希伯來書第13章
蒙上帝悅納的服務
1你們務要常存弟兄相愛的心。
2不可忘記用愛心接待客旅;因為曾有接待客旅的,不知不覺就接待了天使。

Ludovico Carracci – Three angels visiting Abraham 亞伯拉罕接待三位天使(1610~2)Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Willem Jacob Herreyns – Abraham visited by the three Angels(c.1800)Kerk Sint-Bernardus, Bornem, Belgium(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo – Abraham Receiving the Three Angels(1667)National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

James Tissot – Abraham and the Three Angels(before 1902)The Jewish Museum, New York City(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari – Abraham and the Three Angels(1660s)Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, USA(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout – Abraham and the Three Angels(1656)Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Pieter Lastman – Abraham and the Three Angels(1623)Hermitage Museum(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Rembrandt – Abraham and the three angels(before 1646)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Jan Victors or Rembrandt Studio – Abraham entertaining the three angels (Genesis 18:9-15)(1640s)Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Avanzino Nucci – Abraham and the three Angels(1629)Prrivate collection(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo – Abraham and the three Angels(18th century)Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Aert de Gelder – Abraham and the Angels(1680~85)Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Gustave Doré – Abraham and the Three Angels(1866)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Wolfgang Krodel, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Lucas Cranach the Younger – Abraham and the three Angels(16th century)Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City(Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication, Wikimedia Commons)
3你們要記念被捆綁的人,好像與他們同受捆綁;也要記念遭苦害的人,想到自己也在肉身之內。

Jeremiah in dungeon: Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire. (Jeremiah 38:6) – from “The Coloured Picture Bible for Children” book, 1900 用繩子將耶利米繫下去枯井牢獄(Public Domain, St-Takla.org)
4婚姻,人人都當尊重,床也不可污穢;因為苟合行淫的人, 神必要審判。

Baron Henri de Triqueti – Thou shalt not commit adultery (Nathan confronts David 拿單面對大衛); bronze bas-relief on the door of the Madeleine Place de La Madeleine, Paris.(1837)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
5你們存心不可貪愛錢財,要以自己所有的為足;因為主曾說:「我總不撇下你,也不丟棄你。」

摩西任命約書亞, 「耶和華必在你前面行;他必與你同在,必不撇下你,也不丟棄你。不要懼怕,也不要驚惶。」申命記31:8 Moses Appoints Joshua, as in Deuteronomy 31:7-8; illustration from Henry Davenport Northrop’s 1894 Treasures of the Bible(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
6所以我們可以放膽說:主是幫助我的,我必不懼怕;人能把我怎麼樣呢?

Gerard van Honthorst – King David Playing the Harp 大衛王演奏豎琴讚美詩: 有耶和華幫助我,我必不懼怕,人能把我怎麼樣呢?(詩篇118:6)(1622)Agnietenstraat 1, 3512 XA, Utrecht, Netherland(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
7從前引導你們、傳 神之道給你們的人,你們要想念他們,效法他們的信心,留心看他們為人的結局。
8耶穌基督昨日、今日、一直到永遠,是一樣的。
9你們不要被那諸般怪異的教訓勾引了去;因為人心靠恩得堅固才是好的,並不是靠飲食。那在飲食上專心的從來沒有得著益處。
10我們有一祭壇,上面的祭物是那些在帳幕中供職的人不可同吃的。
11原來牲畜的血被大祭司帶入聖所作贖罪祭;牲畜的身子被燒在營外。

A print from the Phillip Medhurst Collection of Bible illustrations in the possession of Revd. Philip De Vere at St. George’s Court, Kidderminster, England.(1970)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license., Wikimedia Commons)
12所以,耶穌要用自己的血叫百姓成聖,也就在城門外受苦。

Giovanni Bellini – The Calvary(1465~70)Louvre Museum, Paris(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
13這樣,我們也當出到營外,就了他去,忍受他所受的凌辱。
14我們在這裡本沒有常存的城,乃是尋求那將來的城。
15我們應當靠著耶穌,常常以頌讚為祭獻給 神,這就是那承認主名之人嘴唇的果子。

Spanish painter – Pedro Fernandez praying to Christ on the Cross.(1860)(Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license by Wellcome Images, Wikimedia Commons)

The Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari. Cappella di San Giovanni Battista (Chapel of St. John the Baptist). St Francis in prayer by Umberto Martina.(2016)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license photo by Didier Descouens, not permitted to upload at Facebook, Wikimedia Commons)

Gaspar de Crayer: The patrons of the beguinage praying to Christ on the cross(1630~40)OCMW Brussels(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
16只是不可忘記行善和捐輸的事,因為這樣的祭是 神所喜悅的。

János Thorma – Alms(before 1937)Private Collection(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
17你們要依從那些引導你們的,且要順服;因他們為你們的靈魂時刻警醒,好像那將來交帳的人。你們要使他們交的時候有快樂,不致憂愁;若憂愁就與你們無益了。
18請你們為我們禱告,因我們自覺良心無虧,願意凡事按正道而行。
19我更求你們為我禱告,使我快些回到你們那裡去。
祝福和問安
20但願賜平安的 神,就是那憑永約之血、使群羊的大牧人─我主耶穌從死裡復活的 神,

Bernhard Plockhorst – Good Shepherd(before 1907)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
21在各樣善事上成全你們,叫你們遵行他的旨意;又藉著耶穌基督在你們心裡行他所喜悅的事。願榮耀歸給他,直到永永遠遠。阿們!
22弟兄們,我略略寫信給你們,望你們聽我勸勉的話。
23你們該知道,我們的兄弟提摩太已經釋放了;他若快來,我必同他去見你們。
24請你們問引導你們的諸位和眾聖徒安。從意大利來的人也問你們安。
25願恩惠常與你們眾人同在。阿們!