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Instruction about Prayer
It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.”
It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.”
The Lord's Prayer
And it came to pass as he was in a certain place praying, when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray, even as John also taught his disciples.
And it came to pass as he was in a certain place praying, when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray, even as John also taught his disciples.
And He said to them, “When you pray, say:
‘Father, hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come.
‘Father, hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come.
And he said to them, When ye pray, say, Father, thy name be hallowed; thy kingdom come;
‘And forgive us our sins,
For we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us.
And lead us not into temptation.’”
For we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us.
And lead us not into temptation.’”
and remit us our sins, for we also remit to every one indebted to us; and lead us not into temptation.
Then He said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves;
Ask, Seek, Knock
And he said to them, Who among you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight and say to him, Friend, let me have three loaves,
And he said to them, Who among you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight and say to him, Friend, let me have three loaves,
for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’;
since a friend of mine on a journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him;
and from inside he answers and says, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.’
and he within answering should say, Do not disturb me; the door is already shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise up to give [it] thee?
“I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
-- I say to you, Although he will not get up and give [them] to him because he is his friend, because of his shamelessness, at any rate, he will rise and give him as many as he wants.
“So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
And *I* say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.
“For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened.
For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it will be opened.
“Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?
But of whom of you that is a father shall a son ask bread, and [the father] shall give him a stone? or also a fish, and instead of a fish shall give him a serpent?
“Or if he is asked for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he?
or if also he shall ask an egg, shall give him a scorpion?
“If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?”
If therefore *ye*, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much rather shall the Father who is of heaven give [the] Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
Pharisees’ Blasphemy
And He was casting out a demon, and it was mute; when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds were amazed.
A House Divided
And he was casting out a demon, and it was dumb; and it came to pass, the demon being gone out, the dumb [man] spoke. And the crowds wondered.
And he was casting out a demon, and it was dumb; and it came to pass, the demon being gone out, the dumb [man] spoke. And the crowds wondered.
But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.”
But some from among them said, By Beelzebub the prince of the demons casts he out demons.
Others, to test Him, were demanding of Him a sign from heaven.
And others tempting [him] sought from him a sign out of heaven.
But He knew their thoughts and said to them, “Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and a house divided against itself falls.
But *he*, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation: and a house set against a house falls;
“If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.
and if also Satan is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom subsist? because ye say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub.
“And if I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? So they will be your judges.
But if *I* by Beelzebub cast out demons, your sons -- by whom do they cast [them] out? For this reason *they* shall be your judges.
“But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
But if by the finger of God I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God is come upon you.
“When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are undisturbed.
When the strong [man] armed keeps his own house, his goods are in peace;
“But when someone stronger than he attacks him and overpowers him, he takes away from him all his armor on which he had relied and distributes his plunder.
but when the stronger than he coming upon [him] overcomes him, he takes away his panoply in which he trusted, and he will divide the spoil [he has taken] from him.
“He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me, scatters.
He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathers not with me scatters.
“When the unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding any, it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’
Return of an Unclean Spirit
When the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places seeking rest; and not finding [any] he says, I will return to my house whence I came out.
When the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places seeking rest; and not finding [any] he says, I will return to my house whence I came out.
“And when it comes, it finds it swept and put in order.
And having come, he finds it swept and adorned.
“Then it goes and takes along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first.”
Then he goes and takes seven other spirits worse than himself, and entering in, they dwell there; and the last condition of that man becomes worse than the first.
While Jesus was saying these things, one of the women in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You and the breasts at which You nursed.”
True Blessedness
And it came to pass as he spake these things, a certain woman, lifting up her voice out of the crowd, said to him, Blessed is the womb that has borne thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
And it came to pass as he spake these things, a certain woman, lifting up her voice out of the crowd, said to him, Blessed is the womb that has borne thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.”
But *he* said, Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God and keep [it].
The Sign of Jonah
As the crowds were increasing, He began to say, “This generation is a wicked generation; it seeks for a sign, and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.
