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and remit to us our sins, for we also remit to all that are indebted to us; and bring us not into trials, but deliver us from evil.

for a friend hath come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him?

And his friend within shall answer, and say to him: Do not disturb me, for lo, the door is closed, and my children with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.

For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it is opened.

For which of you being a father, if his son shall ask him for bread, will he reach to him a stone? Or, if he ask of him a fish, will he, instead of a fish, reach to him a serpent?

He that is not for me, is against me; and he that gathereth not with me, actually scattereth.

For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of man be a sign to this generation.

The queen of the south will stand up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them; for she came from the other side of the earth, to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and lo, one superior to Solomon is here.

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 lo, one superior to Jonah is here.

For if thy whole body be enlightened, and no part in it be dark, the whole will be luminous, as if a lamp enlightened thee by its radiance.

But woe to you, Pharisees ! for ye tithe mint and rue, and every pot-herb; but pass over justice and the love of God. Now ye ought to do these things, and not to omit those.

Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye are like graves that are unknown, and men walk over them and do not know [fn] .

Thus ye testify, that ye acquiesce in the deeds of your fathers; for they slew them, and ye build their sepulchres.

Woe to you, Scribes; for ye have taken away the keys of knowledge: ye yourselves enter not, and them that are entering ye hinder.

And when great multitudes were assembled by myriads, so that they trod one upon another, Jesus began to say to his disciples: First of all, beware for yourselves of that leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

For there is nothing hidden, which will not be revealed; nor concealed, that will not be known.

For whatever ye speak in the dark, will be heard in the light; and what in secret chambers, ye whisper in the ear, will be proclaimed on the house-tops.

Are not five sparrows sold for two assarii? and not one of them is forgotten before God.

And as for you, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; for ye are superior to many sparrows.

for the Holy Spirit will, in that hour, instruct you what to say.