^{1 Ref} And it came to pass, in his being in a certain place praying, as he ceased, a certain one of his disciples said unto him, `Sir, teach us to pray, as also John taught his disciples.'

^{2 Ref} And he said to them, `When ye may pray, say ye: Our Father who art in the heavens; hallowed be Thy name: Thy reign come; Thy will come to pass, as in heaven also on earth;

^{3 Ref} our appointed bread be giving us daily;

^{4 Ref} and forgive us our sins, for also we ourselves forgive every one indebted to us; and mayest Thou not bring us into temptation; but do Thou deliver us from the evil.'

^{5 Ref} And he said unto them, `Who of you shall have a friend, and shall go on unto him at midnight, and may say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves,

⁶ seeing a friend of mine came out of the way unto me, and I have not what I shall set before him,

^{7 Ref} and he from within answering may say, Do not give me trouble, already the door hath been shut, and my children with me are in the bed, I am not able, having risen, to give to thee.

^{8 Ref} `I say to you, even if he will not give to him, having risen, because of his being his friend, yet because of his importunity, having risen, he will give him as many as he doth need;

^{9 Ref} 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;

^{10 Ref} for every one who is asking doth receive; and he who is seeking doth find; and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.

^{11 Ref} `And of which of you -- the father -- if the son shall ask a loaf, a stone will he present to him? and if a fish, will he instead of a fish, a serpent present to him?

^{12 Ref} and if he may ask an egg, will he present to him a scorpion?

^{13 Ref} If, then, ye, being evil, have known good gifts to be giving to your children, how much more shall the Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those asking Him!'

^{14 Ref} And he was casting forth a demon, and it was dumb, and it came to pass, the demon having gone forth, the dumb man spake, and the multitudes wondered,

^{15 Ref} and certain of them said, `By Beelzeboul, ruler of the demons, he doth cast forth the demons;'

^{16 Ref} and others, tempting, a sign out of heaven from him were asking.

^{17 Ref} And he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, `Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated; and house against house doth fall;

^{18 Ref} and if also the Adversary against himself was divided, how shall his kingdom be made to stand? for ye say, by Beelzeboul is my casting forth the demons.

^{19 Ref} `But if I by Beelzeboul cast forth the demons -- your sons, by whom do they cast forth? because of this your judges they shall be;

^{20 Ref} but if by the finger of God I cast forth the demons, then come unawares upon you did the reign of God.

^{21 Ref} `When the strong man armed may keep his hall, in peace are his goods;

^{22 Ref} but when the stronger than he, having come upon `him', may overcome him, his whole-armour he doth take away in which he had trusted, and his spoils he distributeth;

^{23 Ref} he who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me doth scatter.

^{24 Ref} `When the unclean spirit may go forth from the man it walketh through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding, it saith, I will turn back to my house whence I came forth;

^{25 Ref} and having come, it findeth `it' swept and adorned;

^{26 Ref} then doth it go, and take to it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having entered, they dwell there, and the last of that man becometh worst than the first.'

^{27 Ref} And it came to pass, in his saying these things, a certain woman having lifted up the voice out of the multitude, said to him, `Happy the womb that carried thee, and the paps that thou didst suck!'

^{28 Ref} And he said, `Yea, rather, happy those hearing the word of God, and keeping `it'!'

^{29 Ref} And the multitudes crowding together upon him, he began to say, `This generation is evil, a sign it doth seek after, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet,

^{30 Ref} for as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall the Son of Man be to this generation.

^{31 Ref} `A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and lo, greater than Solomon here!

^{32 Ref} `Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, because they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah; and lo, greater than Jonah here!

^{33 Ref} `And no one having lighted a lamp, doth put `it' in a secret place, nor under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, that those coming in may behold the light.

^{34 Ref} `The lamp of the body is the eye, when then thine eye may be simple, thy whole body also is lightened; and when it may be evil, thy body also is darkened;

^{35 Ref} take heed, then, lest the light that `is' in thee be darkness;

^{36 Ref} if then thy whole body is lightened, not having any part darkened, the whole shall be lightened, as when the lamp by the brightness may give thee light.'

^{37 Ref} And in `his' speaking, a certain Pharisee was asking him that he might dine with him, and having gone in, he reclined (at meat),

^{38 Ref} and the Pharisee having seen, did wonder that he did not first baptize himself before the dinner.

^{39 Ref} And the Lord said unto him, `Now do ye, the Pharisees, the outside of the cup and of the plate make clean, but your inward part is full of rapine and wickedness;

^{40 Ref} unthinking! did not He who made the outside also the inside make?

^{41 Ref} But what ye have give ye `as' alms, and, lo, all things are clean to you.

^{42 Ref} `But wo to you, the Pharisees, because ye tithe the mint, and the rue, and every herb, and ye pass by the judgment, and the love of God; these things it behoveth to do, and those not to be neglecting.

^{43 Ref} `Wo to you, the Pharisees, because ye love the first seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the market-places.

^{44 Ref} `Wo to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because ye are as the unseen tombs, and the men walking above have not known.'

^{45 Ref} And one of the lawyers answering, saith to him, `Teacher, these things saying, us also thou dost insult;'

^{46 Ref} and he said, `And to you, the lawyers, wo! because ye burden men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves with one of your fingers do not touch the burdens.

^{47 Ref} `Wo to you, because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

^{48 Ref} Then do ye testify, and are well pleased with the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and ye do build their tombs;

^{49 Ref} because of this also the wisdom of God said: I will send to them prophets, and apostles, and some of them they shall kill and persecute,

^{50 Ref} that the blood of all the prophets, that is being poured forth from the foundation of the world, may be required from this generation;

^{51 Ref} from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the house; yes, I say to you, It shall be required from this generation.

