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He was praying in a certain place ,
and when he ceased ,
one of his disciples said to him , "
Lord ,
teach us to pray ,
as John taught his disciples ."
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And he said to them , "
When you pray ,
say : "
Father ,
hallowed be thy name .
Thy kingdom come .
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Give us each day our daily bread ;
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and forgive us our sins ,
for we ourselves forgive every one who is indebted to us ;
and lead us not into temptation ."
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And he said to them , "
Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him , `
Friend ,
lend me three loaves ;
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for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey ,
and I have nothing to set before him ';
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and he will answer from within , `
Do not bother me ;
the door is now shut ,
and my children are with me in bed ;
I cannot get up and give you anything '?
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I tell you ,
though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend ,
yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him whatever he needs .
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And I tell you ,
Ask ,
and it will be given you ;
seek ,
and you will find ;
knock ,
and it will be opened to you .
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For every one who asks receives ,
and he who seeks finds ,
and to him who knocks it will be opened .
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What father among you ,
if his son asks for a fish ,
will instead of a fish give him a serpent ;
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or if he asks for an egg ,
will give him a scorpion ?
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If you then ,
who are evil ,
know how to give good gifts to your children ,
how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him !"
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Now he was casting out a demon that was dumb ;
when the demon had gone out ,
the dumb man spoke ,
and the people marveled .
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But some of them said , "
He casts out demons by Be-el '
zebul ,
the prince of demons ";
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while others ,
to test him ,
sought from him a sign from heaven .
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But he ,
knowing their thoughts ,
said to them , "
Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste ,
and a divided household falls .
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And if Satan also is divided against himself ,
how will his kingdom stand ?
For you say that I cast out demons by Be-el '
zebul .
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And if I cast out demons by Be-el '
zebul ,
by whom do your sons cast them out ?
Therefore they shall be your judges .
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But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons ,
then the kingdom of God has come upon you .
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When a strong man ,
fully armed ,
guards his own palace ,
his goods are in peace ;
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but when one stronger than he assails him and overcomes him ,
he takes away his armor in which he trusted ,
and divides his spoil .
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He who is not with me is against me ,
and he who does not gather with me scatters .
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When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man ,
he passes through waterless places seeking rest ;
and finding none he says , `
I will return to my house from which I came .'
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And when he comes he finds it swept and put in order .
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Then he goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than himself ,
and they enter and dwell there ;
and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first ."
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As he said this ,
a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him , "
Blessed is the womb that bore you ,
and the breasts that you sucked !"
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But he said , "
Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it !"
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When the crowds were increasing ,
he began to say , "
This generation is an evil generation ;
it seeks a sign ,
but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of Jonah .
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For as Jonah became a sign to the men of Nin '
eveh ,
so will the Son of man be to this generation .
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The queen of the South will arise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them ;
for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon ,
and behold ,
something greater than Solomon is here .
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The men of Nin '
eveh will arise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it ;
for they repented at the preaching of Jonah ,
and behold ,
something greater than Jonah is here .
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No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a bushel ,
but on a stand ,
that those who enter may see the light .
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Your eye is the lamp of your body ;
when your eye is sound ,
your whole body is full of light ;
but when it is not sound ,
your body is full of darkness .
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Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness .
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If then your whole body is full of light ,
having no part dark ,
it will be wholly bright ,
as when a lamp with its rays gives you light ."
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While he was speaking ,
a Pharisee asked him to dine with him ;
so he went in and sat at table .
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The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first wash before dinner .
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And the Lord said to him , "
Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish ,
but inside you are full of extortion and wickedness .
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You fools !
Did not he who made the outside make the inside also ?
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But give for alms those things which are within ;
and behold ,
everything is clean for you .
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But woe to you Pharisees !
for you tithe mint and rue and every herb ,
and neglect justice and the love of God ;
these you ought to have done ,
without neglecting the others .
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Woe to you Pharisees !
for you love the best seat in the synagogues and salutations in the market places .
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Woe to you !
for you are like graves which are not seen ,
and men walk over them without knowing it ."
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One of the lawyers answered him , "
Teacher ,
in saying this you reproach us also ."
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And he said , "
Woe to you lawyers also !
for you load men with burdens hard to bear ,
and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers .
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Woe to you !
for you build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed .
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So you are witnesses and consent to the deeds of your fathers ;
for they killed them ,
and you build their tombs .
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Therefore also the Wisdom of God said , `
I will send them prophets and apostles ,
some of whom they will kill and persecute ,'
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that the blood of all the prophets ,
shed from the foundation of the world ,
may be required of this generation ,
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from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechari '
ah ,
who perished between the altar and the sanctuary .
Yes ,
I tell you ,
it shall be required of this generation .
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Woe to you lawyers !
for you have taken away the key of knowledge ;
you did not enter yourselves ,
and you hindered those who were entering ."
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As he went away from there ,
the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard ,
and to provoke him to speak of many things ,
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lying in wait for him ,
to catch at something he might say .