人活著,不是單靠食物,乃是靠神口裡所出的一切話

 

馬太福音 第四章


  1. 耶穌卻回答說:經上記著說:人活著,不是單靠食物,乃是靠神口裡所出的一切話。


約翰福音 第六章


  1. 耶穌說:我實實在在的告訴你們,那從天上來的糧不是摩西賜給你們的,乃是我父將天上來的真糧賜給你們。

  2. 因為神的糧就是那從天上降下來、賜生命給世界的。

  3. 他們說:主啊,常將這糧賜給我們!

  4. 耶穌說:我就是生命的糧。到我這裡來的,必定不餓;信我的,永遠不渴。

  5. 只是我對你們說過,你們已經看見我,還是不信。

  6. 凡父所賜給我的人必到我這裡來;到我這裡來的,我總不丟棄他。

  7. 因為我從天上降下來,不是要按自己的意思行,乃是要按那差我來者的意思行。

  8. 差我來者的意思就是:他所賜給我的,叫我一個也不失落,在末日卻叫他復活。

  9. 因為我父的意思是叫一切見子而信的人得永生,並且在末日我要叫他復活。


國際研究中的修道院飲食與低癌症率



關於「修道院飲食(Monastery Diet)」與極低癌症發生率的關聯,國際醫學界最具代表性的長期實證研究,聚焦於希臘的聖山阿索斯神權自治共和國(Mount Athos)

在一項針對阿索斯山約 1,500 名隱修修道士、追蹤時間長達 13 年的流行病學調查中,醫學研究人員發現了極為罕見的健康數據:

  • 該群體中未記錄到任何一例肺癌或大腸癌個案。

  • 前列腺癌等其他男性常見癌症的發病率,亦遠低於國際平均標準。


    極高的平均壽命、極低的癌症率(幾乎為零)以及極少的心血管疾病聞名於世。


綜合《國際癌症研究期刊》(International Journal of Cancer)及相關臨床營養學研究,修道院飲食能發揮極強抗癌效應的生理機制,主要源於以下三個核心維度:

1. 週期性限制熱量與自噬作用(Autophagy)


阿索斯山的修道士嚴格執行東正教的禁食曆法。一年之中大約有 150 至 180 天處於不同的禁食(Fasting)狀態(如每週一、三、五禁食,以及復活節、聖誕節前的長期大齋期)。

  • 斷食促發細胞自噬:當機體進入超過 12 至 16 小時的斷食狀態,體內循環的胰島素與「胰島素樣生長因子-1」(IGF-1)水平顯著下降。這會關閉促使腫瘤增殖的 PI3K/Akt/mTOR 信號通路,並啟動細胞自噬機制。自噬作用如同細胞內部的清理小組,能主動降解並回收受損的細胞器與變性蛋白質,在突變細胞演變成惡性腫瘤前將其清除。

  • 切斷腫瘤能量擴張(華堡效應的反制):惡性腫瘤高度依賴葡萄糖進行糖解作用以維持高速分裂(Warburg Effect)。週期性禁食能大幅降低血中血糖與糖化產物,使缺乏代謝彈性的癌細胞因飢餓而抑制生長,正常細胞則能切換至利用脂肪酸和酮體供能的保護模式,形成「差異性抗壓(Differential Stress Resistance)」。

2. 天然高纖純素與抗發炎微環境


在禁食日,修道士完全禁絕肉類、魚類、乳製品、蛋類、橄欖油及酒類,僅攝取自種的蔬菜、豆類(如扁豆、鷹嘴豆)、全穀物與水果。非禁食日則適量補充魚類與自家壓榨的橄欖油。

  • 根據 2026 年英國牛津人口健康(Oxford Population Health)發表於《世界癌症研究基金會》(WCRF)的大型前瞻性膳食研究,長期排除紅肉與加工肉品,並以全穀物、豆類為核心的素食/魚素膳食結構,能使胰腺癌風險降低 21%、前列腺癌風險降低 12%、腎臟癌風險降低 28%。

  • 修道院膳食中含有極高含量的膳食纖維。纖維經腸道菌群發酵產生短鏈脂肪酸(SCFA,如丁酸鹽),能直接維持腸道上皮完整性,全面抑制全身性慢性發炎。由於慢性發炎是驅動細胞癌化的核心微環境(發炎介質如 VEGF、促炎細胞因子會促進腫瘤血管生成),這種飲食模式從根本上切斷了癌症滋生的土壤。

3. 環境與生活抗逆力


修道士的食物皆為親自耕作,無化學添加物與超加工食品(UPFs)。修道院嚴禁吸菸,且每日維持高強度的體力勞動(如農耕、挑水、修繕寺院),這使他們終身維持極低的體脂率。臨床研究(如紀念斯隆-凱特琳癌症中心 MSK 相關研究)已證實,功能失調的肥胖脂肪細胞會持續釋放瘦素及發炎因子,而修道院生活完全避開了這 13 種與肥胖直接相關的癌症風險因子。


男性壽命接近女性的流行病學解析


在主流現代社會中,女性的平均壽命普遍比男性長 4 至 7 年(此現象稱為「壽命性別差距」)。然而,在男女完全隔離、純男性的隱修院內,修道士的平均壽命不僅大幅超越世俗男性,更近乎拉平了與世俗女性的壽命鴻溝。國際人口學與老年醫學研究指出,這主要源於修道院生活消除了世俗男性的「超額死亡風險」:


1. 消除社會行為學與外源性死亡風險


世俗男性平均壽命較短,很大程度歸因於高風險行為與不良生活習慣。

  • 戒絕菸酒危害:修道院內部嚴禁吸菸,完全杜絕了因吸菸引發的慢性阻塞性肺病(COPD)、肺癌及心血管猝死。酒類僅在非禁食日少量攝取自釀紅酒,無暴飲(Binge drinking)文化,保護了肝臟與神經系統。

  • 零外傷與暴力風險:修道院遠離了現代交通意外、高危職業傷害、社會惡性競爭引發的暴力或意外致死。


2. 降低雄激素帶來的代謝與心血管代價


生物學上,高水平的雄激素(睪固酮)會抑制高密度脂蛋白(HDL,好膽固醇)的合成,並增加低密度脂蛋白(LDL)的氧化,使得世俗男性在中青年時期(40-60歲)發生急性心肌梗塞與動脈粥樣硬化的機率遠高於同齡女性。

  • 修道院的低熱量、低飽和脂肪、地中海式魚素膳食,能極高效地調控血脂與血壓。

  • 研究表明,長期處於清心寡慾、熱量限制(Calorie Restriction)狀態下的男性,其體內睪固酮介導的氧化應激(Oxidative Stress)會相對減緩,降低了雄激素引發的心血管早期致死率,使男性的生物學壽命得以延伸至其潛在極限。


3. 皮質醇阻斷與精神神經免疫學(PNI)


世俗男性往往承擔沉重的社會經濟壓力,長期處於交感神經亢進、皮質醇(壓力荷爾蒙)過高狀態,進而抑制免疫系統。

  • 修道院生活圍繞著定時的祈禱、默想、規律作息(每日睡眠與勞作時間高度固定,契合晝夜節律 Circadian Rhythm)。

  • 精神神經免疫學研究證實,這種極致的內心平靜與摒除物質慾望的生活,能顯著激活副交感神經,維持體內皮質醇處於極低水平,保護端粒(Telomere)的長度不被加速磨損,從而使免疫細胞(如 NK 細胞和細胞毒性 T 細胞)維持高水平的免疫監視能力,實現了延緩衰老與拉平壽命差距的群體效應。



長久的日子,生命的年數與平安

 


1. 飲食與身體健康的連結

修道院(如阿索斯山)的長壽常歸功於清淡飲食與定期齋戒。在聖經中,但以理與他的同伴拒絕王膳而選擇素食,是關於飲食與健康最著名的記載。

《但以理書》1:12-15 (和合本)

「求你試試僕人們十天,給我們素菜吃,白水喝,然後看看我們的面貌和那用王膳之人的面貌;就照你所看的待僕人吧!委辦便准情試看他們十天。過了十天,見他們的面貌比用王膳的一切少年人更加俊美肥胖。」


