnel — ye root up with it the wheat,

30suffer both to grow together till the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the darnel, and bind it in bundles, to burn it, and the wheat gather up into my storehouse.'

31Another simile he set before them, saying: 'The reign of the heavens is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did sow in his field,

32which less, indeed, is than all the seeds, but when it may be grown, is greatest of the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven do come and rest in its branches.'

33Another simile spake he to them: 'The reign of the heavens is like to leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.'

34All these things spake Jesus in similes to the multitudes, and without a simile he was not speaking to them,

35that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying, 'I will open in similes my mouth, I will utter things having been hidden from the foundation of the world.'

36Then having let away the multitudes, Jesus came to the house, and his disciples came near to him, saying, 'Explain to us the simile of the darnel of the field.'

37And he answering said to them, 'He who is sowing the good seed is the Son of Man,

38and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the reign, and the darnel are the sons of the evil one,

39and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is a full end of the age, and the reapers are messengers.

40'As, then, the darnel is gathered up, and is burned with fire, so shall it be in the full end of this age,

41the Son of Man shall send forth his messengers, and they shall gather up out of his kingdom all the stumbling-blocks, and those doing the unlawlessness,

42and shall cast them to the furnace of the fire; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.

43'Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the reign of their Father. He who is having ears to hear — let him hear.

44'Again, the reign of the heavens is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found did hide, and from his joy goeth, and all, as much as he hath, he selleth, and buyeth that field.

45'Again, the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a merchant, seeking goodly pearls,

46who having found one pearl of great price, having gone away, hath sold all, as much as he had, and bought it.

47'Again, the reign of the heavens is like to a net that was cast into the sea, and did gather together of every kind,

48which, when it was filled, having drawn up again upon the beach, and having sat down, they gathered the good into vessels, and the bad they did cast out,

49so shall it be in the full end of the age, the messengers shall come forth and separate the evil out of the midst of the righteous,

50and shall cast them to the furnace of the fire, there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.'

51Jesus saith to them, 'Did ye understand all these?' They say to him, 'Yes, sir.'

52And he said to them, 'Because of this every scribe having been discipled in regard to the reign of the heavens, is like to a man, a householder, who doth bring forth out of his treasure things new and old.'

53And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these similes, he removed thence,

54and having come to his own country, he was teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and were saying, 'Whence to this one this wisdom and the mighty works?

55is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary, and his brethren James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

56and his sisters — are they not all with us? whence, then, to this one all these?'

57and they were stumbled at him. And Jesus said to them, 'A prophet is not without honour except in his own country, and in his own house:'

58and he did not there many mighty works, because of their unbelief.