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Chapter 11 |
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1 | And it came to pass, that, as he was
praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him,
Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. |
| 2 | And he
said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be
thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
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| 3 | Give us day by day our daily bread. |
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4 | And forgive us our sins;
for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into
temptation; but deliver us from evil. |
| 5 | And he said unto them, Which of
you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him,
Friend, lend me three loaves; |
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6 | For a friend of mine in his journey is
come to me, and I have nothing to set before him? |
| 7 | 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 | I say unto
you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet
because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he
needeth. |
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| 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 | For
every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that
knocketh it shall be opened. |
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11 | If a son shall ask bread of any of you
that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a
fish give him a serpent? |
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12 | Or if he shall ask an egg, will he
offer him a scorpion? |
| 13 | 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 | And he was casting out a
devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the
dumb spake; and the people wondered. |
| 15 | But some of them said, He
casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils. |
| 16 | And
others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven. |
| 17 | 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. |
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If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because
ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub. |
| 19 | And if I by
Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall
they be your judges. |
| 20 | But if I with the finger of God cast out
devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you. |
| 21 | When a
strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: |
| 22 | But
when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from
him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils. |
| 23 | He
that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me
scattereth. |
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24 | When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he
walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will
return unto my house whence I came out. |
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25 | And when he cometh, he
findeth it swept and garnished. |
| 26 | Then goeth he, and taketh to
him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell
there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. |
| 27 | And
it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company
lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and
the paps which thou hast sucked. |
| 28 | But he said, Yea rather,
blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. |
| 29 | And when
the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil
generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign
of Jonas the prophet. |
| 30 | For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites,
so shall also the Son of man be to this generation. |
| 31 | The queen of
the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and
condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the
wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. |
| 32 | The
men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall
condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater
than Jonas is here. |
| 33 | No man, when he hath lighted a candle,
putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick,
that they which come in may see the light. |
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34 | The light of the body
is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of
light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
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| 35 | Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not
darkness. |
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| If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no
part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a
candle doth give thee light. |
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37 | And as he spake, a certain Pharisee
besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. |
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And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before
dinner. |
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| And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make
clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of
ravening and wickedness. |
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40 | Ye fools, did not he that made that
which is without make that which is within also? |
| 41 | But rather
give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto
you. |
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But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all
manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to
have done, and not to leave the other undone. |
| 43 | Woe unto
you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and
greetings in the markets. |
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44 | Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over
them are not aware of them. |
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45 | Then answered one of the lawyers, and
said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also. |
| 46 | And
he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous
to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your
fingers. |
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| Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the
prophets, and your fathers killed them. |
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48 | Truly ye bear witness that
ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build
their sepulchres. |
| 49 | Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I
will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and
persecute: |
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| That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from
the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; |
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From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias which perished between the
altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this
generation. |
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52 | Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the
key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in
ye hindered. |
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53 | And as he said these things unto them, the scribes
and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of
many things: |
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54 | Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something
out of his mouth, that they might accuse him. |