2. 規律作息與心靈的安息

修道院生活的核心是規律的禱告與作息。聖經強調「安靜」與「安息」是生命能量的來源,這在現代醫學中被證實能有效降低壓力對心血管的損害。

《箴言》14:30 (和合本)

「心中安靜是肉體的生命;嫉妒是骨中的朽爛。」

《以賽亞書》30:15 (和合本)

「主耶和華─以色列的聖者曾如此說:你們得救在乎歸回安息,得力在乎平靜安穩;你們竟自不肯。」


3. 社交支持與弟兄和睦

修道院提供了一個緊密的社交支持系統。人口學家發現,擁有穩定群體支持的人,其免疫系統更強。聖經將這種和睦的團體生活視為上帝命定的福分。

《詩篇》133:1-3 (和合本)

「看哪,弟兄和睦同居是何等的善,何等的美!這好比那貴重的油澆在亞倫的頭上,流到鬍鬚,又流到他的衣襟;又像黑門的甘露降在錫安山;因為在那裡有耶和華所命定的福,就是永遠的生命。」


4. 敬虔生活與生理健康的應許

聖經多次提到,謹守誡命、過著自律且敬畏神的生活,會直接反映在肉體的健康與壽命上,這正是修道院所呈現的結果。

《箴言》3:1-2 (和合本)

「我兒,不要忘記我的法則;你心要謹守我的誡命;因為他必將長久的日子,生命的年數與平安,加給你。」

《箴言》3:7-8 (和合本)

「不要自以為有智慧;要敬畏耶和華,遠離惡事。這便醫治你的肚臍,滋潤你的百骨。」

《詩篇》91:14-16 (和合本)

「神說:因為他專心愛我,我就要搭救他;因為他知道我的名,我要把他安置在高處。他若求告我,我就應允他;他在急難中,我要與他同在;我要搭救他,使他尊貴。我要使他足享長壽,將我的救恩顯明給他。」


5. 正向情緒對抗衰老與疾病

「修女研究」證實了樂觀情緒能預防失智症。這對應了聖經中關於「喜樂」作為一種內在療癒力量的教導。

《箴言》17:22 (和合本)

「喜樂的心乃是良藥;憂傷的靈使骨枯乾。」


補充:聖本篤準則 (Rule of Saint Benedict) 中的實踐

除了上述經文,許多西方修道院遵循的《聖本篤準則》也將經文轉化為長壽的基石,例如:

  • 第 39 章(飲食): 規定每日供應兩道熱菜,並避免過量,實踐了熱量限制。

  • 第 48 章(勞動): 規定「閒散是靈魂的仇敵」,因此修道士必須有定時的手工勞動與閱讀,這提供了生理與腦力的雙重運動。


因為修道士(Monks)和修女(Nuns)過著高度規律、環境受控的生活,排除了貧富差距、職業風險和婚姻壓力等變數,可以藉此分離出「生活方式因素」對壽命的影響。

以下是關於基督教修道院人口壽命研究的詳細分析,主要基於幾項著名的長期研究

(如 Marc Luy 的巴伐利亞研究和 David Snowdon 的修女研究)。


1. 核心研究發現:修道院生活真的比較長壽嗎?

總體而言,答案是肯定的,其中有一個非常有趣的性別差異。

巴伐利亞修道院研究 (The Bavarian Monastery Study)

這是由德國人口學家馬克·盧伊(Marc Luy)進行的最著名研究之一。他分析了 11,000 多名巴伐利亞修道士和修女的數據。

  • 男性的巨大優勢: 研究發現,修道士的平均壽命顯著高於一般男性大眾(平均多活 4-5 年)。

  • 女性的微幅優勢: 修女的壽命也高於一般女性,但差距並沒有男性那麼大(約多活 1-2 年)。

  • 縮小的性別差距: 在一般社會中,女性通常比男性長壽得多(約 5-7 年)。但在修道院的高牆內,男性和女性的壽命差距縮小到了 1-2 年

洞察: 這項研究強烈暗示,男性通常比女性早死並非完全由「基因」決定,很大程度上是由於生活方式(如吸菸、酗酒、高風險行為、職業壓力)。當男性過上像修女一樣規律的生活時,他們的壽命會大幅延長。


2. 著名的「修女研究」 (The Nun Study)

這是由美國流行病學家大衛·斯諾登(David Snowdon)自 1986 年開始的經典研究,對象是 678 名諾特丹修女會(School Sisters of Notre Dame)的成員。

這項研究不僅關注壽命,更關注阿茲海默症(失智症)與大腦健康

  • 早年語言能力與壽命: 斯諾登分析了修女們在 20 歲時寫的自傳。發現早年寫作內容**觀念密度(Idea Density)**較高、語法較複雜的修女,晚年罹患阿茲海默症的風險較低,且壽命更長。

  • 情緒與壽命: 那些在年輕時自傳中表達更多正向情緒的修女,壽命顯著較長。

  • 大腦的可塑性: 許多高壽修女去世後捐贈大腦,解剖發現有些人的大腦雖然有阿茲海默症的病理特徵(斑塊和糾結),但生前卻沒有表現出失智症狀。這顯示持續的腦力活動和社交支持建立了「認知儲備」(Cognitive Reserve)。


3. 為什麼他們活得比較久?(關鍵因素分析)

綜合各項研究,修道院人口長壽的原因可以歸納為以下幾點:

A. 高度規律的作息 (Routine & Sleep)

  • 修道院生活嚴格遵循時間表(Liturgy of the Hours),吃飯、祈禱、工作、睡眠都在固定時間。

  • 這種規律性極大程度地降低了**晝夜節律(Circadian Rhythm)**的紊亂,對心血管和免疫系統有保護作用。

B. 飲食與熱量限制 (Diet & Caloric Restriction)

  • 許多修會(如熙篤會、特拉普派)實行簡單飲食,甚至長年吃素或僅在節慶吃肉。

  • 歷史上,修道院經常實行齋戒(Fasting)。現代科學證實,適度的**熱量限制(Caloric Restriction)**是延長壽命最有效的干預措施之一。

  • 無不良嗜好: 幾乎沒有吸菸,酒精攝取通常適量(如佐餐酒)且品質受控。

C. 社會心理支持 (Psychosocial Support)

  • 強大的社群: 修道士和修女生活在緊密的社群中,極少面臨孤獨死的問題。

  • 較低的「世俗」壓力: 他們不需要擔心失業、房貸、養育子女或經濟波動。壓力的來源不同,通常皮質醇(壓力荷爾蒙)較低。

  • 精神寄託: 堅定的信仰和人生目標感(Sense of Purpose)被證明能增強免疫力並降低死亡率。

D. 環境因素

  • 修道院通常位於較安靜、空氣較好的地方(雖然不盡然,但歷史上多如此),遠離工業污染。


4. 特殊案例:阿索斯山 (Mount Athos) 的僧侶

希臘的阿索斯山(聖山)是東正教的修道中心,那裡的僧侶以長壽聞名,且擁有極低的癌症和心臟病發病率。

  • 阿索斯飲食(Athos Diet): 被認為是「地中海飲食」的極致版本。

    • 不吃加工食品。

    • 大量的橄欖油、蔬菜、豆類。

    • 定期禁食(一年中有大量時間不吃油或魚)。

    • 這被認為是他們極少患攝護腺癌和心血管疾病的主因。


5. 總結表:修道院生活 vs. 一般生活

比較項目修道院人口 (Monastic Population)一般大眾 (General Population)
吸菸/酗酒極少 / 適量或無常見 / 變異大
壓力來源紀律、精神層面經濟、家庭、工作、社會地位
社會支持終身穩定的群體生活隨年齡增長可能面臨孤立
男性壽命顯著提升 (接近女性)顯著低於女性
女性壽命小幅提升基準線已較高
主要死因隨著醫療進步,多為自然衰老相關心血管疾病、癌症、意外事故較多

結論

修道院人口壽命的研究給了我們一個極具啟發性的結論:通過改變生活方式(規律作息、清淡飲食、社會支持、情緒管理),男性可以獲得與女性相當的預期壽命。

這證明了「信仰環境」與「行為選擇」在長壽這件事上,比我們想像的更有主導權。



這是在修道院人口壽命研究中,最受矚目的飲食模式——阿索斯飲食(Athos Diet)

