And it
came to pass, that, as he was praying in a
certain place, when he ceased, one of his
disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray,
as John also taught his disciples.
02 And he said unto them, When ye
pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will
be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
03 Give us day by day our
daily bread.
04 And forgive us our sins;
for we also forgive every one that is indebted to
us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver
us from evil.
05 And he said unto them, Which of
you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at
midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three
loaves;
06 For a friend of mine in
his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to
set before him?
07 And he from within shall
answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now
shut, and my children are with me in bed; I
cannot rise and give thee.
08 I say unto you, Though
he will not rise and give him, because he is his
friend, yet because of his importunity he will
rise and give him as many as he needeth.
09 And I say unto you, Ask,
and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall
find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
10 For every one that
asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;
and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
11 If a son shall ask bread
of any of you that is a father, will he give him
a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish
give him a serpent?
12 Or if he shall ask an
egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
13 If ye then, being evil,
know how to give good gifts unto your children:
how much more shall your heavenly Father give the
Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
14 And he was casting out a devil,
and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the
devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the
people wondered.
15 But some of them said, He casteth out devils
through Beelzebub the chief of the devils.
16 And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign
from heaven.
17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto
them, Every kingdom divided against
itself is brought to desolation; and a house
divided against a house falleth.
18 If Satan also be divided
against himself, how shall his kingdom stand?
because ye say that I cast out devils through
Beelzebub.
19 And if I by Beelzebub
cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them
out? therefore shall they be your judges.
20 But if I with the finger
of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of
God is come upon you.
21 When a strong man armed
keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:
22 But when a stronger than
he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he
taketh from him all his armour wherein he
trusted, and divideth his spoils.
23 He that is not with me
is against me: and he that gathereth not with me
scattereth.
24 When the unclean spirit
is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry
places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith,
I will return unto my house whence I came out.
25 And when he cometh, he
findeth it swept and garnished.
26 Then goeth he, and
taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked
than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there:
and the last state of that man is worse than the
first.
27 And it came to pass, as he
spake these things, a certain woman of the
company lifted up her voice, and said unto him,
Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps
which thou hast sucked.
28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are
they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
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29 And when the people were
gathered thick together, he began to say, This is
an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there
shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas
the prophet.
30 For as Jonas was a sign
unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man
be to this generation.
31 The queen of the south
shall rise up in the judgment with the men of
this generation, and condemn them: for she came
from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the
wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than
Solomon is here.
32 The men of Nineve shall
rise up in the judgment with this generation, and
shall condemn it: for they repented at the
preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than
Jonas is here.
33 No man, when he hath
lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place,
neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick,
that they which come in may see the light.
34 The light of the body is
the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy
whole body also is full of light; but when thine
eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
35 Take heed therefore that
the light which is in thee be not darkness.
36 If thy whole body
therefore be full of light, having no part dark,
the whole shall be full of light, as when the
bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
37 And as he spake, a certain
Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he
went in, and sat down to meat.
38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled
that he had not first washed before dinner.
39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do
ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup
and the platter; but your inward part is full of
ravening and wickedness.
40 Ye fools, did not he
that made that which is without make that which
is within also?
41 But rather give alms of
such things as ye have; and, behold, all things
are clean unto you.
42 But woe unto you,
Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all
manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the
love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not
to leave the other undone.
43 Woe unto you, Pharisees!
for ye love the uppermost seats in the
synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
44 Woe unto you, scribes
and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves
which appear not, and the men that walk over them
are not aware of them.
45 Then answered one of the
lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying
thou reproachest us also.
46 And he said, Woe unto you also, ye
lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to
be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens
with one of your fingers.
47 Woe unto you! for ye
build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your
fathers killed them.
48 Truly ye bear witness
that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they
indeed killed them, and ye build their
sepulchres.
49 Therefore also said the
wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and
apostles, and some of them they shall slay and
persecute:
50 That the blood of all
the prophets, which was shed from the foundation
of the world, may be required of this generation;
51 From the blood of Abel
unto the blood of Zacharias which perished
between the altar and the temple: verily I say
unto you, It shall be required of this
generation.
52 Woe unto you, lawyers!
for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye
entered not in yourselves, and them that were
entering in ye hindered.
53 And as he said these things
unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to
urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak
of many things:
54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch
something out of his mouth, that they might
accuse him.
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