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It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, when He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples."

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.

And He said to them, "When you pray, say: 'Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.

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.

-'Give us each day our daily bread.

Give us day by day our daily bread.

-'And forgive us our sins, For we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And do not lead us into temptation.'"

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.

And 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,

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;

because a friend of mine has come to me from a journey and I have nothing to serve him';

For a friend of mine in his 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 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.

"I tell you, even if he will not get up and give him anything just because he is his friend, yet because of his shamelessness he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

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.

"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 unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

"For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, it will be opened.

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

"Now which one of you fathers will his son ask for a fish, and instead of a fish, he will give him a snake?

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?

"Or he will even ask for an egg, and his father will give him a scorpion?

Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

"So if you, despite 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 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?

And He was casting out a mute demon; when the demon had gone out, the man who was previously unable to speak talked, and the crowds were amazed.

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.

But some of them said, "He casts out the demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons."

But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils.

Others, to test Him, were demanding of Him a sign from heaven.

And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.

But He knew their thoughts and said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and a house divided against itself falls.

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.

"And if Satan also has been divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you claim that I cast out the demons by Beelzebul.

If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.

"Yet if by Beelzebul I cast out the demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore, they will be your judges.

And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.

"But if I cast out the demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.

"When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are secure.

When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:

"But when someone stronger than he attacks him and overpowers him, that man takes away his armor on which he had relied and distributes his plunder.

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.

"The one who is not with Me is against Me; and the one who does not gather with Me scatters.

He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

"When the unclean spirit comes out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding any, it then says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.'

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.

"And when it comes, it finds it swept and put in order.

And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.

"Then it goes and brings along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they come in and live there; and the last condition of that person becomes worse than the first."

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.

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 carried You, and the breasts at which You nursed!"

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.

But He said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and follow it."

But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

Now as the crowds were increasing, He began to say, "This generation is a wicked generation; it demands a sign, and so no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.

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.

"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 unto the Ninevites, so 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 listen to the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

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.

"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.

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.

"No one lights a lamp and puts it away in a cellar nor under a basket, but on the lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.

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.

"Your 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 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.

"So watch out that the light in you is not darkness.

Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

"Therefore if your whole body is full of light, without any dark part, it will be wholly illuminated, as when the lamp illuminates you with its light."

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.

Now when He had spoken, a Pharisee asked Him to have lunch with him; and He went in and reclined at the table.

And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.

When the Pharisee saw this, he was surprised that Jesus had not first ceremonially washed before the meal.

And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled 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 dish; but your inside is full of greed and wickedness.

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.

"You foolish ones, did He who made the outside not make the inside also?

Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?

"But give that which is within as a charitable gift, and then all things are clean for you.

But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.

"But woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every kind of garden herb, and yet you ignore 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 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.

"Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the seat of honor in the synagogues and personal greetings in the marketplaces.

Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.

"Woe to you! For you are like unseen tombs, and the people who walk over them are unaware of it."

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.

One of the lawyers said to Him in reply, "Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us too."

Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.

But He said, "Woe to you lawyers as well! For you load people with burdens that are hard to bear, while you yourselves will not even touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

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.

"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, and your fathers killed them.

"So you are witnesses and you approve of the deeds of your fathers; because it was they who killed them, and you build their tombs.

Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.

"For this reason also, the wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill, and some they will persecute,

Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:

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 was shed 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 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.

"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, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.

When He left that place, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very hostile and to interrogate Him about many subjects,

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:

plotting against Him to catch Him in something He might say.

Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.