阿索斯山(Mount Athos)位於希臘,是東正教的修道聖地。這裡的僧侶以極高的平均壽命、極低的癌症率(幾乎為零)以及極少的心血管疾病聞名於世。

阿索斯飲食的核心:循環式節制

阿索斯飲食並非每天吃同樣的食物,而是根據教會的節律,將一週分為不同的階段。這種「波動式」的飲食被認為是讓身體細胞不斷自我修復(自噬作用)的關鍵。

1. 禁食日(週一、週三、週五)

這是阿索斯飲食中最關鍵的部分,旨在進行徹底的體內清理:

  • 嚴格限制: 不攝取任何動物性產品、魚類、乳製品、酒類,甚至不攝取任何油脂(包含橄欖油)

  • 攝取內容: 主要是少量的豆類、種子、水果、蔬菜和自製的全麥麵包。

  • 科學觀點: 這是一種極端的低脂、低熱量模式,能有效降低體內發炎反應。

2. 常規日(週二、週四、週末)

  • 攝取內容: 允許攝取橄欖油、適量的乳製品(如起司、優格)、蛋和少量的葡萄酒。

  • 天然來源: 所有食材均為修道院自種、無農藥、無加工。

3. 節慶日

  • 攝取內容: 只有在重大宗教慶典時才食用魚肉


    《馬太福音》14:17-21 (和合本)

    「門徒說:我們這裡只有五個餅,兩條魚。耶穌說:拿過來給我。於是吩咐眾人坐在草地上,就拿著這五個餅,兩條魚,望著天祝福,擘開餅,遞給門徒,門徒又遞給眾人。他們都吃,並且吃飽了;把剩下的零碎收拾起來,裝滿了十二個籃子。吃的人,除了婦女孩子,約有五千。」


  • 特色: 阿索斯山的修士終身不吃紅肉(豬、牛、羊)與禽類(雞、鴨)


阿索斯飲食的三大長壽原則

  1. 間歇性進食: 他們通常一天只進食兩餐,早晨和傍晚各一,這與現代盛行的 16:8 斷食法不謀而合。

  2. 靜默與專注: 用餐時保持絕對靜默,聽取修士朗讀聖經。這種「正念飲食」能防止狼吞虎嚥,讓消化系統運作更佳。

  3. 無精製糖: 他們幾乎不攝取精製糖,甜味來源僅限於少量的天然蜂蜜或水果。


相關聖經引用

阿索斯修士將這種飲食視為一種屬靈的操練,不僅是為了肉體的長壽,更是為了靈魂的清醒。

《哥林多前書》9:25-27 (和合本)

「凡較力爭勝的,諸事都有節制,他們不過是要得能壞的冠冕;我們卻是要得不能壞的冠冕。所以我奔跑不像無定向的;我鬥拳不像打空氣的。我是攻克己身,叫身服我,恐怕我傳福音給別人,自己反被棄絕了。」

《路加福音》21:34 (和合本)

「你們要謹慎,恐怕因貪食、醉酒,並今生的思慮累住你們的心,那日子就如同網羅忽臨到你們。」

《箴言》25:27 (和合本)

「吃蜜過多是不好的;考究自己的榮耀也是不堪的。」

《哥林多前書》10:31 (和合本)

「所以,你們或吃或喝,無論做什麼,都要為榮耀神而行。」

阿索斯飲食向世人證明了:當飲食不再是為了享樂,而是為了敬虔與節制時,身體自然會展現出驚人的生命力。



在聖經中,耶穌多次提到餅與魚,最著名的莫過於「五餅二魚」的奇蹟,這也深深影響了修道院(如阿索斯山)對魚類與餅食的重視。而同時提到餅、魚與雞蛋的經文,則出現在耶穌論及天父必將好東西賜給求祂之人的教導中。

以下是完整的經文引用:


1. 耶穌同時提到「餅、魚、雞蛋」的經文

這段經文展現了當時加利利地區最基本的健康食物:餅、魚和蛋。耶穌以此類比,若地上的父親都知道拿好東西給兒女,天父更會如此。

《路加福音》11:11-13 (和合本)

「你們中間作父親的,誰有餅給兒子,給他石頭呢?有魚給他,反拿蛇當魚給他呢?有雞蛋給他,反拿蠍子給他呢?你們雖然不好,尚且知道拿好東西給兒女;何況天父,豈不更將聖靈給求他的人嗎?」


2. 耶穌提到「餅與魚」的著名奇蹟(五餅二魚)

這是耶穌最廣為人知的神蹟,也是福音書中少數四卷書都有記載的事件。

《馬太福音》14:17-21 (和合本)

「門徒說:我們這裡只有五個餅,兩條魚。耶穌說:拿過來給我。於是吩咐眾人坐在草地上,就拿著這五個餅,兩條魚,望著天祝福,擘開餅,遞給門徒,門徒又遞給眾人。他們都吃,並且吃飽了;把剩下的零碎收拾起來,裝滿了十二個籃子。吃的人,除了婦女孩子,約有五千。」


3. 復活後的耶穌與「炭火上的餅與魚」

在耶穌復活後,祂在提比里亞海邊為疲憊的門徒準備了早餐,這段經文體現了祂對門徒肉體需要的細膩關懷。

《約翰福音》21:9-13 (和合本)

「他們上了岸,就看見那裡有炭火,上面有魚,又有餅。耶穌對他們說:把剛才打的魚拿幾條來。西門彼得就去,把網拉到岸上。那網滿了大魚,共一百五十三條;魚雖這樣多,網卻沒有破。耶穌說:你們來吃早飯。門徒中沒有一個敢問他:你是誰?因為知道是主。耶穌就來拿餅給他們,也同樣拿魚給他們。」


4. 耶穌論及「生命的糧」(餅)

耶穌將餅的物質意義昇華到屬靈意義,強調祂自己就是那從天上降下的糧食。

《約翰福音》6:35 (和合本)

「耶穌說:我就是生命的糧(原文作餅)。到我這裡來的,必定不餓;信我的,永遠不渴。」


禁食的好處 Benefits of Fasting

"When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 
「你們禁食的時候,不可像那假冒為善的人,臉上帶著愁容;因為他們把臉弄得難看,故意叫人看出他們是禁食。我實在告訴你們,他們已經得了他們的賞賜。 你禁食的時候,要梳頭洗臉, 不叫人看出你禁食來,只叫你暗中的父看見;你父在暗中察看,必然報答你。」
 
使徒行傳 14:23 Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust. 
二人在各教會中選立了長老,又禁食禱告,就把他們交託所信的主。
 
馬可福音 9:29 He replied, "This kind can come out only by prayer. " 
耶穌說:「非用禱告(有古卷加:禁食二字),這一類的鬼總不能出來(或作:不能趕出他去來)。」
 
以賽亞書 58:6 "Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? 
我所揀選的禁食不是要鬆開兇惡的繩,解下軛上的索,使被欺壓的得自由,折斷一切的軛嗎?
 
