《耶穌的比喻》上智文化事業（中英對照．彩圖精裝）

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耶穌用比喻教導我們.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 耶穌遇見孩子. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 111 沃土和豐收.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 222 聽從耶穌的話.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 333 芥子也會長大.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 444 找到天國的喜悅.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 555 公平的賞報.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 666 耐心等待圓滿結局.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 777 寬恕或不寬恕.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 888 機會留給準備好的人. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 999 保持警醒.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 1111失而復得的歡樂.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 1111 自我實現的勇氣.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 1111愛你身邊的人.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 1111堅持不懈的祈禱.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 1111謙卑的祈禱.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 1111喜樂的牧羊人.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 1111寬恕與不滿.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 1111貪心的富翁.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 1111真正的正義.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 1111機伶的管家.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 2222善行的賞報.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

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Jesus Teaches in Parables.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Jesus Meets the Children.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 111 The Parable of Rich Soil and Great Crop.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 222 The Parable of the Good and Bad Listening. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 333 The Parable of Something Small that Can Grow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 444 The Parable of the Joy in Finding the Kingdom of God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 555 The Parable of Fair Wages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 666 The Parable of Patience and the Happy End. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 777 The Parable of Forgiveness and Unforgiveness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 888 The Parable of Watchfulness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 999 The Parable of How to Stay Awake.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 1111The Parable of Perseverance and Joy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 1111 The Parable of Courage and Assigned Tasks.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 1111The Parable of Love of Neighbour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 1111The Parable of Persistent Prayer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 1111The Parable of Humble Prayer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 1111The Parable of the Happy Shepherd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 1111The Parable of Forgiveness and Unhappiness.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 1111The Parable of a Bad Kind of Saving.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 1111The Parable of Justice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 1111The Parable of Good Cleverness.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 2222The Parable of Good Deeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

耶穌用比喻教導我們 天主子耶穌，為了拯救世人來到世界 上。他和我們一樣是平凡人，在人間度過 數十年，直到被釘在十字架上，死而復活 後升天，與天父、聖神、天使和聖人一同 在天國裡。 耶穌還在人間的時候，有一天他離 開家鄉納匝肋，到巴勒斯坦四處旅行。耶 穌希望讓更多人聽到他的教導，但當時並 沒有報紙、收音機或電視，當然也沒有網 路，於是他成為周遊四方的教師，走遍各 地教導聚集前來聽他講道的群眾。他也行 了許多奇蹟，好讓民眾更相信他的教導千 真萬確。 耶穌談論天父，並宣講天主對每一個人的愛。他向民眾解釋天國的 意義，也告訴大家該如何善度生活，才能得救進入天國。他常常向人說 比喻，因為透過比喻，聽眾更容易明白他的道理。那麼，是什麼樣的比 喻呢？耶穌用簡單的小故事，舉出各式各樣的例子和對比，這種方式很 容易讓人產生聯想。 這些小故事來自當時民眾的生活經驗，比如蓋房子、在田地工作， 或是清償債務等。當然，每個小故事都有深刻的含意，像是要聆聽天主 的話、堅持 不懈和寬恕別人的重要性。只要真正了解耶穌的比喻，就能 幫助我們接受並實踐耶穌的教導！

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Jesus Teaches in Parables Jesus, who is God, came to the world in order to save humankind. He was born as an ordinary man and lived several dozen years until He died on the cross, rose from the dead and ascended to heaven, where He lives with God the Father, the Holy Spirit and the angels and saints.

While Jesus was still living on earth, one day He left His family home in Nazareth and traveled around Palestine. He wanted as many people as possible to hear His teachings.

During the time of Jesus, newspapers, radio, TV and Internet were not available, He became a wandering Teacher. He moved from one place to another and spoke to the great crowds that gathered to hear Him speak. He also performed a great number of miracles and in doing so, He confirmed that what He was teaching was true.

Jesus spoke about God the Father and about His great love for every person. He explained the meaning of Kingdom of Heaven and taught the people to live properly in order to be saved and to go to heaven. He often told parables to the people, because they enabled the hearers to understand His teachings. So what are the parables? They are various examples and comparisons that Jesus willingly told as simple stories, so that one could easily imagine the situation.

They touched upon particular situations taken from real life, such as house building, working in the fields or paying off debts. However, they had always an additional meaning which taught about very important matters, such as listening to the Word of God, and the importance of perseverance and of forgiveness. W hen properly understood, the parables enabled the hearers to receive and fulfill Jesus’ words.

耶 穌遇 見 孩 子 父母通常會帶著孩子一起去聽耶穌講道，門徒認為這些孩子年紀太 小，聽不懂耶穌說的話，所以不准兒童接近他。但耶穌反而斥責門徒， 因為他也想見所有的孩子。有一次，他甚至要大家向孩子學習。他說： 「你們若不變得像小孩一樣，絕不能進天國。」然後耶穌就抱起這些孩 子，祝福了他們。 可想而知，孩子們非常喜歡聽耶穌的寓言故事，他們會透過想像力 來猜測故事的含意。我們也即將展開一場美妙的旅程，一起探索耶穌的 比喻。本書共有二十個比喻，每個比喻都會從四個面向切入。 問一問：針對故事中最重要的部分提出問題，這些問題能幫助我們 猜出比喻真正的意思。 讀經：在這個單元可以實際閱讀耶穌說的比喻。 想一想：透過簡短的解釋，幫助我們了解比喻的含意。比喻的目的 是要教導我們一些重要的觀念― 這些觀念同樣適用於現在的讀者。 向耶穌祈禱：了解比喻的含意之後，我們要向耶穌表達感謝。我們 也可以向他祈求所需的恩典，好能依照他的教導和天主的話來生活。 「有耳的人，聽吧！」耶穌時常用這句話鼓勵民眾仔細聆聽他的教 導。我們也可以加上一句：有眼的人，應該仔細地讀，好好看看這些例 子。在這些比喻中，蘊含著許多珍貴的寶藏。每個人都可以去探索，並 且發現寶藏！

