A Warning Against Hypocrisy
1Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: 2“The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 3So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. 4They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
5“Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacteries23:5 That is, boxes containing Scripture verses, worn on forehead and arm wide and the tassels on their garments long; 6they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues; 7they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others.
8“But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. 9And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. 10Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah. 11The greatest among you will be your servant. 12For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.
Seven Woes on the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees
13“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to. 1423:14 Some manuscripts include here words similar to Mark 12:40 and Luke 20:47.
15“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when you have succeeded, you make them twice as much a child of hell as you are.
16“Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gold of the temple is bound by that oath.’ 17You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred? 18You also say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gift on the altar is bound by that oath.’ 19You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred? 20Therefore, anyone who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 21And anyone who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one who dwells in it. 22And anyone who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the one who sits on it.
23“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. 24You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
25“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. 26Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.
27“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. 28In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
29“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous. 30And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ 31So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets. 32Go ahead, then, and complete what your ancestors started!
33“You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell? 34Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town. 35And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36Truly I tell you, all this will come on this generation.
37“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. 38Look, your house is left to you desolate. 39For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’23:39 Psalm 118:26”
譴責律法教師和法利賽人
1隨後，耶穌對眾人和門徒說： 2「律法教師和法利賽人坐在摩西的位子上講授律法。 3你們要謹遵他們的教導，但不要效法他們的行為，因為他們言行不一。 4他們把難負的重擔捆好，放在別人肩上，而自己連一根指頭也不肯動！
5「他們的所作所為是為了給人看的，他們把額上佩戴的經文盒子加寬了，又將衣服的穗子加長了。 6他們喜歡宴席中的上座和會堂裡的首位。 7他們喜歡別人在街市上問候他們，稱呼他們為老師23·7 「老師」希臘文是「拉比」，特指猶太教的老師。。 8但你們不要讓別人稱呼你們為老師，因為你們只有一位老師，你們彼此都是弟兄。 9不要稱呼地上的人為父親，因為你們只有一位父親，祂在天上。 10不要讓人稱你們為導師，因為你們只有一位導師基督。 11你們當中誰位分最大，誰就要作你們的僕人。 12自高的人必遭貶抑，謙卑的人必得尊榮。
13「虛偽的律法教師和法利賽人啊，你們有禍了！因為你們當著人們的面關閉天國之門，自己不進去，也不讓別人進去。
14「虛偽的律法教師和法利賽人啊，你們有禍了！因為你們侵吞寡婦的家產，還假意做冗長的禱告。因此，你們會受到更嚴厲的刑罰。23·14 有古卷無14節。
15「虛偽的律法教師和法利賽人啊，你們有禍了！因為你們走遍海洋和陸地去引人入教，等人入了教，卻使他淪為地獄之子，比你們還壞一倍。
16「瞎眼的嚮導啊，你們有禍了！你們說，『指著聖殿發誓，不算數；但是指著聖殿裡的金子發誓，就要遵守誓言。』 17瞎眼的愚昧人啊！金子重要呢？還是使金子神聖的聖殿重要呢？ 18你們又說，『指著祭壇發誓不算數，但是指著壇上的供物發誓，就要遵守誓言。』 19瞎眼的人啊！供物重要呢？還是使供物神聖的祭壇重要呢？ 20其實指著祭壇發誓，就是指著祭壇和壇上的一切東西發誓。 21指著聖殿發誓，就是指著聖殿和住在裡面的上帝發誓。 22指著天發誓，就是指著上帝的寶座和坐在寶座上的那位發誓。
23「虛偽的律法教師和法利賽人啊，你們有禍了！你們把薄荷、茴香、芹菜獻上十分之一，卻忽略了律法中更重要的事——公正、憐憫、信實。後者是你們本該做的，前者也不可忽略。 24瞎眼的嚮導啊！你們濾出蚊蟲，卻吞下駱駝。
25「虛偽的律法教師和法利賽人啊，你們有禍了！你們洗淨杯盤的外面，裡面卻盛滿了貪婪和放縱。 26瞎眼的法利賽人啊！要先洗淨杯盤的裡面，好讓外面也乾淨。23·26 意思是：「裡面的思想先乾淨了，外在的言行才會真正乾淨。」
27「虛偽的律法教師和法利賽人啊，你們有禍了！你們好像粉飾的墳墓，外表好看，裡面卻裝滿了死人的骨頭和各種污穢之物。 28所以你們虛有公義的外表，內心卻充滿了虛偽和罪惡。
29「虛偽的律法教師和法利賽人啊，你們有禍了！你們為先知建墓，為義人修碑，並且說， 30『我們如果活在我們祖先的時代，絕不會和他們一起去殺害先知。』 31這樣，你們自己證明自己是殺害先知之人的後代。 32去填滿你們祖先的罪惡吧！ 33你們這些蛇，這些毒蛇的後代啊，你們怎能逃脫地獄的刑罰呢？
34「看啊，我派先知、智者和律法教師到你們當中，有的會遭到你們的殺害，被你們釘在十字架上；有的會在會堂裡被你們鞭打，被你們從這城追到那城。 35因此，所有義人在地上所流的血，就是從義人亞伯的血，直到你們在聖所和祭壇之間所殺的巴拉加的兒子撒迦利亞的血，都要歸到你們身上。 36我實在告訴你們，這一切罪責都要歸到這個世代。
為耶路撒冷哀歎
37「耶路撒冷啊！耶路撒冷啊！你常殺害先知，又用石頭打死派到你那裡的使者。我多次想要招聚你的兒女，像母雞把小雞聚集在翅膀底下，可是你們卻不肯。 38看啊！你們的家園將一片荒涼。 39我告訴你們，從現在起，直到你們說『奉主名來的當受稱頌』23·39 詩篇118·26。那天之前，你們再也見不到我了。」
