Luke:11

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* Now it came to pass , as He was praying in a certain place , when He ceased , that one of His disciples said to Him , "Lord , teach us to pray , just as John also taught his disciples ." * So He said to them , "Whenever you pray , say : Our Father in the heavens , hallowed be Your name . Your kingdom come . Your will be done , on earth as it is in heaven . * Give us day by day our daily bread . * And forgive us our sins , for we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us . And lead us not into temptation , but deliver us from the evil [one ]." * And He said to them , "Which of you shall have a friend , and go to him at midnight and say to him , 'Friend , lend me three loaves ; * for a friend has come to me on his journey , and I have nothing to set before him '; * and he will answer from within and say , 'Do not trouble me ; the door has already been shut , and my children are with me in bed ; I cannot get up and give to you '? * I say to you , even if he will not get up and give to him , because he is his friend , yet on account of his persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs . * "So I say to you , ask , and it shall be given to you ; seek , and you shall find ; knock , and it shall be opened to you . * For everyone who asks receives , and he who seeks finds , and to him who knocks it will be opened . * And which father among you , if his son asks for bread , will he give him a stone ? Or [if he asks for ] a fish , will he give him a serpent instead of a fish ? * Or if he asks for an egg , will he give him a scorpion ? * If you then , being evil , know [how ] to give good gifts to your children , by how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him !" * And He was casting out a demon , and it was mute . So it was , when the demon came out , that the mute man spoke ; and the crowds marveled . * But some of them said , "He casts out demons by Beelzebub , the ruler of the demons ." * But others , testing [Him ,] were seeking from Him a sign from heaven . * But He , knowing their thoughts , said to them : "Every kingdom divided against itself is made desolate , and a house divided against a house falls . * And if Satan also is divided against himself , how will his kingdom stand ? Because you say [that ]I cast out demons by Beelzebub . * And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub , by whom do your sons cast [them ] out ? Therefore they will be your judges . * But if I cast out demons by the finger of God , then the kingdom of God has come upon you . * When a strong man , fully armed , guards his own palace , his possessions are in peace . * But when someone stronger [than ] he comes upon [him ,] he overcomes him , [and ]he takes away his full armor in which he had trusted , and distributes his spoils . * He who is not with Me is against Me , and he who does not gather with Me scatters . * "When an unclean spirit goes out of a man , he goes through waterless places , seeking rest ; and not finding [any ], he says , 'I will return to my house from where I came out .' * And coming , he finds it swept and adorned . * Then he goes and takes along seven other spirits more wicked than himself , and they come and dwell there ; and the last state of that man is worse than the first ." * And it happened , while He spoke these things , that a certain woman from the crowd raised [her ] voice and said to Him , "Blessed is the womb which bore You , and the breasts which nursed You !" * But He said , "More than that , blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it !" * Now as the crowds gathered even more , He began to say , "This generation is evil . It seeks a sign , and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet . * For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites , so also the Son of Man will be to this generation . * The 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 indeed [one ] greater than Solomon is here . * The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation and shall condemn it , because they repented at the preaching of Jonah ; and indeed [one ] greater than Jonah is here . * "No one , having lit a lamp , puts it in a secret place or under a basket , but on a lampstand , so that those who come in may see the light . * The lamp of the body is the eye . Therefore , when your eye is clear , your whole body also is full of light . But when your eye is evil , your body also is dark . * Therefore take heed that the light which is in you is not darkness . * Therefore if your whole body is full of light , not having any part dark , the whole body will be full of light , as when the bright shining of a lamp gives light to you ." * And as He spoke , a certain Pharisee asked that He would eat with him . And having entered , He reclined [to eat ]. * And when the Pharisee saw it , he marveled that He had not first washed before the meal . * But the Lord said to him , "Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the dish , but the inside of you is full of greed and evil . * Fools ! Did not He who made the outside also make the inside ? * Nevertheless give what is inside as alms ; and see , all things are clean to you . * But woe to you Pharisees ! Because you pay a tithe of mint and rue and every vegetable , and you pass over justice and the love of God . These things [ ]you ought to have done , without leaving the others [undone ]. * Woe to you Pharisees ! Because you love the first seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces . * Woe to you , scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! Because you are like unmarked graves , and the men walking over them do not know it ." * Then one of the lawyers answered and said to Him , "Teacher , by saying these things You insult us also ." * And He said , "Woe to you lawyers as well ! Because you load men with burdens hard to bear , and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers . * Woe to you ! Because you build the tombs of the prophets , and your fathers killed them . * Consequently , you bear witness to and approve of the deeds of your fathers ; because they indeed killed them , but you build their tombs . * Therefore the wisdom of God also 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 which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required from this generation , * from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah who perished between the altar and the temple . Yes , I say to you , it shall be required of this generation . * Woe to you lawyers ! Because you have taken away the key of knowledge . You yourselves did not enter in , and those who were entering in you hindered ." * And as He said these things to them , the scribes and the Pharisees began to be dreadfully hostile , and to cross-examine Him about many things , * lying in wait for Him , and seeking to catch Him in something He might say , so that they might accuse Him .

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