^{52 Ref} `Wo to you, the lawyers, because ye took away the key of the knowledge; yourselves ye did not enter; and those coming in, ye did hinder.'

^{53 Ref} And in his speaking these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began fearfully to urge and to press him to speak about many things,

^{54 Ref} laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

^{1 Ref} And it came to pass, as he was praying in a certain place, that when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, even as John also taught his disciples.

^{2 Ref} And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Father, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.

^{3 Ref} Give us day by day our daily bread.

^{4 Ref} And forgive us our sins; for we ourselves also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation.

^{5 Ref} And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves;

⁶ for a friend of mine is come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him;

^{7 Ref} 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?

^{8 Ref} I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will arise and give him as many as he needeth.

^{9 Ref} 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.

^{10 Ref} For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

^{11 Ref} And of which of you that is a father shall his son ask a loaf, and he give him a stone? or a fish, and he for a fish give him a serpent?

^{12 Ref} Or `if' he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion?

^{13 Ref} 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?

^{14 Ref} And he was casting out a demon `that was' dumb. And it came to pass, when the demon was gone out, the dumb man spake; and the multitudes marvelled.

^{15 Ref} But some of them said, By Beelzebub the prince of the demons casteth he out demons.

^{16 Ref} And others, trying `him', sought of him a sign from heaven.

^{17 Ref} 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.

^{18 Ref} And if Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub.

^{19 Ref} And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.

^{20 Ref} But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.

^{21 Ref} When the strong `man' fully armed guardeth his own court, his goods are in peace:

^{22 Ref} but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him his whole armor wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.

^{23 Ref} He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

^{24 Ref} The unclean spirit when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and finding none, he saith, I will turn back unto my house whence I came out.

^{25 Ref} And when he is come, he findeth it swept and garnished.

^{26 Ref} Then goeth he, and taketh `to him' seven other spirits more evil than himself; and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first.

^{27 Ref} And it came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts which thou didst suck.

^{28 Ref} But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

^{29 Ref} And when the multitudes were gathering together unto him, he began to say, This generation is an evil generation: it seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah.

^{30 Ref} For even as Jonah became a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

^{31 Ref} The 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, a greater than Solomon is here.

^{32 Ref} The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

^{33 Ref} No man, when he hath lighted a lamp, putteth it in a cellar, neither under the bushel, but on the stand, that they which enter in may see the light.

^{34 Ref} The lamp of thy body is thine eye: when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when it is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.

^{35 Ref} Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness.

^{36 Ref} If therefore thy whole body be full of light, having no part dark, it shall be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining doth give thee light.

^{37 Ref} Now as he spake, a Pharisee asketh him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.

^{38 Ref} And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first bathed himself before dinner.

^{39 Ref} And the Lord said unto him, Now ye the Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter; but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.

^{40 Ref} Ye foolish ones, did not he that made the outside make the inside also?

^{41 Ref} But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, all things are clean unto you.

^{42 Ref} But woe unto you Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass over justice and the love of God: but these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

^{43 Ref} Woe unto you Pharisees! for ye love the chief seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the marketplaces.

^{44 Ref} Woe unto you! for ye are as the tombs which appear not, and the men that walk over `them' know it not.

^{45 Ref} And one of the lawyers answering saith unto him, Teacher, in saying this thou reproachest us also.

^{46 Ref} And he said, Woe unto you lawyers also! for ye load men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

^{47 Ref} Woe unto you! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

^{48 Ref} So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build `their tombs'.

^{49 Ref} Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send unto them prophets and apostles; and `some' of them they shall kill and persecute;

^{50 Ref} that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

^{51 Ref} from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary: yea, I say unto you, it shall be required of this generation.

^{52 Ref} Woe unto you lawyers! for ye took away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.

^{53 Ref} And when he was come out from thence, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press upon `him' vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things;

^{54 Ref} laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth.

^{1 Ref} 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 Ref} He said to them, "When you pray, say, 'Our Father in heaven, May your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on Earth, as it is in heaven.

^{3 Ref} Give us day by day our daily bread.

^{4 Ref} Forgive us our sins, For we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one.'"

^{5 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} "I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.

^{10 Ref} For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

^{11 Ref} "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 Ref} Or if he asks for an egg, he won't give him a scorpion, will he?

^{13 Ref} 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?"

^{14 Ref} 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 Ref} But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons."

^{16 Ref} Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.

^{17 Ref} But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. A house divided against itself falls.

^{18 Ref} If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.

^{19 Ref} But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore will they be your judges.

^{20 Ref} But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come to you.

^{21 Ref} "When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe.

^{22 Ref} 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 Ref} "He that is not with me is against me. He who doesn't gather with me scatters.

^{24 Ref} 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 Ref} When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order.

^{26 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} But he said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it."

^{29 Ref} 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 Ref} For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of Man be to this generation.

^{31 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} "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 Ref} 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 Ref} Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn't darkness.

^{36 Ref} 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 Ref} Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in, and sat at the table.

^{38 Ref} When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner.

^{39 Ref} The Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.

^{40 Ref} You foolish ones, didn't he who made the outside make the inside also?

^{41 Ref} But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.

^{42 Ref} But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and the love of God. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

^{43 Ref} Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces.

^{44 Ref} Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don't know it."

^{45 Ref} One of the lawyers answered him, "Teacher, in saying this you insult us also."

^{46 Ref} He said, "Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won't even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.

^{47 Ref} Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

^{48 Ref} So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.

^{49 Ref} Therefore also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute,

^{50 Ref} that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

^{51 Ref} from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.' Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.

^{52 Ref} Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn't enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered."

^{53 Ref} 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 Ref} lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.