Pouka o molitvi
(Mt 6:9-13; 7:7-11)
1Kad je Isus završio s molitvom, priđe mu jedan od učenika i reče: “Gospodine, nauči nas moliti kao što je i Ivan naučio svoje učenike.”
2Isus reče: “Kad se molite, recite:
‘Oče naš na nebu, neka se štuje tvoje sveto ime.
Neka dođe tvoje kraljevstvo.
3Kruh naš svagdašnji daj nam danas
4i oprosti nam naše grijehe,
kao što i mi opraštamo onima koji griješe protiv nas.
I ne dopusti da podlegnemo kušnji,
nego nas izbavi od Zloga.’”11:4 U nekim rukopisima stoji još: Jer tvoji su kraljevstvo, sila i slava zauvijek. Amen.
5Reče im zatim: “Zamislite da u ponoć odete svojem prijatelju želeći posuditi tri kruha i kažete mu: 6‘Stigao mi je u goste prijatelj, a nemam mu što dati za jelo.’ 7On bi vam iznutra doviknuo: ‘Ne uznemiruj me! Vrata su već zaključana, a djeca su u postelji. Ne mogu sada ustajati da ti to dadem.’ 8Ali kažem vam, ne učini li to zbog prijateljstva, učinit će to da se ne osramoti.
9Kažem vam: Molite i dat će vam se! Tražite i naći ćete! Kucajte i otvorit će vam se! 10Jer tko god moli, prima. Tko god traži, nalazi. Tko kuca, otvara mu se.
11Bi li ijedan otac svojemu djetetu, kad bi ga zaiskalo ribu, dao zmiju? 12Ili bi mu tko dao štipavca kad ga zaište jaje? 13Pa ako vi, grešni ljudi, znate davati dobre darove svojoj djeci, koliko će više vaš nebeski Otac darovati Svetoga Duha onima koji ga mole?”
Isus i knez zloduha
(Mt 12:22-30, 43-45; Mk 3:22-27)
14Isus jednom istjera nijemog zloduha iz nekog njemaka. Kad je zloduh izišao, njemak progovori. Mnoštvo se divilo. 15Ali neki rekoše: “Taj zloduhe izgoni s pomoću Beelzebula, poglavice zlih duhova.” 16A drugi su ga iskušavali ištući da im dade kakav znak s neba kao dokaz da ga je Bog poslao.
17Znajući što misle, Isus im reče: “Svako podijeljeno kraljevstvo propada. Dom u kojemu vlada nesloga će se raspasti. 18Kažete da ja s pomoću Beelzebula izgonim zloduhe. Sotonino je kraljevstvo, dakle, razjedinjeno. Kako će se onda održati? 19Ako ja zaista izgonim zle duhove uz pomoć Beelzebula, čijom ih pomoći istjeruju vaši sljedbenici? Zato će vas oni osuditi. 20Ali ako ja zloduhe izgonim Božjim prstom, onda je k vama stiglo Božje kraljevstvo. 21Dok snažni i dobro naoružani11:21 Sotona. čuva svoj dom, njegov je posjed osiguran. 22Ali kada dođe jači od njega, svlada ga i otme mu sve oružje u koje se uzdao te podijeli plijen.
23Tko nije na mojoj strani, zapravo je protiv mene; i svatko tko sa mnom ne skuplja, zapravo rastjeruje.
24Kad nečisti duh iziđe iz čovjeka, luta bezvodnim mjestima tražeći odmora, ali ga ne nalazi. Tada kaže: ‘Vratit ću se u kuću iz koje sam izišao.’11:24 U grčkome: …u kuću iz koje sam izišao. 25Vrati se i svoj stari dom zatekne pometen i čist. 26Zatim ode pronaći drugih sedam duhova još gorih od sebe te svi oni uđu u čovjeka i u njemu se nastane. Na koncu tako čovjeku bude i gore nego prije.”