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Jesus Meets the Children When going to listen to Jesus, parents often took their children with them. The apostles thought that the children were too young to understand what Jesus was speaking about, so they forbaded the children to approach Him. But Jesus rebuked the apostles for doing this, because He wanted to meet the children, too. Once He even gave to His listeners the model of children to imitate. He said: “Unless you become like little children you will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven.” Then He took the children in His arms and blessed them.

Surely, children were listening to Jesus’ parables with interest, imagining them willingly and guessing their meaning. We too will experience a great adventure of discovering what Jesus’ parables are about. You will find twenty of them in this book.

Each one of the parables is treated in four points.

I ASK. I ask the question that highlights the most important parts of the stories. The question will help us to guess the parable’s meaning.

I READ. In this part you can read the parable that was told by Jesus.

I UNDERSTAND. A short commentary containing information that enables us to understand the parable’s meaning. The parable’s aim is to teach us something important and which still applies to the modern reader.

I PRAY. When we have understood the parable, we thank Jesus for it. We also ask Him for those things for which we need to live according to His teachings and as contained in the Word of God. “Anyone who has ears for listening should listen.” Jesus often encouraged people to listen carefully to His words in this way. We can add: Anyone who has eyes for watching should carefully read and look at the illustrations. In the parables there are many invaluable treasures hidden inside. Everybody can search and discover them!

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讓小孩子到我跟前來，不要阻止他們！ 因為天主的國是屬於他們的。 Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the Kingdom of God belongs.

1111喜樂的牧羊人 路十五4-7

問一問 當我們保持良善、不犯罪時，最討天主歡心。可是，如果有人心懷 惡念或做了壞事，天主會棄他們不顧嗎？來看看耶穌說的這個比喻。

讀 經 如果你們當中，有人擁有一百隻羊，卻遺失了其中一隻， 他會怎麼做呢？他會把這九十九隻留在荒野，去尋覓遺失的那 隻羊，直到找著為止。等他找到後，就開心地把羊放在自己 的肩膀上，回到家中。接著，他邀請好友及鄰居過來，對他們 說：「與我一起歡樂吧！因為我找到了遺失的那隻羊。」 耶穌又說：「我告訴你們，對於一個罪人悔改，在天上所 有的歡樂，遠超過對那九十九個不必悔改的義人。」

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1111The Parable of the Happy Shepherd Luke 15:4-7

I ASK God likes it when we are good and do not commit sins. But if someone is bad and does something wrong, does God not want to know them at all? Read the parable told by Jesus.

I READ When one of you has a hundred sheep, and loses one, what would that person do? He would leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the missing one until he finds it. And when he finds it, he joyfully takes it on his shoulder and carries it home. Then he calls together his friends and neighbours, saying to them: “Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.”

Jesus said also: “I tell you, there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner repenting than over ninety-nine upright people who have no need of repentance.”

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好牧人去尋覓遺失的那隻羊，直到找著為止。 The good shepherd goes after the missing sheep until he finds it.

想一想 天主看顧所有的子民，祂也愛那些做了壞事或不遵守誡命的人。 我們會說那些人迷失了，就像比喻中走失的羊一樣。天主是好牧人，一 直為迷失的羊擔憂，祂熱切希望尋回他們，以免他們喪亡。祂不斷地尋 找，直到找著為止。然後，祂會歡欣喜悅地在天國裡舉行盛宴。 對耶穌來說，悔改的罪人和義人同等重要。但罪人需要更多的照 顧，就像生病的孩子一樣；和健康的小朋友相比，父母會用另一種方式 來照顧生病的孩子。

向耶穌祈禱 親愛的耶穌，謝謝你作我們的好牧人。我不願走失，但我知道萬一 我迷失時，你會不斷地尋找，直到找到我為止。求你也把那些迷失方向 及遭遇險境的人找回來，希望你是最喜樂的牧羊人。阿們！

現在，解釋並記住以下詞彙的意義： 一百隻羊. 荒野. 直到. 歡樂. 在天國

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I UNDERSTAND God takes care of all His people. He also loves those who act badly and do not observe His commandments. We say about these people that they wander about like the sheep in this parable. God, who is the Good Shepherd, keeps worrying about the lost sheep, but He very much wants to regain it, so it does not perish. He goes after it until He finds it. Then He is truly happy, and there is a feast in heaven.

The sinner who repents, as well as the people who are good, are both important to Jesus. But the sinner needs to take a little more care, like children who are ill; to them their parents show another kind of care than to the healthy children.

I PRAY Dear Jesus, thank You for being the Good Shepherd. I do not want to get lost but when it happens to me, I know You will go after me until You find me. Find also all those who are wandering and in danger. I want You to be the most happy Shepherd.

Amen.

Now translate and remember the meaning of the following words or phrases: a hundred sheep desert until rejoice in heaven

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