以斯拉記 8:21 - 23There, by the Ahava Canal, I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions. I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to protect us from enemies on the road, because we had told the king, "The gracious hand of our God is on everyone who looks to him, but his great anger is against all who forsake him." So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer. 
那時,我在亞哈瓦河邊宣告禁食,為要在我們神面前克苦己心,求他使我們和婦人孩子,並一切所有的,都得平坦的道路。 我求王撥步兵馬兵幫助我們抵擋路上的仇敵,本以為羞恥;因我曾對王說:「我們神施恩的手必幫助一切尋求他的;但他的能力和忿怒必攻擊一切離棄他的。」 所以我們禁食祈求我們的神,他就應允了我們。
 
約珥書 2:12 "Even now," declares the Lord, "return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning." 
耶和華說:雖然如此,你們應當禁食、哭泣、悲哀,一心歸向我。
 
以斯帖記 4:16 "Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish." 
「你當去招聚書珊城所有的猶大人,為我禁食三晝三夜,不吃不喝;我和我的宮女也要這樣禁食。然後我違例進去見王,我若死就死吧!」
 
約珥書 1:14 Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord. 
你們要分定禁食的日子,宣告嚴肅會,招聚長老和國中的一切居民到耶和華你們神的殿,向耶和華哀求。
 
使徒行傳 13:3 So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off. 
於是禁食禱告,按手在他們頭上,就打發他們去了。
 
馬太福音 17:20 - 22He replied, "Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you. " Jesus Predicts His Death a Second Time When they came together in Galilee, he said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. 
耶穌說:「是因你們的信心小。我實在告訴你們,你們若有信心,像一粒芥菜種,就是對這座山說:『你從這邊挪到那邊。』他也必挪去;並且你們沒有一件不能做的事了。 至於這一類的鬼,若不禱告、禁食,他就不出來(或作:不能趕他出來)。」 他們還住在加利利的時候,耶穌對門徒說:「人子將要被交在人手裡。
 
使徒行傳 13:2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." 
他們事奉主、禁食的時候,聖靈說:「要為我分派巴拿巴和掃羅,去做我召他們所做的工。」
 
尼希米記 1:4 When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven. 
我聽見這話,就坐下哭泣,悲哀幾日,在天上的神面前禁食祈禱,說:
 
馬太福音 4:4 Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.' " 
耶穌卻回答說:「經上記著說:人活著,不是單靠食物,乃是靠神口裡所出的一切話。」
 
以斯拉記 8:23 So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer. 
所以我們禁食祈求我們的神,他就應允了我們。
 
以賽亞書 58:3 'Why have we fasted,' they say, 'and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you have not noticed?' "Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please and exploit all your workers. 
他們說:我們禁食,你為何不看見呢?我們刻苦己心,你為何不理會呢?看哪,你們禁食的日子仍求利益,勒逼人為你們做苦工。
 
路加福音 2:37 and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying. 
現在已經八十四歲(或作:就寡居了八十四年),並不離開聖殿,禁食祈求,晝夜事奉神。
 
約珥書 2:15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, declare a holy fast, call a sacred assembly. 
你們要在錫安吹角,分定禁食的日子,宣告嚴肅會。
 
哥林多前書 7:5 Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. 
夫妻不可彼此虧負,除非兩相情願,暫時分房,為要專心禱告方可;以後仍要同房,免得撒但趁著你們情不自禁,引誘你們。
 
馬太福音 4:2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 
他禁食四十晝夜,後來就餓了。
 
馬太福音 9:14 - 15Then John's disciples came and asked him, "How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?" Jesus answered, "How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast. 
那時,約翰的門徒來見耶穌,說:「我們和法利賽人常常禁食,你的門徒倒不禁食,這是為什麼呢?」 耶穌對他們說:「新郎和陪伴之人同在的時候,陪伴之人豈能哀慟呢?但日子將到,新郎要離開他們,那時候他們就要禁食。
 
詩篇 69:10 When I weep and fast, I must endure scorn; 
我哭泣,以禁食刻苦我心;這倒算為我的羞辱。
 
但以理書 9:3 So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes. 
我便禁食,披麻蒙灰,定意向主神祈禱懇求。
 
但以理書 10:3 I ate no choice food; no meat or wine touched my lips; and I used no lotions at all until the three weeks were over. 
美味我沒有吃,酒肉沒有入我的口,也沒有用油抹我的身,直到滿了三個七日。
 
士師記 20:26 Then all the Israelites, the whole army, went up to Bethel, and there they sat weeping before the Lord. They fasted that day until evening and presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to the Lord. 
以色列眾人就上到伯特利,坐在耶和華面前哭號,當日禁食直到晚上;又在耶和華面前獻燔祭和平安祭。
 
馬太福音 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. 
飢渴慕義的人有福了!因為他們必得飽足。
 
馬可福音 2:18 Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came and asked Jesus, "How is it that John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?" 
當下,約翰的門徒和法利賽人禁食。他們來問耶穌說:「約翰的門徒和法利賽人的門徒禁食,你的門徒倒不禁食,這是為什麼呢?」
 
歷代志下 20:3 Alarmed, Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast for all Judah. 
約沙法便懼怕,定意尋求耶和華,在猶大全地宣告禁食。
 
馬太福音 4:1 - 4Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread." Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.' " 
當時,耶穌被聖靈引到曠野,受魔鬼的試探。 他禁食四十晝夜,後來就餓了。 那試探人的進前來,對他說:「你若是神的兒子,可以吩咐這些石頭變成食物。」 耶穌卻回答說:「經上記著說:人活著,不是單靠食物,乃是靠神口裡所出的一切話。」
 
馬太福音 6:18 so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 
不叫人看出你禁食來,只叫你暗中的父看見;你父在暗中察看,必然報答你。」
 
路加福音 4:2 where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. 
四十天受魔鬼的試探。那些日子沒有吃什麼;日子滿了,他就餓了。
 
使徒行傳 9:9 For three days he was blind, and did not eat or drink anything. 
三日不能看見,也不吃也不喝。
 
出埃及記 34:28 Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant-the Ten Commandments. 
摩西在耶和華那裡四十晝夜,也不吃飯也不喝水。耶和華將這約的話,就是十條誡,寫在兩塊版上。
 
詩篇 35:13 Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting. When my prayers returned to me unanswered, 
至於我,當他們有病的時候,我便穿麻衣,禁食,刻苦己心;我所求的都歸到自己的懷中。
 
馬太福音 4:1 - 11Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread." Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.' " Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. "If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down. For it is written: " 'He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.' " Jesus answered him, "It is also written: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.' " Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. "All this I will give you," he said, "if you will bow down and worship me." Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.' " Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him. 
當時,耶穌被聖靈引到曠野,受魔鬼的試探。 他禁食四十晝夜,後來就餓了。 那試探人的進前來,對他說:「你若是神的兒子,可以吩咐這些石頭變成食物。」 耶穌卻回答說:「經上記著說:人活著,不是單靠食物,乃是靠神口裡所出的一切話。」 魔鬼就帶他進了聖城,叫他站在殿頂(頂原文作翅)上, 對他說:「你若是神的兒子,可以跳下去,因為經上記著:主要為你吩咐他的使者用手托著你,免得你的腳碰在石頭上。」 耶穌對他說:「經上又記著說:『不可試探主你的神。』」 魔鬼又帶他上了一座最高的山,將世上的萬國與萬國的榮華都指給他看, 對他說:「你若俯伏拜我,我就把這一切都賜給你。」 耶穌說:「撒但(撒但就是抵擋的意思,乃魔鬼的別名),退去吧!因為經上記著說:當拜主你的神,單要事奉他。」 於是,魔鬼離了耶穌,有天使來伺候他。
 
路加福音 6:27 - 28"But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. 
「只是我告訴你們這聽道的人,你們的仇敵,要愛他!恨你們的,要待他好! 咒詛你們的,要為他祝福!凌辱你們的,要為他禱告!
 
哥林多前書 7:1 - 5Now for the matters you wrote about: "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman." But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband. The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife. Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. 
論到你們信上所提的事,我說男不近女倒好。 但要免淫亂的事,男子當各有自己的妻子;女子也當各有自己的丈夫。 丈夫當用合宜之分待妻子;妻子待丈夫也要如此。 妻子沒有權柄主張自己的身子,乃在丈夫;丈夫也沒有權柄主張自己的身子,乃在妻子。 夫妻不可彼此虧負,除非兩相情願,暫時分房,為要專心禱告方可;以後仍要同房,免得撒但趁著你們情不自禁,引誘你們。
 
哥林多前書 10:31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. 
所以,你們或吃或喝,無論做什麼,都要為榮耀神而行。
 
以斯拉記 8:21 There, by the Ahava Canal, I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions. 
那時,我在亞哈瓦河邊宣告禁食,為要在我們神面前克苦己心,求他使我們和婦人孩子,並一切所有的,都得平坦的道路。
 
