1 In those {times}, the myriads of the crowd being gathered together, so that they trod one on another, he began to say to his disciples first, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;

2 but there is nothing covered up which shall not be revealed, nor secret that shall not be known;

3 therefore whatever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light, and what ye have spoken in the ear in chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

4 But I say to you, my friends, Fear not those who kill the body and after this have no more that they can do.

5 But I will shew you whom ye shall fear: Fear him who after he has killed has authority to cast into hell; yea, I say to you, Fear *him*.

6 Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria? and one of them is not forgotten before God.

7 But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore, ye are better than many sparrows.

8 But I say to you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, the Son of man will confess him also before the angels of God;

9 but he that shall have denied me before men shall be denied before the angels of God;

10 and whoever shall say a word against the Son of man it shall be forgiven him; but to him that speaks injuriously against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven.

11 But when they bring you before the synagogues and rulers and the authorities, be not careful how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say;

12 for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in the hour itself what should be said.

13 And a person said to him out of the crowd, Teacher, speak to my brother to divide the inheritance with me.

14 But he said to him, Man, who established me {as} a judge or a divider over you?

15 And he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for {it is} not because a man is in abundance {that} his life is in his possessions.

16 And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.

17 And he reasoned within himself saying, What shall I do? for I have not {a place} where I shall lay up my fruits.

18 And he said, This will I do: I will take away my granaries and build greater, and there I will lay up all my produce and my good things;

19 and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.

20 But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?

21 Thus is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

22 And he said to his disciples, For this cause I say unto you, Be not careful for life, what ye shall eat, nor for the body, what ye shall put on.

23 The life is more than food, and the body than raiment.

24 Consider the ravens, that they sow not nor reap; which have neither storehouse nor granary; and God feeds them. How much better are *ye* than the birds?

25 But which of you by being careful can add to his stature one cubit?

26 If therefore ye cannot {do} even what is least, why are ye careful about the rest?

27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; but I say unto you, Not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed as one of these.

28 But if God thus clothe the grass, which to-day is in the field and to-morrow is cast into {the} oven, how much rather you, O ye of little faith?

29 And *ye*, seek not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, and be not in anxiety;

30 for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that ye have need of these things;

31 but seek his kingdom, and {all} these things shall be added to you.

32 Fear not, little flock, for it has been the good pleasure of your Father to give you the kingdom.

33 Sell what ye possess and give alms; make to yourselves purses which do not grow old, a treasure which does not fail in the heavens, where thief does not draw near nor moth destroy.

34 For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.

35 Let your loins be girded about, and lamps burning;

36 and *ye* like men who wait their own lord whenever he may leave the wedding, that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately.

37 Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord {on} coming shall find watching; verily I say unto you, that he will gird himself and make them recline at table, and coming up will serve them.

38 And if he come in the second watch, and come in the third watch, and find {them} thus, blessed are those {bondmen}.

39 But this know, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be dug through.

40 And ye therefore, be *ye* ready, for in the hour in which ye do not think {it}, the Son of man comes.

41 And Peter said to him, Lord, sayest thou this parable to us, or also to all?

42 And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and prudent steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give the measure of corn in season?

43 Blessed is that bondman whom his lord {on} coming shall find doing thus;

44 verily I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he has.

45 But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come, and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and to drink and to be drunken,

46 the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he does not expect it, and in an hour he knows not of, and shall cut him in two and appoint his portion with the unbelievers.

47 But that bondman who knew his own lord's will, and had not prepared {himself} nor done his will, shall be beaten with many {stripes};

48 but he who knew {it} not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. And to every one to whom much has been given, much shall be required from him; and to whom {men} have committed much, they will ask from him the more.

49 I have come to cast a fire on the earth; and what will I if already it has been kindled?

50 But I have a baptism to be baptised with, and how am I straitened until it shall have been accomplished!

51 Think ye that I have come to give peace in the earth? Nay, I say to you, but rather division:

52 for from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided; three shall be divided against two, and two against three:

53 father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

54 And he said also to the crowds, When ye see a cloud rising out of the west, straightway ye say, A shower is coming; and so it happens.

55 And when {ye see} the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it happens.

56 Hypocrites, ye know how to judge of the appearance of the earth and of the heaven; how {is it then that} ye do not discern this time?

57 And why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?

58 For as thou goest with thine adverse party before a magistrate, strive in the way to be reconciled with him, lest he drag thee away to the judge, and the judge shall deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

59 I say unto thee, Thou shalt in no wise come out thence until thou hast paid the very last mite.

1 那时有成千上万的人聚在一起, 甚至彼此践踏。耶稣就先对门徒说: "你们要提防法利赛人的酵, 就是虚伪。

2 没有什么掩盖的事不被揭露, 也没有什么隐藏的事不被人知道。

3 所以, 你们在暗处所说的, 必在明处被人听见; 在内室附耳所谈的, 必在房顶上宣扬出来。

4 "我的朋友, 我告诉你们, 那杀身体以后不能再作什么的, 不要怕他们。

5 我要指示你们当怕的是谁: 当怕那杀身体以后, 有权把人投入地狱里的; 我告诉你们, 应当怕他。

6 五只麻雀, 不是卖两个大钱吗?但在 神面前, 一只也不被忘记。

7 甚至你们的头发都一一数过了。不要怕, 你们比许多麻雀贵重得多呢。

8 "我告诉你们, 凡在人面前承认我的, 人子在 神的使者面前也承认他;

9 在人面前不认我的, 我在 神的使者面前也不认他。

10 凡说话得罪人子的, 还可以赦免; 但亵渎圣灵的, 必不得赦免。

11 人把你们拉到会堂、官长和当权者的面前, 你们不要思虑怎样申辩或说什么话。

12 到了时候, 圣灵必把当说的话教导你们。"

13 群众中有一个人对耶稣说: "老师, 请吩咐我的兄弟和我分家业。"

14 耶稣说: "你这个人, 谁立我作你们的审判官和分家业的人呢?"

