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And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone in debt to us. And do not bring us into temptation."

For everyone who asks receives, and the one who searches finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?

Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

Knowing their thoughts, He told them: "Every kingdom divided against itself is headed for destruction, and a house divided against itself falls.

If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say I drive out demons by Beelzebul.

And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, who is it your sons drive them out by? For this reason they will be your judges.

"When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it roams through waterless places looking for rest, and not finding rest, it then says, ‘I'll go back to my house where I came from.'

For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so also the Son of Man will be to this generation.

But give from what is within to the poor, and then everything is clean for you.

"But woe to you Pharisees! You give a tenth of mint, rue, and every kind of herb, and you bypass justice and love for God. These things you should have done without neglecting the others.

Therefore, you are witnesses that you approve the deeds of your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their monuments.

so that this generation may be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world —

they were lying in wait for Him to trap Him in something He said.

Aren't five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten in God's sight.

For the Holy Spirit will teach you at that very hour what must be said."

Then I'll say to myself, "You have many goods stored up for many years. Take it easy; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself."'

"That's how it is with the one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God."

For life is more than food and the body more than clothing.

If that's how God clothes the grass, which is in the field today and is thrown into the furnace tomorrow, how much more will He do for you—you of little faith?