詩篇 51:1 - 5Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight; so you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge. Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. 
(大衛與拔示巴同室以後,先知拿單來見他;他作這詩,交與伶長。)神啊,求你按你的慈愛憐恤我!按你豐盛的慈悲塗抹我的過犯! 求你將我的罪孽洗除淨盡,並潔除我的罪! 因為,我知道我的過犯;我的罪常在我面前。 我向你犯罪,惟獨得罪了你;在你眼前行了這惡,以致你責備我的時候顯為公義,判斷我的時候顯為清正。 我是在罪孽裡生的,在我母親懷胎的時候就有了罪。
 
但以理書 10:2 - 3At that time I, Daniel, mourned for three weeks. I ate no choice food; no meat or wine touched my lips; and I used no lotions at all until the three weeks were over. 
當那時,我但以理悲傷了三個七日。 美味我沒有吃,酒肉沒有入我的口,也沒有用油抹我的身,直到滿了三個七日。
 
約拿書 3:5 The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth. 
尼尼微人信服神,便宣告禁食,從最大的到至小的都穿麻衣(或作:披上麻布)。
 
馬太福音 6:16 "When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 
「你們禁食的時候,不可像那假冒為善的人,臉上帶著愁容;因為他們把臉弄得難看,故意叫人看出他們是禁食。我實在告訴你們,他們已經得了他們的賞賜。
 
馬太福音 16:19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will bebound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” 
我要把天國的鑰匙給你,凡你在地上所捆綁的,在天上也要捆綁;凡你在地上所釋放的,在天上也要釋放。」
 
路加福音 5:33 They said to him, "John's disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking." 
他們說:「約翰的門徒屢次禁食祈禱,法利賽人的門徒也是這樣;惟獨你的門徒又吃又喝。」
 
路加福音 18:12 I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.' 
我一個禮拜禁食兩次,凡我所得的都捐上十分之一。』
 
使徒行傳 13:2 - 3While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off. 
他們事奉主、禁食的時候,聖靈說:「要為我分派巴拿巴和掃羅,去做我召他們所做的工。」 於是禁食禱告,按手在他們頭上,就打發他們去了。
 
哥林多前書 9:27 No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize. 
我是攻克己身,叫身服我,恐怕我傳福音給別人,自己反被棄絕了。
 
腓立比書 3:8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ 
不但如此,我也將萬事當作有損的,因我以認識我主基督耶穌為至寶。我為他已經丟棄萬事,看作糞土,為要得著基督;
 
撒母耳記下 12:21 His attendants asked him, "Why are you acting this way? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but now that the child is dead, you get up and eat!" 
臣僕問他說:「你所行的是什麼意思?孩子活著的時候,你禁食哭泣;孩子死了,你倒起來吃飯。」
 
但以理書 6:18 Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night without eating and without any entertainment being brought to him. And he could not sleep. 
王回宮,終夜禁食,無人拿樂器到他面前,並且睡不著覺。
'Why have we fasted,' they say, 'and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you have not noticed?' "Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please and exploit all your workers. Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife, and in striking each other with wicked fists. You cannot fast as you do today and expect your voice to be heard on high. Is this the kind of fast I have chosen, only a day for people to humble themselves? Is it only for bowing one's head like a reed and for lying in sackcloth and ashes? Is that what you call a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord? "Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter- when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? 
他們說:我們禁食,你為何不看見呢?我們刻苦己心,你為何不理會呢?看哪,你們禁食的日子仍求利益,勒逼人為你們做苦工。 你們禁食,卻互相爭競,以兇惡的拳頭打人。你們今日禁食,不得使你們的聲音聽聞於上。 這樣禁食豈是我所揀選、使人刻苦己心的日子嗎?豈是叫人垂頭像葦子,用麻布和爐灰鋪在他以下嗎?你這可稱為禁食、為耶和華所悅納的日子嗎? 我所揀選的禁食不是要鬆開兇惡的繩,解下軛上的索,使被欺壓的得自由,折斷一切的軛嗎? 不是要把你的餅分給飢餓的人,將飄流的窮人接到你家中,見赤身的給他衣服遮體,顧恤自己的骨肉而不掩藏嗎?
 
但以理書 10:3 I ate no choice food; no meat or wine touched my lips; and I used no lotions at all until the three weeks were over. 
美味我沒有吃,酒肉沒有入我的口,也沒有用油抹我的身,直到滿了三個七日。
 
馬太福音 4:4 Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.' " 
耶穌卻回答說:「經上記著說:人活著,不是單靠食物,乃是靠神口裡所出的一切話。」
 
以斯拉記 8:21 - 23There, by the Ahava Canal, I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions. I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to protect us from enemies on the road, because we had told the king, "The gracious hand of our God is on everyone who looks to him, but his great anger is against all who forsake him." So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer. 
那時,我在亞哈瓦河邊宣告禁食,為要在我們神面前克苦己心,求他使我們和婦人孩子,並一切所有的,都得平坦的道路。 我求王撥步兵馬兵幫助我們抵擋路上的仇敵,本以為羞恥;因我曾對王說:「我們神施恩的手必幫助一切尋求他的;但他的能力和忿怒必攻擊一切離棄他的。」 所以我們禁食祈求我們的神,他就應允了我們。
 
詩篇 35:13 Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting. When my prayers returned to me unanswered, 
至於我,當他們有病的時候,我便穿麻衣,禁食,刻苦己心;我所求的都歸到自己的懷中。
 
以賽亞書 58:6 "Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? 
我所揀選的禁食不是要鬆開兇惡的繩,解下軛上的索,使被欺壓的得自由,折斷一切的軛嗎?
 
以賽亞書 58:3 - 9'Why have we fasted,' they say, 'and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you have not noticed?' "Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please and exploit all your workers. Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife, and in striking each other with wicked fists. You cannot fast as you do today and expect your voice to be heard on high. Is this the kind of fast I have chosen, only a day for people to humble themselves? Is it only for bowing one's head like a reed and for lying in sackcloth and ashes? Is that what you call a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord? "Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter- when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. "If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, 
他們說:我們禁食,你為何不看見呢?我們刻苦己心,你為何不理會呢?看哪,你們禁食的日子仍求利益,勒逼人為你們做苦工。 你們禁食,卻互相爭競,以兇惡的拳頭打人。你們今日禁食,不得使你們的聲音聽聞於上。 這樣禁食豈是我所揀選、使人刻苦己心的日子嗎?豈是叫人垂頭像葦子,用麻布和爐灰鋪在他以下嗎?你這可稱為禁食、為耶和華所悅納的日子嗎? 我所揀選的禁食不是要鬆開兇惡的繩,解下軛上的索,使被欺壓的得自由,折斷一切的軛嗎? 不是要把你的餅分給飢餓的人,將飄流的窮人接到你家中,見赤身的給他衣服遮體,顧恤自己的骨肉而不掩藏嗎? 這樣,你的光就必發現如早晨的光;你所得的醫治要速速發明。你的公義必在你前面行;耶和華的榮光必作你的後盾。 那時你求告,耶和華必應允;你呼求,他必說:我在這裡。你若從你中間除掉重軛和指摘人的指頭,並發惡言的事,
 
馬太福音 17:21 Jesus Predicts His Death a Second Time 
至於這一類的鬼,若不禱告、禁食,他就不出來(或作:不能趕他出來)。」
 
使徒行傳 13:2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." 
他們事奉主、禁食的時候,聖靈說:「要為我分派巴拿巴和掃羅,去做我召他們所做的工。」
 
出埃及記 24:18 Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. 
摩西進入雲中上山,在山上四十晝夜。
 
以斯拉記 8:23 So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer. 
所以我們禁食祈求我們的神,他就應允了我們。
 
尼希米記 1:4 When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven. 
我聽見這話,就坐下哭泣,悲哀幾日,在天上的神面前禁食祈禱,說:
 
尼希米記 9:1 - 2On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth and putting dust on their heads. Those of Israelite descent had separated themselves from all foreigners. They stood in their places and confessed their sins and the sins of their ancestors. 
這月二十四日,以色列人聚集禁食,身穿麻衣,頭蒙灰塵。 以色列人(人:原文作種類)就與一切外邦人離絕,站著承認自己的罪惡和列祖的罪孽。
 
但以理書 9:3 So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes. 
我便禁食,披麻蒙灰,定意向主神祈禱懇求。
 
