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1 U ono vrijeme prolazio je Isus subotom kroz usjeve. Učenici su njegovi ogladnjeli te počeli trgati klasje i jesti.

2 Vidjevši to, farizeji mu rekoše: "Gle, učenici tvoji čine što nije dopušteno činiti subotom."

3 On im reče: "Niste li čitali što učini David kad ogladnje on i njegovi pratioci?

4 Kako uđe u Dom Božji te pojedoše prinesene kruhove, a to ne bijaše slobodno jesti ni njemu ni njegovim pratiocima, nego samo svećenicima?

5 Ili zar niste čitali u Zakonu da subotom svećenici u Hramu krše subotu, a bez krivnje su?

6 A velim vam: veće od Hrama jest ovdje!

7 I kad biste razumjeli što ono znači: Milosrđe mi je milo, a ne žrtva, ne biste osudili ove nekrive.

8 Ta Sin Čovječji gospodar je subote!"

9 Otišavši odande, dođe u njihovu sinagogu,

10 kad gle čovjeka s usahlom rukom. A oni upitaše Isusa da bi ga mogli optužiti: "Je li dopušteno subotom liječiti?"

11 On im reče: "Tko to od vas jedinu ovcu koju ima ne bi subotom prihvatio i izvadio kad bi mu upala u jamu?

12 A koliko je čovjek vredniji od ovce! Tako, slobodno je subotom činiti dobro!"

13 Tada reče čovjeku: "Ispruži ruku!" On je ispruži, i - ruka mu zdrava kao i druga!

14 A farizeji iziđoše i održaše vijećanje protiv njega, kako da ga pogube.

15 Kad Isus to dozna, ukloni se odande. Za njim je išlo mnoštvo. On ih sve ozdravi

16 i poprijeti im da ga ne prokazuju -

17 da se ispuni što je rečeno po Izaiji proroku:

18 Evo Sluge mojega, koga sebi izabrah: mog ljubimca, miljenika duše moje! Stavit ću Duha svoga na njega: naviještat će pravo narodima;

19 preti se neće, neće bučiti, glas mu se neće čuti po trgovima;

20 trske stučene prelomiti neće, stijenja što tek tinja neće ugasiti - sve dok do pobjede ne izvede pravo.

21 Ime njegovo nada je narodima!

22 Tada mu donesoše opsjednuta, slijepa i nijema. I ozdravi ga te njemak progovori i progleda.

23 I sve ono mnoštvo zapanjeno govoraše: "Da ovo nije Sin Davidov?"

24 A farizeji čuvši to rekoše: "Ne može ovaj izgoniti đavle osim po Beelzebulu, poglavici đavolskom."

25 A on, znajući njihove misli, reče im: "Svako kraljevstvo u sebi razdijeljeno opustjet će i svaki grad ili kuća u sebi razdijeljena neće opstati.

26 Ako Sotona Sotonu izgoni, u sebi je razdijeljen. Kako će dakle opstati kraljevstvo njegovo?

27 I ako ja po Beelzebulu izgonim đavle, po kome ih sinovi vaši izgone? Zato će vam oni biti suci.

28 Ali ako ja po Duhu Božjem izgonim đavle, zbilja je došlo k vama kraljevstvo Božje."

29 "Ili kako bi tko mogao ući u kuću jakoga i oplijeniti mu pokućstvo ako prije ne sveže jakoga? Tada će mu kuću oplijeniti."

30 "Tko nije sa mnom, protiv mene je, i tko ne sabire sa mnom, rasipa."

31 "Zato kažem vam: svaki će se grijeh i bogohulstvo oprostiti ljudima, ali rekne li tko bogohulstvo protiv Duha, neće se oprostiti.

32 I rekne li tko riječ protiv Sina Čovječjega, oprostit će mu se. Ali tko rekne protiv Duha Svetoga, neće mu se oprostiti ni na ovom svijetu ni u budućem."

33 "Ili uzmite: dobro stablo i plod mu je dobar. Ili uzmite: trulo stablo i plod mu je truo. Ta po plodu se stablo poznaje.

34 Leglo gujinje! Kako možete govoriti dobro kad ste opaki. Ta iz obilja srca usta govore!

35 Dobar čovjek iz riznice dobre vadi dobro, a zao čovjek iz riznice zle vadi zlo.

36 A kažem vam: za svaku bezrazložnu riječ koju ljudi reknu dat će račun na Dan sudnji.

37 Doista, tvoje će te riječi opravdati i tvoje će te riječi osuditi."

38 Jednom zapodjenuše s njime razgovor neki pismoznanci i farizeji: "Učitelju, htjeli bismo od tebe vidjeti znak."

39 A on im odgovori: "Naraštaj opak i preljubnički znak traži, ali mu se znak neće dati doli znak Jone proroka.

40 Doista, kao što Jona bijaše u utrobi kitovoj tri dana i tri noći, tako će i Sin Čovječji biti u srcu zemlje tri dana i tri noći.

41 Ninivljani će ustati na Sudu zajedno s ovim naraštajem i osuditi ga jer se oni na propovijed Joninu obratiše, a evo, ovdje je i više od Jone!

42 Kraljica će Juga ustati na Sudu zajedno s ovim naraštajem i osuditi ga jer je s krajeva zemlje došla čuti mudrost Salomonovu, a evo, ovdje je i više od Salomona!"

