路加福音19:11-27

19:11 眾人正在聽見這些話的時候，耶穌因為將近耶路撒冷，又因他們以為上帝的國快要顯出來，就另設一個比喻，說：
19:12 「有一個貴冑往遠方去，要得國回來，
19:13 便叫了他的十個僕人來，交給他們十錠（錠：原文是彌拿，一彌拿約銀十兩）銀子，說：『你們去做生意，直等我回來。』
19:14 他本國的人卻恨他，打發使者隨後去，說：『我們不願意這個人作我們的王。』
19:15 他既得國回來，就吩咐叫那領銀子的僕人來，要知道他們做生意賺了多少。
19:16 頭一個上來，說：『主啊，你的一錠銀子已經賺了十錠。』
19:17 主人說：『好！良善的僕人，你既在最小的事上有忠心，可以有權柄管十座城。』
19:18 第二個來，說：『主啊，你的一錠銀子已經賺了五錠。』
19:19 主人說：『你也可以管五座城。』
19:20 又有一個來說：『主啊，看哪，你的一錠銀子在這裡，我把它包在手巾裡存著。
19:21 我原是怕你，因為你是嚴厲的人；沒有放下的，還要去拿，沒有種下的，還要去收。』
19:22 主人對他說：『你這惡僕，我要憑你的口定你的罪。你既知道我是嚴厲的人，沒有放下的，還要去拿，沒有種下的，還要去收，
19:23 為甚麼不把我的銀子交給銀行，等我來的時候，連本帶利都可以要回來呢？』
19:24 就對旁邊站著的人說：『奪過他這一錠來，給那有十錠的。』
19:25 他們說：『主啊，他已經有十錠了。』
19:26 主人說：『我告訴你們，凡有的，還要加給他；沒有的，連他所有的也要奪過來。
19:27 至於我那些仇敵，不要我作他們王的，把他們拉來，在我面前殺了吧！』」

¹¹ While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear at once. ¹² He said: “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return. ¹³ So he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas.^[a] ‘Put this money to work,’ he said, ‘until I come back.’
¹⁴ “But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We don’t want this man to be our king.’
¹⁵ “He was made king, however, and returned home. Then he sent for the servants to whom he had given the money, in order to find out what they had gained with it.
¹⁶ “The first one came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has earned ten more.’
¹⁷ “‘Well done, my good servant!’ his master replied. ‘Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.’
¹⁸ “The second came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has earned five more.’
¹⁹ “His master answered, ‘You take charge of five cities.’
²⁰ “Then another servant came and said, ‘Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid away in a piece of cloth. ²¹ I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.’
²² “His master replied, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow? ²³ Why then didn’t you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?’
²⁴ “Then he said to those standing by, ‘Take his mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.’
²⁵ “‘Sir,’ they said, ‘he already has ten!’
²⁶ “He replied, ‘I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what they have will be taken away. ²⁷ But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me.’”

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    「一錠銀元」的比喻讓人想到：我們是不是要為上帝賺取靈魂，賺得越多上帝越喜悅我們就相對給我們更多的獎賞。就像有的一錠賺十錠的，也有一錠賺五錠的，就得到稱讚，並且可以管理城池。而那偷懶的，連他所有的都被奪走！

    這樣的解釋是站在資本主義的立場來看這個比喻，因為資本主義是以數量作為管理的基礎，希望多而又多，希望以自己的努力來開創一片天。認為人生的價值就是賺錢，能賺錢的人就是有價值的人，不能鑽錢的人就是廢人。

     然而我們從這個比喻當中隱約看見到「上帝的主權」。雖然沒有明顯說出，但是我們看見兩位得獎賞的僕人，一人賺十錠，一人賺五錠，是因為他們的忠心，不是因為能力的大小。而那個沒有賺到任何東西的僕人，本身對主人的忠誠度就有問題，所以會受到主人責備，是自己造成的。至於那些敵對王的人，更不用說了，與王的獎賞完全無分了，反要遭害！

    因此，真正有福的生命是願意順服在「上帝的主權」之下的。願意遵主為大的，上帝也必看重他！所以，這個比喻是呼召我們成為一位敬畏上帝的忠心僕人，不在乎我們的成果如何，在乎「在最小的事上有忠心」！

路加福音19章

     路加福音19:1-10 , 路加福音 19:1-10 ,

     路加福音19:10  ,

      路加福音19:11-27  ,

      路加福音19:28-34 , 

      路加福音19:35-40 , 

       主要用牠 (路加福音19章33-40節)     , 

      路加福音19:41-44  , 

      路加福音19:45-48 ,

路加福音19:1-10

19:1 耶穌進了耶利哥，正經過的時候，
19:2 有一個人名叫撒該，作稅吏長，是個財主。
19:3 他要看看耶穌是怎樣的人；只因人多，他的身量又矮，所以不得看見，
19:4 就跑到前頭，爬上桑樹，要看耶穌，因為耶穌必從那裡經過。
19:5 耶穌到了那裡，抬頭一看，對他說：「撒該，快下來！今天我必住在你家裡。」
19:6 他就急忙下來，歡歡喜喜地接待耶穌。
19:7 眾人看見，都私下議論說：「他竟到罪人家裡去住宿。」
19:8 撒該站著對主說：「主啊，我把所有的一半給窮人；我若訛詐了誰，就還他四倍。」
19:9 耶穌說：「今天救恩到了這家，因為他也是亞伯拉罕的子孫。
19:10 人子來，為要尋找、拯救失喪的人。」

Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. ² A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. ³ He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. ⁴ So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.

