
马太福音13:24~43
杂草的比喻
24 耶稣又设个比喻对他们说:“*天国好比人撒好种在田里,
25 在人睡觉的时候,他的仇敌来,把杂草撒在麦子里就走了。
26 到长苗吐穗的时候,杂草也显出来。
27 地主的仆人进前来对他说:‘主人,你不是撒好种在田里吗?哪里来的杂草呢?’
28 主人回答他们:‘这是仇敌做的。’仆人对他说:‘你要我们去拔掉吗?’
29 主人说:‘不必,恐怕拔杂草,也把麦子连根拔出来。
30 让这两样一起长,等到收割。当收割的时候,我会对收割的人说,先把杂草拔出来,捆成捆,留着烧,把麦子收在我的仓里。’ ”
芥菜种和面酵的比喻
31 他又设个比喻对他们说:“天国好比一粒*芥菜种,有人拿去种在田里。
32 它原比所有的种子都小,等到长起来,却比各样的菜都大,且成了树,以致天上的飞鸟来在它的枝上筑巢。”
33 他又对他们讲另一个比喻:“天国好比*面酵,有妇人拿来放进三斗面里,直到全团都发起来。”
用比喻的原因
34 这都是耶稣用比喻对众人说的话,不用比喻,他就不对他们说甚么。
35 这是要应验先知(有古卷加“以赛亚”)所说的话:“我要开口说比喻,说出从创世以来所隐藏的事。”
解释杂草的比喻
36 当时,耶稣离开众人,进了屋子。他的门徒进前来,说:“请把田间杂草的比喻讲给我们听。”
37 他回答:“那撒好种的就是人子,
38 田地就是世界,好种就是天国之子,杂草就是那恶者之子,
39 撒杂草的仇敌就是魔鬼,收割的时候就是世代的终结,收割的人就是天使。
40 正如把杂草拔出来用火焚烧,世代的终结也要如此。
41 人子要差遣他的使者,把一切使人跌倒的和作恶的从他国里挑出来,
42 丢在火炉里,在那里要哀哭切齿了。
43 那时,义人要在他们父的国里发出光来,像太阳一样。有耳的,就应当听!”
24-26 He told another story. “God’s kingdom is like a farmer who planted good seed in his field. That night, while his hired men were asleep, his enemy sowed thistles all through the wheat and slipped away before dawn. When the first green shoots appeared and the grain began to form, the thistles showed up, too.
27 “The farmhands came to the farmer and said, ‘Master, that was clean seed you planted, wasn’t it? Where did these thistles come from?’
28 “He answered, ‘Some enemy did this.’ “The farmhands asked, ‘Should we weed out the thistles?’
29-30 “He said, ‘No, if you weed the thistles, you’ll pull up the wheat, too. Let them grow together until harvest time. Then I’ll instruct the harvesters to pull up the thistles and tie them in bundles for the fire, then gather the wheat and put it in the barn.'”
31-32 Another story. “God’s kingdom is like a pine nut that a farmer plants. It is quite small as seeds go, but in the course of years it grows into a huge pine tree, and eagles build nests in it.”
33 Another story. “God’s kingdom is like yeast that a woman works into the dough for dozens of loaves of barley bread—and waits while the dough rises.”
(太 13:34~43, 请见书末附录经文)
内容观察
1.杂草的比喻中,主人对仆人有何指示?(29~30 节)
2.耶稣以什么来比喻神国逐渐扩大的影响力?(31~33 节)
思考与默想
个人感受
决心与应用
5.你第一次明白神国的奥秘是什么时候?
6.为了全然信靠、跟随主来扩张神的国,你决定要怎么做?
芥菜种、面酵(31, 33 节): 以芥菜种的成长及面团发酵的过程,形容神国影响力的逐渐扩张。
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