43 "A kad nečisti duh iziđe iz čovjeka, luta bezvodnim mjestima tražeći spokoja, ali ne nalazi!

44 Tada rekne: 'Vratit ću se u kuću odakle iziđoh.' I došavši, nađe je praznu, pometenu i uređenu.

45 Tada ode i uzme sa sobom sedam drugih duhova, gorih od sebe, te uđu i nastane se ondje. Na kraju bude s onim čovjekom gore nego na početku. Tako će biti i s ovim opakim naraštajem."

46 Dok on još govoraše mnoštvu, eto majke i braće njegove. Stajahu vani tražeći da s njime govore.

47 Reče mu netko: "Evo majke tvoje i braće tvoje, vani stoje i traže da s tobom govore."

48 Tomu koji mu to javi on odgovori: "Tko je majka moja, tko li braća moja?"

49 I pruži ruku prema učenicima: "Evo, reče, majke moje i braće moje!

50 Doista, tko god vrši volju Oca mojega, koji je na nebesima, taj mi je brat i sestra i majka."

   

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4314. In the internal historical sense 'he was limping on his thigh' means that with those descendants goods and truths had been destroyed completely. This is clear from the representation of Jacob, to whom 'he' refers here, as his descendants, dealt with in 4281, and from the meaning of 'limping on the thigh' as those who are without any good or consequently any truth, dealt with in 4302. Here therefore 'he was limping on his thigh' means that with those descendants goods and truths had been destroyed completely.

[2] The nature of that nation is made very plain by many things which the Lord Himself spoke in parables and which in the internal historical sense were said of that nation, as in the following,

In the parable about a certain king who was settling the account with the servant who showed no mercy towards another. Matthew 18:23-end.

In the parable about the householder who let his vineyard out to vine-dressers and went abroad; and the vine-dressers seized the servants he sent, beating one with rods, killing another, and stoning another. At length he sent his son whom they cast out of the vineyard and killed. When the scribes and Pharisees heard this parable they realized that He was speaking about themselves. Matthew 21:33-45; Mark 12:1-9; Luke 20:9 and following verses.

In the parable about the man who gave talents to his servants and how the servant who received one talent went and hid it in the ground. Matthew 25:14-30; Luke 19:12-27.

In the parable about those who came upon the man who had been wounded by the robbers. Luke 10:30-37.

In the parable about those who were invited to the great supper and all of whom made excuses, and of whom the master said, I tell you, none of those men who were invited will taste my supper. Luke 14:16-24.

In the parable about the rich man and Lazarus. Luke 16:19-end.

In the parable about those who despised others compared with themselves. Luke 18:10-14

In the parable about the two sons, one of whom said, I will go off into the vineyard, but did not go, and in which Jesus said, Truly I say to you, Tax collectors and prostitutes will go into the kingdom of heaven before you. Matthew 21:28-32.

[3] The Lord states plainly what that nation was like in Matthew 23:13 onwards, towards the end of which passage He says,

You witness against yourselves that you are the sons of those who slew the prophets; and you are filling up the measure of your fathers. Matthew 23:31-33.

In Mark,

Jesus said to them, Rightly did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, This people honours Me with their lips, but their heart is very far away from Me. In vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men, forsaking the commandment of God. Mark 7:6-13.

In John,

The Jews answered Jesus that they were the seed of Abraham. But Jesus said to them, You are from your father the devil, and the desires of your father you will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and did not take a stand on the truth because the truth is not in him. When he speaks a lie he speaks from the things that are his own, for he is the teller of a lie and the father of it. John 8:33, 44.

Because their nature was such they are also called 'a wicked and adulterous generation', Matthew 12:39, as well as 'a brood of vipers', Matthew 3:7; 23:33; Luke 3:7; and in Matthew,

O brood of vipers, how can you speak good things when you are evil? Matthew 12:34.

[4] The fact that with that nation not even any natural good was left is meant by the fig tree referred to in Matthew,

Jesus seeing a fig tree by the wayside went to it but found nothing on it but leaves only, therefore He said to it, Let no fruit from now on ever be born from you! Therefore the fig tree withered at once. Matthew 21:19.

'A fig tree' means natural good, see 217. From all these places it may be seen that with that nation goods and truths had been destroyed completely.

[5] Goods and truths are said to have been destroyed when none exist interiorly. Goods and truths which are visible externally derive their being and their life from those that are internal. The nature of internal goods and truths therefore determines that of external ones, however these present themselves to human eyes. There are some people whom I knew during their lifetime and who during that period were to outward appearance zealous for the Lord, for the Church, for their country and the common good, and for what was right and fair; and yet in the next life these same people are among those in hell. Indeed I have been astonished to find them among the most evil ones there. The reason why they were there was that interiorly they had been filthy and profane, and that they had pretended to be zealous for the sake of reputation, so as to gain important positions and also to acquire wealth. Thus they had been zealous for selfish reasons and not for the things which they professed with their lips. Consequently when those external things are laid aside, as happens when people die, internals are laid bare and one sees what those people have been like inwardly; for during their lifetime they had concealed their internals from the eyes of the world. These are the considerations that are meant by the statement that goods and truths have been destroyed completely.

  
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