15 于是他对众人说: "你们要谨慎, 远离一切贪心, 因为人的生命并不在于家道丰富。"

16 就对他们讲了一个比喻, 说: "有一个富翁的田地丰收。

17 他自己心里说: ‘怎么办呢?因为我没有足够的地方收藏出产了! ’

18 又说: ‘我要这样办: 我要拆掉这些仓房, 建造更大的, 好在那里收藏我的一切粮食和货物。

19 然后, 我要对我的灵魂说: 灵魂啊, 你拥有许多好东西, 足够多年享用, 只管安安逸逸地吃喝快乐吧! ’

20 神却对他说: ‘无知的人哪, 今天晚上, 你拥有的就要取去你的灵魂, 你所预备的要归给谁呢?’

21 凡为自己积财, 在 神面前却不富足的, 也是这样。"

22 耶稣又对门徒说: "所以我告诉你们, 不要为生命忧虑吃什么, 也不要为身体忧虑穿什么。

23 因为生命比饮食重要, 身体比衣服重要。

24 你们想想乌鸦: 它们不种也不收, 无仓又无库, 神尚且养活它们; 你们比飞鸟贵重得多了。

25 你们中间谁能用忧虑使自己的寿命延长一刻呢?

26 既然连这极小的事都不能作, 为什么还忧虑其他的事呢?

27 你们想想百合花, 怎样不劳苦, 也不纺织。但我告诉你们, 就是所罗门最荣华的时候所穿的, 也比不上这花中的一朵呢。

28 小信的人哪, 田野的草, 今天还在, 明天就投进炉里, 神尚且这样给它装饰, 何况你们呢?

29 你们不要求吃什么, 喝什么, 也不要忧虑,

30 因为这一切都是世上不信的人所寻求的。你们的父原知道你们需要这一切。

31 你们只管求他的国, 这些东西都必加给你们。

32 你们这小群, 不要怕, 因为你们的父乐意把国赐给你们。

33 当变卖你们所有的施舍给人, 为自己制造不朽坏的钱囊, 积蓄用不尽的财宝在天上, 就是贼不能近、虫不能蛀的地方。

34 因为你们的财宝在哪里, 你们的心也在哪里。

35 "你们的腰当束起来, 灯也该点着,

36 像等候自己的主人从婚筵回来一样, 好叫你们在主人回来敲门时, 立刻给他开门。

37 主人来到了, 看见仆人警醒, 这些仆人就有福了。我实在告诉你们, 主人必亲自束腰, 招待他们吃饭, 进前来侍候他们。

38 主人也许半夜之前, 或天亮之前回来, 看见他们这样, 这些仆人就有福了。

39 你们都知道, 家主若晓得窃贼什么时候来, 就不会让他摸进屋里。

40 你们也要准备妥当, 因为在想不到的时候, 人子就来了。"

41 彼得说: "主啊, 你说这比喻, 是为我们还是为众人呢?"

42 主说: "谁是那忠心精明的管家, 被主人指派管理家里的仆人, 按时分粮呢?

43 主人来到的时候, 看见他这样作, 那仆人就有福了。

44 我实在告诉你们, 主人要指派他管理主人的一切财产。

45 如果那仆人心里说: ‘我的主人不会那么快回来’, 就动手打其他的仆人使女, 并且吃喝醉酒;

46 在他想不到的日子、不知道的时间, 那仆人的主人要来, 严厉地处罚他, 使他和不信的人同在一起。

47 那仆人知道主人的意思, 却不预备, 也不照他的意思行, 必多受责打;

48 但那不知道的, 虽然作了该受责打的事, 也必少受责打。多给谁就向谁多取, 多托谁就向谁多要。

49 "我来要把火投在地上, 如果烧了起来, 那是我所愿意的。

50 我有应当受的洗, 我是多么迫切地期待这事完成。

51 你们以为我来是要地上有和平吗?不是的, 我告诉你们, 是要有纷争。

52 从今以后, 一家五口将起纷争, 三个反对两个, 两个反对三个。

53 他们将起纷争: 父亲反对儿子, 儿子反对父亲, 母亲反对女儿, 女儿反对母亲, 婆婆反对媳妇, 媳妇反对婆婆。"

54 耶稣又对众人说: "你们一看见西边有云彩升起来, 就说: ‘要下大雨’, 果然这样;

55 起了南风, 就说: ‘天要热了’, 也果然这样。

56 伪君子啊! 你们知道分辨天地的气象, 怎么不知道分辨这个时代呢?

57 "你们为什么自己不能判断什么是对的呢?

58 你和你的对头去见官长, 还在路上的时候, 应当尽力向他求和, 免得他把你拉到法官面前, 法官把你交给差役, 差役把你关在监里。

59 我告诉你, 除非你还清最后的一个小钱, 否则决不能从那里出来。"