for he taught with real authority— quite unlike their teachers of religious law.

因为他教训他们，正像有权柄的人，不像他们的文士。

因为他教导他们正像有权柄的人，不像他们的文士。

因为他教导他们正像有权柄的人，不像他们的文士。

因为祂教导他们时像位有权柄的人，不像他们的律法教师。

因为耶稣教导他们，像一个有权柄的人，不像他们的经学家。

因为耶稣教导他们，就像有权柄的人，不像他们的经文士们。

因為他教訓他們，正像有權柄的人，不像他們的文士。

因為他教導他們正像有權柄的人，不像他們的文士。

因為他教導他們正像有權柄的人，不像他們的文士。

因為祂教導他們時像位有權柄的人，不像他們的律法教師。

因為耶穌教導他們，像一個有權柄的人，不像他們的經學家。

因為他教訓他們，像有權柄的，不像他們的經學士。

因為耶穌教導他們，就像有權柄的人，不像他們的經文士們。

以其訓人若操權者、非若士子也、

以其教人若操權者然、不同士子也、

因其教人若有權者、不同經士也、有原文抄本作不同經士及法利賽人

because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law.

That’s because he taught like one who had authority. He did not speak like their teachers of the law.

for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.

because he was teaching them like one who had authority, and not like their scribes.

for He was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.

for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

for he taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.

because He was teaching them like one who had authority, and not like their scribes.

For he taught them as[ one] having authority, and not as the scribes.

because he taught them like one who had authority, not like their experts in the law.

for he taught them with authority, and not like the scribes.

For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.Nothing in all creation is hidden from God. Everything is naked and exposed before his eyes, and he is the one to whom we are accountable.

And Jesus responded,“ Then I won’t tell you by what authority I do these things.”

Jesus came and told his disciples,“ I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth.

Some Pharisees and teachers of religious law now arrived from Jerusalem to see Jesus. They asked him,“ Why do your disciples disobey our age old tradition? For they ignore our tradition of ceremonial hand washing before they eat.”Jesus replied,“ And why do you, by your traditions, violate the direct commandments of God?For instance, God says,‘ Honor your father and mother,’ and‘ Anyone who speaks disrespectfully of father or mother must be put to death.’But you say it is all right for people to say to their parents,‘ Sorry, I can’t help you. For I have vowed to give to God what I would have given to you.’In this way, you say they don’t need to honor their parents. And so you cancel the word of God for the sake of your own tradition.You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you, for he wrote,‘ These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.Their worship is a farce, for they teach man made ideas as commands from God.’”

I will raise up a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell the people everything I command him.I will personally deal with anyone who will not listen to the messages the prophet proclaims on my behalf.

But as for me, I am filled with power— with the Spirit of the Lord. I am filled with justice and strength to boldly declare Israel’s sin and rebellion.

The Sovereign Lord has given me his words of wisdom, so that I know how to comfort the weary. Morning by morning he wakens me and opens my understanding to his will.

When Jesus returned to the Temple and began teaching, the leading priests and elders came up to him. They demanded,“ By what authority are you doing all these things? Who gave you the right?”“ I’ll tell you by what authority I do these things if you answer one question,” Jesus replied.“ Did John’s authority to baptize come from heaven, or was it merely human?” They talked it over among themselves.“ If we say it was from heaven, he will ask us why we didn’t believe John.But if we say it was merely human, we’ll be mobbed because the people believe John was a prophet.”So they finally replied,“ We don’t know.” And Jesus responded,“ Then I won’t tell you by what authority I do these things.

“ But I warn you— unless your righteousness is better than the righteousness of the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven!

But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

for I will give you the right words and such wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to reply or refute you!

But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you!

“ Beware of these teachers of religious law! For they like to parade around in flowing robes and love to receive respectful greetings as they walk in the marketplaces. And how they love the seats of honor in the synagogues and the head table at banquets.Yet they shamelessly cheat widows out of their property and then pretend to be pious by making long prayers in public. Because of this, they will be severely punished.”

“ The teachers of religious law and the Pharisees are the official interpreters of the law of Moses.So practice and obey whatever they tell you, but don’t follow their example. For they don’t practice what they teach.They crush people with unbearable religious demands and never lift a finger to ease the burden.“ Everything they do is for show. On their arms they wear extra wide prayer boxes with Scripture verses inside, and they wear robes with extra long tassels.And they love to sit at the head table at banquets and in the seats of honor in the synagogues.

None of them could stand against the wisdom and the Spirit with which Stephen spoke.

“ Let these false prophets tell their dreams, but let my true messengers faithfully proclaim my every word. There is a difference between straw and grain!Does not my word burn like fire?” says the Lord.“ Is it not like a mighty hammer that smashes a rock to pieces?

So the Pharisees and teachers of religious law asked him,“ Why don’t your disciples follow our age old tradition? They eat without first performing the hand washing ceremony.”Jesus replied,“ You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you, for he wrote,‘ These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.Their worship is a farce, for they teach man made ideas as commands from God.’For you ignore God’s law and substitute your own tradition.”Then he said,“ You skillfully sidestep God’s law in order to hold on to your own tradition.For instance, Moses gave you this law from God:‘ Honor your father and mother,’ and‘ Anyone who speaks disrespectfully of father or mother must be put to death.’But you say it is all right for people to say to their parents,‘ Sorry, I can’t help you. For I have vowed to give to God what I would have given to you.’In this way, you let them disregard their needy parents.And so you cancel the word of God in order to hand down your own tradition. And this is only one example among many others.”

Moses said,‘ The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from among your own people. Listen carefully to everything he tells you.’Then Moses said,‘ Anyone who will not listen to that Prophet will be completely cut off from God’s people.’

“ What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you cross land and sea to make one convert, and then you turn that person into twice the child of hell you yourselves are!“ Blind guides! What sorrow awaits you! For you say that it means nothing to swear‘ by God’s Temple,’ but that it is binding to swear‘ by the gold in the Temple.’Blind fools! Which is more important— the gold or the Temple that makes the gold sacred?And you say that to swear‘ by the altar’ is not binding, but to swear‘ by the gifts on the altar’ is binding.How blind! For which is more important— the gift on the altar or the altar that makes the gift sacred?When you swear‘ by the altar,’ you are swearing by it and by everything on it.And when you swear‘ by the Temple,’ you are swearing by it and by God, who lives in it.And when you swear‘ by heaven,’ you are swearing by the throne of God and by God, who sits on the throne.“ What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest income from your herb gardens, but you ignore the more important aspects of the law— justice, mercy, and faith. You should tithe, yes, but do not neglect the more important things.Blind guides! You strain your water so you won’t accidentally swallow a gnat, but you swallow a camel!

But I say that a man who divorces his wife, unless she has been unfaithful, causes her to commit adultery. And anyone who marries a divorced woman also commits adultery.

His command is backed by great power. No one can resist or question it.