馬太福音 4:2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 
他禁食四十晝夜,後來就餓了。
 
馬太福音 4:1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 
當時,耶穌被聖靈引到曠野,受魔鬼的試探。
 
馬可福音 9:29 He replied, "This kind can come out only by prayer. " 
耶穌說:「非用禱告(有古卷加:禁食二字),這一類的鬼總不能出來(或作:不能趕出他去來)。」
 
路加福音 18:12 I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.' 
我一個禮拜禁食兩次,凡我所得的都捐上十分之一。』
 
使徒行傳 13:3 So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off. 
於是禁食禱告,按手在他們頭上,就打發他們去了。
 
馬太福音 9:14 Then John's disciples came and asked him, "How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?" 
那時,約翰的門徒來見耶穌,說:「我們和法利賽人常常禁食,你的門徒倒不禁食,這是為什麼呢?」
 
出埃及記 34:28 - 29Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant-the Ten Commandments. When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the Lord. 
摩西在耶和華那裡四十晝夜,也不吃飯也不喝水。耶和華將這約的話,就是十條誡,寫在兩塊版上。 摩西手裡拿著兩塊法版下西乃山的時候,不知道自己的面皮因耶和華和他說話就發了光。
 
出埃及記 34:28 Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant-the Ten Commandments. 
摩西在耶和華那裡四十晝夜,也不吃飯也不喝水。耶和華將這約的話,就是十條誡,寫在兩塊版上。
 
申命記 9:9 When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the Lord had made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water. 
我上了山,要領受兩塊石版,就是耶和華與你們立約的版。那時我在山上住了四十晝夜,沒有吃飯,也沒有喝水。
 
撒母耳記下 12:16 - 22David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying in sackcloth on the ground. The elders of his household stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he refused, and he would not eat any food with them. On the seventh day the child died. David's attendants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they thought, "While the child was still living, he wouldn't listen to us when we spoke to him. How can we now tell him the child is dead? He may do something desperate." David noticed that his attendants were whispering among themselves, and he realized the child was dead. "Is the child dead?" he asked. "Yes," they replied, "he is dead." Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions and changed his clothes, he went into the house of the Lord and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they served him food, and he ate. His attendants asked him, "Why are you acting this way? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but now that the child is dead, you get up and eat!" He answered, "While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, 'Who knows? The Lord may be gracious to me and let the child live.' 
所以大衛為這孩子懇求神,而且禁食,進入內室,終夜躺在地上。 他家中的老臣來到他旁邊,要把他從地上扶起來,他卻不肯起來,也不同他們吃飯。 到第七日,孩子死了。大衛的臣僕不敢告訴他孩子死了,因他們說:「孩子還活著的時候,我們勸他,他尚且不肯聽我們的話,若告訴他孩子死了,豈不更加憂傷嗎?」 大衛見臣僕彼此低聲說話,就知道孩子死了,問臣僕說:「孩子死了嗎?」他們說:「死了。」 大衛就從地上起來,沐浴,抹膏,換了衣裳,進耶和華的殿敬拜;然後回宮,吩咐人擺飯,他便吃了。 臣僕問他說:「你所行的是什麼意思?孩子活著的時候,你禁食哭泣;孩子死了,你倒起來吃飯。」 大衛說:「孩子還活著,我禁食哭泣;因為我想,或者耶和華憐恤我,使孩子不死也未可知。
 
以斯拉記 10:6 Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and went to the room of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. While he was there, he ate no food and drank no water, because he continued to mourn over the unfaithfulness of the exiles. 
以斯拉從神殿前起來,進入以利亞實的兒子約哈難的屋裡,到了那裡不吃飯,也不喝水;因為被擄歸回之人所犯的罪,心裡悲傷。
 
尼希米記 9:1 On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth and putting dust on their heads. 
這月二十四日,以色列人聚集禁食,身穿麻衣,頭蒙灰塵。
 
但以理書 10:2 - 3At that time I, Daniel, mourned for three weeks. I ate no choice food; no meat or wine touched my lips; and I used no lotions at all until the three weeks were over. 
當那時,我但以理悲傷了三個七日。 美味我沒有吃,酒肉沒有入我的口,也沒有用油抹我的身,直到滿了三個七日。
 
馬太福音 6:16 - 18"When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 
「你們禁食的時候,不可像那假冒為善的人,臉上帶著愁容;因為他們把臉弄得難看,故意叫人看出他們是禁食。我實在告訴你們,他們已經得了他們的賞賜。 你禁食的時候,要梳頭洗臉, 不叫人看出你禁食來,只叫你暗中的父看見;你父在暗中察看,必然報答你。」
 
路加福音 2:37 and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying. 
現在已經八十四歲(或作:就寡居了八十四年),並不離開聖殿,禁食祈求,晝夜事奉神。
 
哥林多前書 9:27 No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize. 
我是攻克己身,叫身服我,恐怕我傳福音給別人,自己反被棄絕了。
 
利未記 16:29 - 31"This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month you must deny yourselves and not do any work-whether native-born or a foreigner residing among you- because on this day atonement will be made for you, to cleanse you. Then, before the Lord, you will be clean from all your sins. It is a day of sabbath rest, and you must deny yourselves; it is a lasting ordinance. 
「每逢七月初十日,你們要刻苦己心,無論是本地人,是寄居在你們中間的外人,什麼工都不可做;這要作你們永遠的定例。 因在這日要為你們贖罪,使你們潔淨。你們要在耶和華面前得以潔淨,脫盡一切的罪愆。 這日你們要守為聖安息日,要刻苦己心;這為永遠的定例。
 
申命記 9:18 Then once again I fell prostrate before the Lord for forty days and forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water, because of all the sin you had committed, doing what was evil in the Lord's sight and so arousing his anger. 
因你們所犯的一切罪,行了耶和華眼中看為惡的事,惹他發怒,我就像從前俯伏在耶和華面前四十晝夜,沒有吃飯,也沒有喝水。
 
士師記 20:26 Then all the Israelites, the whole army, went up to Bethel, and there they sat weeping before the Lord. They fasted that day until evening and presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to the Lord. 
以色列眾人就上到伯特利,坐在耶和華面前哭號,當日禁食直到晚上;又在耶和華面前獻燔祭和平安祭。
 
撒母耳記下 3:35 Then they all came and urged David to eat something while it was still day; but David took an oath, saying, "May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!" 
日頭未落的時候,眾民來勸大衛吃飯,但大衛起誓說:「我若在日頭未落以前吃飯,或吃別物,願神重重的降罰與我!」
 
以斯帖記 4:3 In every province to which the edict and order of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping and wailing. Many lay in sackcloth and ashes. 
王的諭旨所到的各省各處,猶大人大大悲哀,禁食哭泣哀號,穿麻衣躺在灰中的甚多。
 
詩篇 69:10 When I weep and fast, I must endure scorn; 
我哭泣,以禁食刻苦我心;這倒算為我的羞辱。
 
耶利米書 14:12 Although they fast, I will not listen to their cry; though they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will destroy them with the sword, famine and plague." 
他們禁食的時候,我不聽他們的呼求;他們獻燔祭和素祭,我也不悅納;我卻要用刀劍、饑荒、瘟疫滅絕他們。」
 
馬可福音 2:18 Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came and asked Jesus, "How is it that John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?" 
當下,約翰的門徒和法利賽人禁食。他們來問耶穌說:「約翰的門徒和法利賽人的門徒禁食,你的門徒倒不禁食,這是為什麼呢?」
 
路加福音 4:2 where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. 
四十天受魔鬼的試探。那些日子沒有吃什麼;日子滿了,他就餓了。
 
哥林多前書 7:1 - 5Now for the matters you wrote about: "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman." But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband. The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife. Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. 
論到你們信上所提的事,我說男不近女倒好。 但要免淫亂的事,男子當各有自己的妻子;女子也當各有自己的丈夫。 丈夫當用合宜之分待妻子;妻子待丈夫也要如此。 妻子沒有權柄主張自己的身子,乃在丈夫;丈夫也沒有權柄主張自己的身子,乃在妻子。 夫妻不可彼此虧負,除非兩相情願,暫時分房,為要專心禱告方可;以後仍要同房,免得撒但趁著你們情不自禁,引誘你們。
 