27Dok je još govorio, neka žena iz mnoštva poviče: “Blagoslovljena utroba koje te je nosila i prsa koja si sisao!”
28“Još su blagoslovljeniji oni koji slušaju Božju riječ i tvore ju”, odgovori joj Isus.
Jonin znak
(Mt 12:38-42)
29Kad je mnoštvo nagrnulo k Isusu, on reče: “Zao je ovo naraštaj. Traži znak, ali neće mu se dati drugoga osim znaka proroka Jone. 30Što se dogodilo Joni, bilo je Ninivljanima znak da ga je Bog poslao. Što će se sa mnom dogoditi, bit će znak da je mene, Sina Čovječjega, Bog poslao ovom narodu.11:30 U grčkome: Kao što je Jona bio znak Ninivljanima, tako ću i ja, Sin Čovječji, biti znak ovomu naraštaju.
31Kraljica Juga11:31 Kraljica od Sabe. ustat će protiv ovoga naraštaja na Sudu i osuditi ga jer je izdaleka došla čuti Salomonovu mudrost, a s vama je ovdje i veći od Salomona. 32Stanovnici Ninive ustat će protiv ovoga naraštaja na Sudu i osuditi ga jer su se oni obratili na Jonino propovijedanje. S vama je ovdje i veći od Jone!”
Svjetiljka biću
33“Nitko ne pali svjetiljku da ju pokrije ili stavi pod košaru, već zato da ju stavi na svijećnjak kako bi svi koji uđu vidjeli svjetlost. 34Oko je poput svjetiljke tijelu. Ne budete li odviše brinuli za materijalna dobra, jasno ćete vidjeti u životu, ali ako se za njih previše brinete, vid će vam biti zasjenjen i tama će vam ispuniti život.11:34 U grčkome: Stoga, ako ti je oko zdravo, sve će ti tijelo biti obasjano svjetlošću. No ako ti oko nije zdravo, sav ćeš biti u tami. Grčki pridjev ovdje preveden sa “zdravo” ujedno znači potpunu odanost Bogu i neopterećenost brigom o materijalnim dobrima. 35Pazite dakle da se svjetlost koja je u vama ne zamrači. 36Ako dakle sve vaše biće bude svijetlo bez djelića tame, cijelo će biti rasvijetljeno kao da ga je obasjala svjetiljka.”
Isus opominje vjerske poglavare
(Mt 23:1-36)
37Dok je Isus još govorio, neki ga farizej pozove k sebi na objed. Isus uđe i zauzme mjesto za stolom. 38Kad je farizej to vidio, začudi se što Isus prije objeda nije, prema židovskome običaju, obavio obredno pranje ruku. 39A Gospodin mu reče: “Vi farizeji toliko se trudite očistiti svoju čašu i zdjelu izvana, a napunili ste ih svojim grabežom i pakošću. 40Bezumnici! Nije li Bog taj koji je načinio i nutrinu, a ne samo vanjštinu? 41Dajte zato to iznutra, što grabežljivo čuvate, kao milostinju onima kojima je potrebna pa ćete cijeli biti čisti.11:41 U grčkome: ali dajte ono iznutra kao milostinju—i sve vam je čisto.
42Teško vama, farizeji! Jer revno namirujete čak i desetinu metvice, rutvice i svake vrste povrća, a ne marite za Božju pravednost i ljubav. Treba davati desetinu, ali ne smijete zanemarivati važnije stvari.11:42 U grčkome: Ovo je trebalo činiti, a ono ne propuštati.
43Teško vama, farizeji! Volite sjediti na počasnome mjestu u sinagogama i godi vam kad vas ljudi pozdravljaju na javnim mjestima. 44Teško vama! Vi ste poput neprimjetnih grobova po kojima ljudi hodaju ne opažajući trulež u njima.”
45“Učitelju, vrijeđaš nas govoreći tako!” reče neki zakonoznanac.