⁵ When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” ⁶ So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.
⁷ All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.”
⁸ But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.”
⁹ Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. ¹⁰ For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

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    撒該雖然是一個被自己同胞唾棄的稅吏長，被視為羅馬人的走狗。但是，主耶穌仍然宣布：「今天救恩到了這家，因為他也是亞伯拉罕的子孫。人子來，為要尋找、拯救失喪的人。」

    這也告訴我們在主耶穌的眼中，每一個願意悔改歸向上帝的人，都是祂所寶貝與看重的，不管他的社會地位，或是過去的所作所為如何，他都願意賜下新的生命，使人可以讓人生再來一次，過和以前不一樣的生命。

    上帝在基督裡的救贖意義，也就是讓人可以再重新來一次，不管過去是風光或是羞愧，上帝願意透過聖靈賦予人新的身分，就是上帝兒女的身分，重新成為「亞伯拉罕的子孫」，也就是透過信領受上帝在基督耶穌裡所預備的永生之福。

希伯來書7:23-28

7:23 那些成為祭司的，數目本來多，是因為有死阻隔，不能長久。
7:24 這位既是永遠常存的，他祭司的職任就長久不更換。
7:25 凡靠著他進到上帝面前的人，他都能拯救到底；因為他是長遠活著，替他們祈求。
7:26 像這樣聖潔、無邪惡、無玷污、遠離罪人、高過諸天的大祭司，原是與我們合宜的。
7:27 他不像那些大祭司，每日必須先為自己的罪，後為百姓的罪獻祭；因為他只一次將自己獻上，就把這事成全了。
7:28 律法本是立軟弱的人為大祭司；但在律法以後起誓的話，是立兒子為大祭司，乃是成全到永遠的。

²³ Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office; ²⁴ but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. ²⁵ Therefore he is able to save completely^[c] those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
²⁶ Such a high priest truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens. ²⁷ Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself. ²⁸ For the law appoints as high priests men in all their weakness; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.

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    主耶穌成為大祭司，不是為了自己的尊榮，而是為了拯救我們。正如經文所宣告：「凡靠著他進到上帝面前的人，他都能拯救到底；因為他是長遠活著，替他們祈求。」

    而祂確確實實與律法所設立的大祭司不同，因為「他不像那些大祭司，每日必須先為自己的罪，後為百姓的罪獻祭；因為他只一次將自己獻上，就把這事成全了」。更可貴的是：「律法本是立軟弱的人為大祭司；但在律法以後起誓的話，是立兒子為大祭司，乃是成全到永遠的。」

    因為祂是上帝的兒子，所以祂獻上自己成為無瑕疵的羔羊，是上帝所喜悅的馨香之祭！勝過人可以獻上的，比起千千萬萬的牛羊，更蒙上帝的喜悅！

    也因此，人在上帝面前不能以自己的努力或獻上的祭物，來與耶穌基督相比。人不可以自己的事奉和祭物在上帝面前誇口，這些都比不上基督的光彩，也唯有基督的獻上才能討上帝真正的喜悅！我們也唯有透過基督，才能重新回到上帝面前，建立正確且合宜的關係！

希伯來書7:18-22

7:18 先前的條例，因軟弱無益，所以廢掉了，
7:19 （律法原來一無所成）就引進了更美的指望；靠這指望，我們便可以進到上帝面前。
7:20 再者，耶穌為祭司，並不是不起誓立的。
7:21 至於那些祭司，原不是起誓立的，只有耶穌是起誓立的；因為那立他的對他說：「主起了誓，決不後悔，你是永遠為祭司。」
7:22 既是起誓立的，耶穌就作了更美之約的中保。

¹⁸ The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless ¹⁹ (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.

²⁰ And it was not without an oath! Others became priests without any oath, ²¹ but he became a priest with an oath when God said to him:

“The Lord has sworn
    and will not change his mind:
    ‘You are a priest forever.’”

²² Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant.

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    主耶穌成為大祭司，是上帝的旨意所成全的！正如經文所宣告：「耶穌為祭司，並不是不起誓立的。因為那立他的對他說：『主起了誓，決不後悔，你是永遠為祭司。』」

    可見耶穌基督的大祭司職分不是世襲來的，也不是從律法來的，而是上帝直接設立的，也唯有如此才是真正有效，祂所獻的祭才能蒙上帝喜悅，也唯有如此才能成為上帝與人之間的中保。

    既然如此，表示惟有耶穌基督才是人與上帝之間唯一橋梁，人必須透過信靠耶穌才能與上帝建立正確和合宜的關係。不是靠遵行律法，不是靠自己的義行，單單只能靠耶穌基督！