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马太福音 6

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1 你们要小心,不可将善事行在人的面前,故意叫他们看见,若是这样,就不能得你们父的赏赐了。

2 所以,你施舍的时候,不可在你面前吹号,像那假冒为善的人在会堂里和街道上所行的,故意要得人的荣耀。我实在告诉你们,他们已经得了他们的赏赐

3 你施舍的时候,不要叫左手知道右手所做的,

4 要叫你施舍的事行在暗中。你父在暗中察看,必然报答你(有古卷:必在明处报答你)。

5 你们祷告的时候,不可像那假冒为善的人,爱站在会堂里和十字路口上祷告,故意叫人看见。我实在告诉你们,他们已经得了他们的赏赐

6 祷告的时候,要进你的内屋,关上祷告你在暗中的父;你父在暗中察看,必然报答你。

7 你们祷告,不可像外邦人,用许多重复话,他们以为话多了必蒙垂

8 你们不可效法他们;因为你们没有祈求以先,你们所需用的,你们的父早已知道了。

9 所以,你们祷告要这样说:我们在上的父:愿人都尊你的名为圣。

10 愿你的国降临;愿你的旨意行在地上,如同行在上。

11 我们日用的饮食,今日赐给我们

12 我们的债,如同我们免了人的债。

13 不叫我们遇见试探;救我们脱离凶恶(或作:脱离恶者)。因为国度、权柄、荣耀,全是你的,直到永远。阿们(有古卷没有因为……阿们等字)!

14 你们饶恕人的过犯,你们的天父也必饶恕你们的过犯;

15 你们不饶恕人的过犯,你们的天父也必不饶恕你们的过犯。

16 你们禁食的时候,不可像那假冒为善的人,脸上带着愁容;因为他们把脸弄得难看,故意叫人看出他们是禁食。我实在告诉你们,他们已经得了他们的赏赐

17 禁食的时候,要梳头洗脸,

18 不叫人看出你禁食来,只叫你暗中的父看见;你父在暗中察看,必然报答你。

19 “不要为自己积攒财宝在地上,地上有虫子咬,能锈坏,也有挖窟窿来偷”

20 只要积攒财宝在上,上没有虫子咬,不能锈坏,也没有挖窟窿来偷。

21 因为你的财宝在那里,你的心也在那里。

22 眼睛就是身上的。你的眼睛若了亮,全身就明;

23 你的眼睛若昏花,全身就黑暗。你里头的光若黑暗了,那黑暗是何等大呢!

24 一个人不能事奉两个主;不是恶这个,那个,就是重这个,轻那个。你们不能又事奉神,又事奉玛门(玛门:财利的意思)。

25 所以我告诉你们,不要为生命忧虑吃甚麽,喝甚麽;为身体忧虑穿甚麽。生命不胜於饮食麽?身体不胜於衣裳麽?

26 你们看那上的飞鸟,也不种,也不收,也不积蓄在仓里,你们的父尚且养活他。你们不比飞鸟贵重得多麽?

27 你们那一个能用思虑使寿数多加一刻呢(或作:使身量多加一肘呢)?

28 何必为衣裳忧虑呢?你想野地里的百合花怎麽长起来;他也不劳苦,也不纺线。

29 然而我告诉你们,就是所罗门极荣华的时候,他所穿戴的,还不如这花一朵呢!

30 你们这小信的人哪!野地里的草今天还在,明就丢在炉里,神还给他这样的妆饰,何况你们呢!

31 所以,不要忧虑说:吃甚麽?喝甚麽?穿甚麽?