出埃及記 4:28 Then Moses told Aaron everything the Lord had sent him to say, and also about all the signs he had commanded him to perform. 
摩西將耶和華打發他所說的言語和囑咐他所行的神蹟都告訴了亞倫。
 
撒母耳記上 1:7 - 8This went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the Lord, her rival provoked her till she wept and would not eat. Her husband Elkanah would say to her, "Hannah, why are you weeping? Why don't you eat? Why are you downhearted? Don't I mean more to you than ten sons?" 
每年上到耶和華殿的時候,以利加拿都以雙分給哈拿;毗尼拿仍是激動他,以致他哭泣不吃飯。 他丈夫以利加拿對他說:「哈拿啊,你為何哭泣,不吃飯,心裡愁悶呢?有我不比十個兒子還好嗎?」
 
撒母耳記下 12:16 David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying in sackcloth on the ground. 
所以大衛為這孩子懇求神,而且禁食,進入內室,終夜躺在地上。
 
列王記上 13:8 - 24But the man of God answered the king, "Even if you were to give me half your possessions, I would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water here. For I was commanded by the word of the Lord: 'You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.' " So he took another road and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel. Now there was a certain old prophet living in Bethel, whose sons came and told him all that the man of God had done there that day. They also told their father what he had said to the king. Their father asked them, "Which way did he go?" And his sons showed him which road the man of God from Judah had taken. So he said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." And when they had saddled the donkey for him, he mounted it and rode after the man of God. He found him sitting under an oak tree and asked, "Are you the man of God who came from Judah?" "I am," he replied. So the prophet said to him, "Come home with me and eat." The man of God said, "I cannot turn back and go with you, nor can I eat bread or drink water with you in this place. I have been told by the word of the Lord: 'You must not eat bread or drink water there or return by the way you came.' " The old prophet answered, "I too am a prophet, as you are. And an angel said to me by the word of the Lord: 'Bring him back with you to your house so that he may eat bread and drink water.' " (But he was lying to him.) So the man of God returned with him and ate and drank in his house. While they were sitting at the table, the word of the Lord came to the old prophet who had brought him back. He cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, "This is what the Lord says: 'You have defied the word of the Lord and have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you. You came back and ate bread and drank water in the place where he told you not to eat or drink. Therefore your body will not be buried in the tomb of your ancestors.' " When the man of God had finished eating and drinking, the prophet who had brought him back saddled his donkey for him. As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying on the road, with both the donkey and the lion standing beside it. 
神人對王說:「你就是把你的宮一半給我,我也不同你進去,也不在這地方吃飯喝水; 因為有耶和華的話囑咐我,說不可在伯特利吃飯喝水,也不可從你去的原路回來。」 於是神人從別的路回去,不從伯特利來的原路回去。 有一個老先知住在伯特利,他兒子們來,將神人當日在伯特利所行的一切事和向王所說的話都告訴了父親。 父親問他們說:「神人從那條路去了呢?」兒子們就告訴他;原來他們看見那從猶大來的神人所去的路。 老先知就吩咐他兒子們說:「你們為我備驢。」他們備好了驢,他就騎上, 去追趕神人,遇見他坐在橡樹底下,就問他說:「你是從猶大來的神人不是?」他說:「是。」 老先知對他說:「請你同我回家吃飯。」 神人說:「我不可同你回去進你的家,也不可在這裡同你吃飯喝水; 因為有耶和華的話囑咐我說:『你在那裡不可吃飯喝水,也不可從你去的原路回來。』」 老先知對他說:「我也是先知,和你一樣。有天使奉耶和華的命對我說:『你去把他帶回你的家,叫他吃飯喝水。』」這都是老先知誆哄他。 於是神人同老先知回去,在他家裡吃飯喝水。 二人坐席的時候,耶和華的話臨到那帶神人回來的先知, 他就對那從猶大來的神人說:「耶和華如此說:你既違背耶和華的話,不遵守耶和華你神的命令, 反倒回來,在耶和華禁止你吃飯喝水的地方吃了喝了,因此你的屍身不得入你列祖的墳墓。」 吃喝完了,老先知為所帶回來的先知備驢。 他就去了,在路上有個獅子遇見他,將他咬死,屍身倒在路上,驢站在屍身旁邊,獅子也站在屍身旁邊。
 
約伯記 33:19 - 20"Or someone may be chastened on a bed of pain with constant distress in their bones, so that their body finds food repulsive and their soul loathes the choicest meal. 
人在床上被懲治,骨頭中不住地疼痛, 以致他的口厭棄食物,心厭惡美味。
 
以賽亞書 58:1 - 12"Shout it aloud, do not hold back. Raise your voice like a trumpet. Declare to my people their rebellion and to the descendants of Jacob their sins. For day after day they seek me out; they seem eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that does what is right and has not forsaken the commands of its God. They ask me for just decisions and seem eager for God to come near them. 'Why have we fasted,' they say, 'and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you have not noticed?' "Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please and exploit all your workers. Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife, and in striking each other with wicked fists. You cannot fast as you do today and expect your voice to be heard on high. Is this the kind of fast I have chosen, only a day for people to humble themselves? Is it only for bowing one's head like a reed and for lying in sackcloth and ashes? Is that what you call a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord? "Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter- when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. "If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday. The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail. Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings. 
你要大聲喊叫,不可止息;揚起聲來,好像吹角。向我百姓說明他們的過犯;向雅各家說明他們的罪惡。 他們天天尋求我,樂意明白我的道,好像行義的國民,不離棄他們神的典章,向我求問公義的判語,喜悅親近神。 他們說:我們禁食,你為何不看見呢?我們刻苦己心,你為何不理會呢?看哪,你們禁食的日子仍求利益,勒逼人為你們做苦工。 你們禁食,卻互相爭競,以兇惡的拳頭打人。你們今日禁食,不得使你們的聲音聽聞於上。 這樣禁食豈是我所揀選、使人刻苦己心的日子嗎?豈是叫人垂頭像葦子,用麻布和爐灰鋪在他以下嗎?你這可稱為禁食、為耶和華所悅納的日子嗎? 我所揀選的禁食不是要鬆開兇惡的繩,解下軛上的索,使被欺壓的得自由,折斷一切的軛嗎? 不是要把你的餅分給飢餓的人,將飄流的窮人接到你家中,見赤身的給他衣服遮體,顧恤自己的骨肉而不掩藏嗎? 這樣,你的光就必發現如早晨的光;你所得的醫治要速速發明。你的公義必在你前面行;耶和華的榮光必作你的後盾。 那時你求告,耶和華必應允;你呼求,他必說:我在這裡。你若從你中間除掉重軛和指摘人的指頭,並發惡言的事, 你心若向飢餓的人發憐憫,使困苦的人得滿足,你的光就必在黑暗中發現;你的幽暗必變如正午。 耶和華也必時常引導你,在乾旱之地使你心滿意足,骨頭強壯。你必像澆灌的園子,又像水流不絕的泉源。 那些出於你的人必修造久已荒廢之處;你要建立拆毀累代的根基。你必稱為補破口的,和重修路徑與人居住的。
 
耶利米書 36:6 So you go to the house of the Lord on a day of fasting and read to the people from the scroll the words of the Lord that you wrote as I dictated. Read them to all the people of Judah who come in from their towns. 
所以你要去趁禁食的日子,在耶和華殿中將耶和華的話,就是你從我口中所寫在書卷上的話,念給百姓和一切從猶大城邑出來的人聽。
 
約拿書 3:5 The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth. 
尼尼微人信服神,便宣告禁食,從最大的到至小的都穿麻衣(或作:披上麻布)。
 
約拿書 3:5 - 10The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth. When Jonah's warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust. This is the proclamation he issued in Nineveh: "By the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let people or animals, herds or flocks, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink. But let people and animals be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call urgently on God. Let them give up their evil ways and their violence. Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish." When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened. 
尼尼微人信服神,便宣告禁食,從最大的到至小的都穿麻衣(或作:披上麻布)。 這信息傳到尼尼微王的耳中,他就下了寶座,脫下朝服,披上麻布,坐在灰中。 他又使人遍告尼尼微通城,說:「王和大臣有令,人不可嘗什麼,牲畜、牛羊不可吃草,也不可喝水。 人與牲畜都當披上麻布;人要切切求告神。各人回頭離開所行的惡道,丟棄手中的強暴。 或者神轉意後悔,不發烈怒,使我們不至滅亡,也未可知。」 於是神察看他們的行為,見他們離開惡道,他就後悔,不把所說的災禍降與他們了。
 
