And it came to pass, as he was in a certain place praying, when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray, even as John also taught his disciples.
And he said to them, When ye pray, say, Father, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.
Give us our needed bread for each day;
and forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one indebted to us; and lead us not into temptation.
And he said to them, Who among you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight and say unto him, Friend, let me have three loaves;
since a friend of mine on a journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?
and he within answering should say, Do not disturb me; the door is already shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise up to give [it] thee.
I say unto you, although he will not rise up and give [them] to him because he is his friend, because of his shamelessness, at any rate, he will rise up and give him as many as he wanteth.
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given unto you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it will be opened.
But of whom of you that is a father shall a son ask bread, and [the father] shall give him a stone? or also a fish, and instead of a fish shall give him a serpent?
or if also he shall ask an egg, shall give him a scorpion?
If, therefore, ye, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more will the Father who [is] of heaven give [the] Holy Spirit to them that ask him.
And he was casting out a demon, and it was dumb; and it came to pass, the demon having gone out, the dumb [man] spoke. And the crowds wondered.
But some from among them said, By Beelzebub, the prince of the demons, casts he out demons.
And others tempting [him], sought from him a sign out of heaven.
But he knowing their thoughts said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house set against a house falleth;
and if also Satan is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom subsist? because ye say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub.
But if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, your sons—by whom do they cast [them] out? For this reason they shall be your judges.
But if by the finger of God I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God is come upon you.
When the strong [man] armed keepeth his own house, his goods are in peace;
but when the stronger than he coming upon [him], overcometh him, he taketh away his panoply in which he trusted, and he will divide the spoil [he has taken] from him.
He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.
When the unclean spirit hath gone out of the man, he goeth through dry places, seeking rest; and not finding any, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.
And having come, he findeth it swept and adorned.
Then he goeth his way and taketh seven other spirits worse than himself, and entering in, they dwell there; and the last condition of that man becomes worse than the first.
And it came to pass as he spake these things, a certain woman, lifting up her voice, out of the crowd said to him, Blessed is the womb that has borne thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
But he said, Yea, rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God and keep [it].
But as the crowds thronged together, he began to say, This generation is a wicked generation: it seeketh a sign; and a sign shall not be given to it but the sign of Jonas.
For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, thus shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
A 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, more than Solomon is here.
Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation and shall condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, more than Jonas is here.
But no one having lighted a lamp setteth it secret, nor under the corn-measure, but on the lamp-stand, that they who enter in may see the light.
The lamp of the body is thine eye: [therefore] when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is light; but when it is wicked, thy body also is dark.
See, therefore, that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
If, therefore, the whole body is light, not having any part dark, it shall be all light, as when the lamp lighteth thee with its brightness.
But as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him that he would dine with him; and entering in he placed himself at table.
But the Pharisee seeing [it] wondered that he had not first washed before dinner.
But the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish; but your inward [parts] are full of plunder and wickedness.
Fools, hath not he who hath made the outside made the inside also?
But rather give alms of what ye have: and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe the mint and the rue and every herb, and pass by the judgment and the love of God: these ye ought to have done, and not have left those aside.
Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the first seat in the synagogues, and salutations in the market-places.
Woe unto you, [scribes, and Pharisees, hypocrites] for ye are as the sepulchres which appear not, and the men walking over them do not know [it].
And one of the doctors of the law answered and said to him, Teacher, in saying these things thou insultest us also.
And he said, Woe unto you also, doctors of the law! for ye lay upon men burdens heavy to bear, and yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
Woe unto you, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, but your fathers killed them.
Ye bear witness then and consent to the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build [their sepulchres].
For this reason also the wisdom of God hath said, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of these they shall kill and drive out by persecution,
that the blood of all the prophets, which hath been poured out from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the temple; yea, I say unto you, it shall be required of this generation.
Woe unto you, the doctors of the law, for ye have taken away the key of knowledge; yourselves have not entered in and those who were entering in ye have hindered.
And as he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him vehemently, and to make him speak of many things;
watching him [and seeking] to catch something out of his mouth [that they might accuse him].