32 这都是外邦人所求的,你们需用的这一切东西,你们的天父是知道的。

33 你们要先求他的国和他的,这些东西都要加给你们了。

34 所以,不要为明天忧虑,因为明天自有明天的忧虑;一天的难处一天当就够了。

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 683

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683. Saying, The kingdoms of the world are become our Lord's and His Christ's, signifies all things in the heavens and on earth subject to the Lord, when the evil have been separated from the good, and that then the Divine good and Divine truth proceeding from the Lord are clearly received. This is evident from the signification of "the kingdoms of the world when they have become the Lord's," as being that the Divine proceeding from the Lord is received in love and faith (of which presently); also from the signification of "the Lord and His Christ," as being the Lord in relation to the Divine good of the Divine love, and in relation to the Divine truth proceeding from that love. That the Lord is called "Lord" from Divine good, and "Christ" from Divine truth, will be seen below.

[2] That "the kingdom of the Lord" means the reception of Divine good and Divine truth, thus with those who receive, can be seen from this, that with the angels of heaven and with the men of the church the Lord reigns through that which proceeds from Him, which is commonly called Divine good and Divine truth, likewise justice and judgment, also love and faith. It is through these that the Lord reigns, consequently these are strictly the Lord's kingdom with those who receive them; for when these reign with angels and men then the Lord Himself reigns, for the things that proceed from Him are Himself. The Lord in heaven is no other than the Divine proceeding.

[3] The Lord indeed not only rules those that receive Divine celestial and spiritual things from Him, but also those that do not receive, as all who are in hell; still it cannot be said that the Lord's kingdom is in hell, since those there are altogether unwilling to be ruled by the Divine that proceeds and according to the laws of its order; they even deny the Lord and turn themselves away from Him; yet the Lord does rule them, not like subjects and citizens of His kingdom, but like those who are refractory and rebellious, holding them in bonds that they may not do evil to one another, and especially to those who belong to His kingdom.

[4] That the Lord's kingdom is that which proceeds from Him and is received can be seen from passages in the Word where "the kingdom of God" is mentioned, as in the Lord's Prayer:

Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done, as in heaven so also upon the earth (Matthew 6:10).

"Kingdom" evidently means here the reception of Divine good and Divine truth proceeding from the Lord, and in which the Lord is with the angels of heaven and the men of the church, for it is added, "Thy will be done, as in heaven so also upon the earth," and the will of God is done when these are received in heart and soul, that is, in love and faith.

[5] And elsewhere:

Seek ye first the kingdom of the heavens 1 and His righteousness and all things shall be added to you (Matthew 6:33).

"The kingdom of the heavens" means in the spiritual sense Divine truth, and "righteousness" Divine good, therefore it is said, "Seek ye first the kingdom of the heavens and His righteousness." But in the highest sense "the kingdom of the heavens" means the Lord, since He is the all of His kingdom, and in the same sense "righteousness" signifies the Lord's merit. And as a man who is ruled by the Lord desires and loves only such things as are of the Lord, he is, unknown to himself, forever led to felicities; and this is why it is said that "all things shall be added to him," meaning that all things that tend to his salvation shall come to pass according to his desire.

[6] Since heaven is heaven from the reception of Divine truth from the Lord, likewise the church, so in a general sense heaven and the church are meant by "the kingdom of God" and "the kingdom of the heavens;" therefore those who receive Divine truth are called by the Lord "sons of the kingdom," in Matthew:

The field is the world, the seed are the sons of the kingdom, the tares are the sons of the evil one (Matthew 13:38).

It is evident that those who receive Divine truth are meant by "the sons of the kingdom," for it is said, "the seed are the sons of the kingdom, and the tares are the sons of the evil one," "seed" meaning Divine truth, and "tares" infernal falsity; such are called "sons" because in the spiritual sense of the Word "sons" signify truths, and in the contrary sense falsities (See above, n. 166).

[7] Moreover, "the kingdom of God" signifies the church in respect to truths from good, and also heaven (as may be seen above, n. 48; and "the kingdom of God" with man signifies to be in truths from good from the Lord, thus in wisdom, and consequently in the power to resist falsities and evils, therefore "to reign" belongs to the Lord alone (See also above, n. 333.

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1. The Greek has "God," as found also in AC (first sentence = motto); 5449; Heaven and Hell 64.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for their permission to use this translation.