Luke:11

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* And it came to pass as he was in a certain place praying , that when he ceased , a certain man of his disciples said to him , Lord , teach us to pray as John also taught his disciples . * And he said to them , When ye pray , say , Our Father in the heavens , hallowed be thy name . May thy kingdom come , may thy will happen on the earth as also in heaven . * Give us our bread sufficient for each day . * And forgive us our sins , for we ourselves also forgive every man who is indebted to us . And bring us not into temptation , but deliver us from evil . * And he said to them , Which of you will have a friend , and will go to him at midnight , and say to him , Friend , lend me three loaves , * since a friend arrived from the road to me , and I do not have what I would set before him , * and that man from inside , having answered , would say , Do not cause toils for me . The door is now shut , and my children are with me in bed . I am not able , after getting up , to give thee ? * I say to you , though he will not give him , after getting up , because he is his friend , yet because of his persistence , having awaken , he will give him as many as he needs . * And I say to you , ask , and it will be given you . Seek , and ye will find . Knock , and it will be opened . * For every man who asks receives , and he who seeks finds , and to him who knocks it will be opened . * And which father of you , if the son will ask a loaf , will give him a stone , or also if a fish , in place of a fish will give him a serpent ? * Or if he should ask for an egg , will he give him a scorpion ? * If ye then , being evil , know how to give good gifts to your children , how much more the Father from heaven will give Holy Spirit to those who ask him ? * And he was casting out a demon , and it was mute . And it happened when the demon was gone out , the mute man spoke . And the multitudes marveled , * but some of them said , He casts out the demons by Beelzebub , ruler of the demons . * And others , challenging , sought from him a sign from the sky . * But he , knowing their thoughts , said to them , Every kingdom that was divided against itself is made desolate , and a house against a house falls . * And if Satan also is divided against himself , how will his kingdom be made to stand ? Because ye say that I cast out the demons by Beelzebub . * And if I cast out the demons by Beelzebub , by whom do your sons cast them out ? Because of this they will be your judges . * But if by a finger of God I cast out the demons , then the kingdom of God has come upon you . * When the fully armed strong man guards his palace , the things possessed by him are in peace , * but when a stronger than he comes , after defeating him , he takes away his full armor in which he trusted , and divides his booty . * He who is not with me is against me , and he who does not gather with me scatters . * When the unclean spirit departs out of the man , it passes through waterless places seeking rest . And not finding , it says , I will return to my house from where I came out . * And when it comes , it finds it swept and put in order . * Then it goes , and takes along seven other spirits more evil than itself , and having enter in , it dwells there . And the last state of that man becomes worse than the first . * And it came to pass , as he said these things , a certain woman , having lifted up her voice out of the crowd , said to him , Blessed is the belly that bore thee , and the breasts that thou suckled . * But he said , Blessed rather , are those who hear the word of God , and keep it . * And when the multitudes gathered together he began to say , This generation is evil . They seek a sign , and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah , the prophet . * For as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites , so also the Son of man will be to this generation . * The queen of the south will awake in the judgment with the men of this generation , and will condemn them , because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon , and behold , a greater than Solomon is here . * The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation , and will condemn it , because they repented at the preaching of Jonah , and behold , a greater than Jonah is here . * And no man , having lit a lamp , puts it in a concealed place , nor under the bushel , but on the lampstand , so that those who enter in may see the light . * The lamp of thy body is the eye . Therefore , when thine eye is sound , thy whole body is also bright , but when it is bad , thy body is also dark . * Watch therefore the light in thee not be darkness . * If therefore thy whole body is bright , not having any part dark , the whole will be bright , as when the lamp illuminates thee by the radiance . * Now as he spoke a certain Pharisee asks him that he might dine with him . And having entered in , he sat down . * And when the Pharisee saw , he marveled that he did not first wash before dinner . * And the Lord said to him , Now ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter , but your interior is full of plundering and wickedness . * Ye foolish men , did not he who made the outside also make the inside ? * But give compassion , things that are inside , and behold , all things are clean to you . * But woe to you Pharisees ! Because ye tithe mint and rue and every plant , and pass by justice and the love of God . It is necessary to do these things , and not to neglect those things . * Woe to you Pharisees ! Because ye love the place of honor in the synagogues , and the greetings in the marketplaces . * Woe to you scholars and Pharisees , hypocrites ! Because ye are like the unseen sepulchers , and the men who walk over them do not know . * And having answered , a certain man of the lawyers says to him , Teacher , in saying these things thou rebuke us also . * And he said , Woe also to you lawyers ! Because ye load men with burdens difficult to bear , and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers . * Woe to you ! Because ye build the sepulchers of the prophets , but your fathers killed them . * Consequently , ye testify and approve the works of your fathers , because they indeed killed them , and ye build their sepulchers . * Because of this also the wisdom of God said , I will send to them prophets and apostles . And some of them they will kill and persecute , * so that the blood of all the prophets that was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation , * from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah , who perished between the altar and the sanctuary . Yes , I say to you , it will be required of this generation . * Woe to you lawyers ! Because ye took away the key of knowledge . Ye did not enter in yourselves , and ye hindered those who were entering in . * And after he said these things to them , the scholars and the Pharisees began to harass him extremely , and to provoke him to speak impulsively about more things , * waiting to ambush him , seeking to catch something out of his mouth so that they might accuse him .

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