46Isus mu odgovori: “Jao i vama, zakonoznanci! Tlačite ljude teškim teretom vjerskih zahtjeva, a ni prst ne želite pomaknuti da im taj teret pomognete nositi. 47Teško vama! Gradite spomenike onim istim prorocima koje su poubijali vaši vlastiti preci. 48Time svjedočite da odobravate djela svojih predaka: oni su ih pobili, a vi im dižete spomenike! 49Evo što Božja mudrost kaže o vama: ‘Poslat ću k njima proroke i apostole, a oni će neke od njih ubiti, a druge protjerati.’
50Vaš će se naraštaj smatrati odgovornim za krv svih proroka prolivenu od postanka svijeta, 51od Abelove krvi do krvi Zaharije, koji je ubijen između žrtvenika i svetišta. Kažem vam, vaš će naraštaj odgovarati za tu prolivenu krv!
52Teško vama, zakonoznanci! Skrili ste ključ znanja od naroda. Sami ne ulazite u kraljevstvo, a druge sprečavate da uđu.”
53Kad je Isus odande otišao, pismoznanci i farizeji počnu gnjevno na njega navaljivati i postavljati mu kojekakva pitanja 54vrebajući hoće li reći što da ga mogu optužiti.
Jesus’ Teaching on Prayer
1One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
2He said to them, “When you pray, say:
“ ‘Father,11:2 Some manuscripts Our Father in heaven
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come.11:2 Some manuscripts come. May your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
3Give us each day our daily bread.
4Forgive us our sins,
for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.11:4 Greek everyone who is indebted to us
And lead us not into temptation.11:4 Some manuscripts temptation, but deliver us from the evil one’ ”
5Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; 6a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’ 7And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ 8I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity11:8 Or yet to preserve his good name he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.
9“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
11“Which of you fathers, if your son asks for11:11 Some manuscripts for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? 12Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
Jesus and Beelzebul
14Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon left, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowd was amazed. 15But some of them said, “By Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he is driving out demons.” 16Others tested him by asking for a sign from heaven.
17Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them: “Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall. 18If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? I say this because you claim that I drive out demons by Beelzebul. 19Now if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your followers drive them out? So then, they will be your judges. 20But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
21“When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe. 22But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up his plunder.
23“Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
24“When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ 25When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order. 26Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first.”
27As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.”
28He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
The Sign of Jonah
29As the crowds increased, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It asks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah. 30For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation. 31The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom; and now something greater than Solomon is here. 32The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and now something greater than Jonah is here.
The Lamp of the Body
33“No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light. 34Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are healthy,11:34 The Greek for healthy here implies generous. your whole body also is full of light. But when they are unhealthy,11:34 The Greek for unhealthy here implies stingy. your body also is full of darkness. 35See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness. 36Therefore, if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it dark, it will be just as full of light as when a lamp shines its light on you.”
Woes on the Pharisees and the Experts in the Law
37When Jesus had finished speaking, a Pharisee invited him to eat with him; so he went in and reclined at the table. 38But the Pharisee was surprised when he noticed that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.
39Then the Lord said to him, “Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. 40You foolish people! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also? 41But now as for what is inside you—be generous to the poor, and everything will be clean for you.
42“Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without leaving the former undone.
43“Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the most important seats in the synagogues and respectful greetings in the marketplaces.
44“Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves, which people walk over without knowing it.”
45One of the experts in the law answered him, “Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us also.”
46Jesus replied, “And you experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them.
47“Woe to you, because you build tombs for the prophets, and it was your ancestors who killed them. 48So you testify that you approve of what your ancestors did; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs. 49Because of this, God in his wisdom said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and others they will persecute.’ 50Therefore this generation will be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world, 51from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible for it all.
52“Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”
53When Jesus went outside, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law began to oppose him fiercely and to besiege him with questions, 54waiting to catch him in something he might say.
