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1 It happened, that when he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.”
2 He said to them, “When you
‘Our Father in heaven,
May your kingdom come.
3 Give us day by day our daily bread.
4 Forgive us our sins,
Bring us not into temptation,
5 He said to them, “Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight,
and tell him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, 6 for a friend of
mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him,’
7 and he from within will answer and say, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is
now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I can’t get up and give it to
you’? 8 I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because
he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him
as many as he needs.
9 “I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and
you
11 “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a
stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won’t give him a snake instead of a fish,
will he? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, he won’t give him a scorpion, will
he? 13 If you
14 He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. It happened, when the
demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marveled.
15 But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of
the demons.” 16 Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.
17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom
divided against itself is brought to desolation. A house divided against
itself falls. 18 If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his
kingdom stand? For you
21 “When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods
are safe. 22 But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him, he
takes from him his whole armor in which he trusted, and divides his
spoils.
23 “He that is not with me is against me. He who doesn’t gather with me
scatters. 24 The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, passes
through dry places, seeking rest, and finding none, he says, ‘I will turn
back to my house from which I came out.’ 25 When he returns, he finds it
swept and put in order. 26 Then he goes, and takes seven other spirits
more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of
that man becomes worse than the first.” 27 It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!” 28 But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”
29 When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say,
“This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given
to it but the sign of Jonah, the prophet. 30 For even as Jonah became a
sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of Man be to this generation.
31 The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of
this generation, and will condemn them: for she came from the ends of the
earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, one greater than Solomon is
here. 32 The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this
generation, and will condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah,
and behold, one greater than Jonah is here.
33 “No man, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar, nor under a
basket, but on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light. 34 The
lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body
is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of
darkness. 35 Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn’t
darkness. 36 If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part
dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright
shining gives you light.”
37 Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went
in, and sat at the table. 38 When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he
had not first washed himself before dinner. 39 The Lord said to him,
“Now you 45 One of the lawyers answered him, “Teacher, in saying this you insult us also.”
46 He said, “Woe to you lawyers also! For you 53 As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him; 54 lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.
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