路加福音 4:1 - 2Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. 
耶穌被聖靈充滿,從約但河回來,聖靈將他引到曠野, 四十天受魔鬼的試探。那些日子沒有吃什麼;日子滿了,他就餓了。

 


耶穌談到「新郎不在的日子,門徒要禁食」。


以下把三處平行經文完整列出原文希臘文與簡短解說:



1. 馬太福音 9:14–15


14 那時,約翰的門徒來見耶穌說:「我們和法利賽人常禁食,你的門徒倒不禁食,這是為甚麼呢?」

15 耶穌對他們說:「新郎和陪伴之人同在的時候,陪伴之人豈能哀痛呢?但日子將到,新郎要離開他們,那時他們就要禁食。」


原文希臘文(關鍵句)

ἐλεύσονται δὲ ἡμέραι ὅταν ἀπαρθῇ ἀπ’ αὐτῶν ὁ νυμφίος, καὶ τότε νηστεύσουσιν.

(意思:新郎被帶走的時候,他們將禁食。)


簡短解說:

耶穌把自己比作新郎;當祂同在時是喜樂,當祂被奪去時(受難、死亡),門徒自然會因哀痛而禁食。



2. 馬可福音 2:19–20


19 耶穌對他們說:「新郎和陪伴之人同在的時候,陪伴之人豈能禁食呢?他們不能禁食。

20 但日子將到,新郎要從他們中間被取去,那日他們就要禁食。」


希臘文(關鍵句)

καὶ τότε νηστεύσουσιν ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ.

(在那日他們必禁食。)



3. 路加福音 5:34–35


34 耶穌對他們說:「新郎和陪伴之人同在的時候,豈能叫陪伴之人禁食呢?

35 但日子將到,新郎要離開他們,那日他們就要禁食了。」


希臘文(關鍵句)

ὅταν ἀπαρθῇ ὁ νυμφίος… τότε νηστεύσουσιν ἐν ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡμέραις.



重點摘要


耶穌清楚預告:

當祂被奪走(受難、死亡、不在門徒身邊)時,門徒會禁食。

早期教會將這理解為:

   •   耶穌死在十字架後的那段哀痛日子 → 門徒自然哀傷禁食

   •   耶穌升天後 → 基督徒在某些場合禁食



一、耶穌受難後的那個安息日(受苦日+安息日)


門徒「有可能」禁食嗎?


有可能,理由如下:


1. 那天門徒極度悲傷、恐懼、失望


耶穌被釘死後,門徒四散、害怕、躲避,心情壓到谷底。

在猶太文化裡,強烈哀傷者常自然進入禁食狀態(例如撒母耳記上 31:13;詩 35:13)。

因此,情緒性禁食是完全可能的。


2. 門徒在安息日「安息」——但精神狀態肯定不正常


路加福音 23:56 說門徒「按著誡命在安息日安息了」。

這表示他們遵守猶太律法停工,但心情與飲食狀態沒有被描述。



二、基督徒是否「應該」在受難後安息日(現代:黑暗安息日/Holy Saturday)禁食?


早期教會(第二世紀起)確實有「從受難日至復活節」守禁食的傳統


這被稱為 Triduum fast:

   •   受難日(星期五)

   •   黑暗安息日(星期六)

許多早期基督徒從週五至週六日落前禁食,以等待復活。



3. 今日教會(依宗派而異)

   •   天主教、東正教:部分信徒仍在復活節前一日禁食。

   •   大多數新教教會:沒有固定要求,完全自願。

   •   福音派、改革宗:通常不強制,但可能鼓勵默想受難。



三、總結


門徒在耶穌受難後的安息日可能禁食,但不是律法規定,而是因深度悲傷。


禁食維持健康體重的好處如下:

1. 心血管負擔降低:血壓、血脂、心臟壓力都有機會明顯改善,心臟病與中風風險下降。

2. 血糖控制更穩定:胰島素敏感度提升,減少第二型糖尿病風險。

3. 關節壓力減輕:膝蓋、髖關節、腰椎負擔變小,行走與站立更輕鬆。

4. 睡眠品質提升:睡眠呼吸中止症狀可能減輕,深層睡眠時間增加。

5. 體力上升:活動更輕鬆、恢復更快速,日常生活動作不再容易疲倦。

6. 代謝變好:身體燃脂效率提高,整體能量運用更順暢。

7. 荷爾蒙更平衡:壓力荷爾蒙降低,身體內分泌系統運作更穩。

8. 皮膚狀態改善:油脂分泌減少、炎症下降,膚質可能更透亮。

9. 自信感提升:身形變化帶來積極感受,穿著選擇更多。

10. 身體活動能力增加:跑跳、爬樓梯、提重物等都變得更順手。

11. 慢性病風險整體下降:脂肪肝、痛風、高尿酸等問題改善機率提升。

12. 壽命與健康壽命延長:疾病風險降低後,生活品質與長期健康更佳。


關於「修道院飲食(Monastery Diet)」與極低癌症發生率的關聯,國際醫學界最具代表性的長期實證研究,聚焦於希臘的聖山阿索斯神權自治共和國(Mount Athos)


在一項針對阿索斯山約 1,500 名隱修修道士、追蹤時間長達 13 年的流行病學調查中,醫學研究人員發現了極為罕見的健康數據:

  • 該群體中未記錄到任何一例肺癌或大腸癌個案。

  • 前列腺癌等其他男性常見癌症的發病率,亦遠低於國際平均標準。


    極高的平均壽命、極低的癌症率(幾乎為零)以及極少的心血管疾病聞名於世。


約翰福音 第六章


  1. 我實實在在的告訴你們,信的人有永生。

  2. 我就是生命的糧。

  3. 你們的祖宗在曠野吃過嗎哪,還是死了。

  4. 這是從天上降下來的糧,叫人吃了就不死。

  5. 我是從天上降下來生命的糧;人若吃這糧,就必永遠活著。我所要賜的糧就是我的肉,為世人之生命所賜的。

  6. 因此,猶太人彼此爭論說:這個人怎能把他的肉給我們吃呢?

  7. 耶穌說:我實實在在的告訴你們,你們若不吃人子的肉,不喝人子的血,就沒有生命在你們裡面。

  8. 吃我肉、喝我血的人就有永生,在末日我要叫他復活。

  9. 我的肉真是可吃的,我的血真是可喝的。

  10. 吃我肉、喝我血的人常在我裡面,我也常在他裡面。

  11. 永活的父怎樣差我來,我又因父活著;照樣,吃我肉的人也要因我活著。

  12. 這就是從天上降下來的糧。吃這糧的人就永遠活著,不像你們的祖宗吃過嗎哪還是死了。

  13. 這些話是耶穌在迦百農會堂裡教訓人說的。

  14. 他的門徒中有好些人聽見了,就說:這話甚難,誰能聽呢?

  15. 耶穌心裡知道門徒為這話議論,就對他們說:這話是叫你們厭棄(原文是跌倒)嗎?

  16. 倘或你們看見人子升到他原來所在之處,怎麼樣呢?

  17. 叫人活著的乃是靈,肉體是無益的。我對你們所說的話就是靈,就是生命。

  18. 只是你們中間有不信的人。耶穌從起頭就知道誰不信他,誰要賣他。

  19. 耶穌又說:所以我對你們說過,若不是蒙我父的恩賜,沒有人能到我這裡來。

  20. 從此,他門徒中多有退去的,不再和他同行。

  21. 耶穌就對那十二個門徒說:你們也要去嗎?

  22. 西門彼得回答說:主啊,你有永生之道,我們還歸從誰呢?

  23. 我們已經信了,又知道你是神的聖者。



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Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.

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—— Matthew 22:37 —— 馬 太 福 音 22:37