The Sign of Jonah
But as the crowds thronged together, he began to say, This generation is a wicked generation: it seeks a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it but the sign of Jonas.
But as the crowds thronged together, he began to say, This generation is a wicked generation: it seeks a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it but the sign of Jonas.
“For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.
For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninevites, thus shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
“The Queen of the South will rise up with the men of this generation at the judgment and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, more than Solomon is here.
“The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and behold, more than Jonas is here.
“No one, after lighting a lamp, puts it away in a cellar nor under a basket, but on the lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.
The Lamp of the Body
But no one having lit a lamp sets it in secret, nor under the corn-measure, but on the lamp-stand, that they who enter in may see the light.
But no one having lit a lamp sets it in secret, nor under the corn-measure, but on the lamp-stand, that they who enter in may see the light.
“The eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is clear, your whole body also is full of light; but when it is bad, your body also is full of darkness.
The lamp of the body is thine eye: when thine eye is simple, thy whole body also is light; but when it is wicked, thy body also is dark.
“Then watch out that the light in you is not darkness.
See therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
“If therefore your whole body is full of light, with no dark part in it, it will be wholly illumined, as when the lamp illumines you with its rays.”
If therefore thy whole body [is] light, not having any part dark, it shall be all light as when the lamp lights thee with its brightness.
Woes upon the Pharisees
Now when He had spoken, a Pharisee asked Him to have lunch with him; and He went in, and reclined at the table.
Woes to Pharisees and Experts in Law
But as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him that he would dine with him; and entering in he placed himself at table.
But as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him that he would dine with him; and entering in he placed himself at table.
When the Pharisee saw it, he was surprised that He had not first ceremonially washed before the meal.
But the Pharisee seeing [it] wondered that he had not first washed before dinner.
But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the platter; but inside of you, you are full of robbery and wickedness.
But the Lord said to him, Now do ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but your inward [parts] are full of plunder and wickedness.
“You foolish ones, did not He who made the outside make the inside also?
Fools, has not he who has made the outside made the inside also?
“But give that which is within as charity, and then all things are clean for you.
But rather give alms of what ye have, and behold, all things are clean to you.
“But woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithe of mint and rue and every kind of garden herb, and yet disregard justice and the love of God; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.
But woe unto you, Pharisees, for ye pay tithes of mint and rue and every herb, and pass by the judgment and the love of God: these ye ought to have done, and not have left those aside.
“Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the chief seats in the synagogues and the respectful greetings in the market places.
Woe unto you, Pharisees, for ye love the first seat in the synagogues and salutations in the market-places.
“Woe to you! For you are like concealed tombs, and the people who walk over them are unaware of it.”
Woe unto you, for ye are as the sepulchres which appear not, and the men walking over them do not know [it].
One of the lawyers said to Him in reply, “Teacher, when You say this, You insult us too.”
And one of the doctors of the law answering says to him, Teacher, in saying these things thou insultest us also.
But He said, “Woe to you lawyers as well! For you weigh men down with burdens hard to bear, while you yourselves will not even touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
And he said, To you also woe, doctors of the law, for ye lay upon men burdens heavy to bear, and yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
“Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and it was your fathers who killed them.
Woe unto you, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, but your fathers killed them.
“So you are witnesses and approve the deeds of your fathers; because it was they who killed them, and you build their tombs.
Ye bear witness then, and consent to the works of your fathers; for *they* killed them, and *ye* build [their sepulchres].
“For this reason also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and some they will persecute,
For this reason also the wisdom of God has said, I will send to them prophets and apostles, and of these shall they kill and drive out by persecution,
so that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation,
that the blood of all the prophets which has been poured out from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the house of God; yes, I tell you, it shall be charged against this generation.’
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the house; yea, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation.
“Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge; you yourselves did not enter, and you hindered those who were entering.”
Woe unto you, the doctors of the law, for ye have taken away the key of knowledge; yourselves have not entered in, and those who were entering in ye have hindered.
When He left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very hostile and to question Him closely on many subjects,
And as he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him urgently, and to make him speak of many things;