| 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. |
| 3 | Give us day by day our daily
bread. |
| 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; |
| 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. |
| 9 |
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. |
| 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? |
| 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. |
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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. |
| 18 | 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: |
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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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 35 | Take heed therefore that the light
which is in thee be not darkness. |
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36 | 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. |
| 37 |
And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went
in, and sat down to meat. |
| 38 |
And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed
before dinner. |
| 39 | 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. |
| 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. |
| 42 | 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. |
| 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. |
| 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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47 | Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the
prophets, and your fathers killed them. |
| 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: |
| 50 |
That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the
world, may be required of this generation; |
| 51 | 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. |
| 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. |
| 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: |
| 54 | Laying wait for him, and seeking to
catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him. |
