1And it came to pass , as he was praying in a certain place , that when he ceased , one of his disciples said unto him , Lord , teach us to pray , even as John also taught his disciples . 2And he said unto them , When ye pray , say , Father , Hallowed be thy name . Thy kingdom come . 3Give us day by day our daily bread. 4And forgive us our sins; for we ourselves also forgive every one that is indebted to us . And bring us not into temptation .
Perseverance in Prayer
5And he said unto them , Which of you shall have a friend , and shall go unto him at midnight , and say to him , Friend , lend me three loaves; 6for a friend of mine is come to me from a journey , and I have nothing to set before him ; 7and 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? 8I say unto you , Though he will not rise and give him because he is his friend , yet because of his importunity he will arise and give him as many as he needeth. 9And I say unto you , Ask , and it shall be given you ; seek , and ye shall find ; knock , and it shall be opened unto you . 10For every one that asketh receiveth ; and he that seeketh findeth ; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 11And of which of you that is a father shall his son ask a loaf, and he give him a stone ? or a fish , and he for a fish give him a serpent ? 12Or if he shall ask an egg , will he give him a scorpion ? 13If 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 ?
Jesus and Beelzebul
14And he was casting out a demon that was dumb . And it came to pass , when the demon was gone out , the dumb man spake ; and the multitudes marvelled . 15But some of them said , By Beelzebub the prince of the demons casteth he out demons . 16And others , trying him , sought of him a sign from heaven . 17But he , knowing their thoughts , said unto them , Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth . 18And if Satan also is divided against himself , how shall his kingdom stand ? because ye say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub. 19And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons , by whom do your sons cast them out ? therefore shall they be your judges . 20But if I by the finger of God cast out demons , then is the kingdom of God come upon you . 21When the strong man fully armed guardeth his own court, his goods are in peace : 22but when a stronger than he shall come upon him , and overcome him , he taketh from him his whole armor wherein he trusted , and divideth his spoils . 23He that is not with me is against me ; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth .
The Sign of Jonah
24The unclean spirit when he is gone out of the man , passeth through waterless places , seeking rest, and finding none , he saith , I will turn back unto my house whence I came out . 25And when he is come , he findeth it swept and garnished . 26Then goeth he , and taketh to him seven other spirits more evil than himself ; and they enter in and dwell there : and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first . 27And it came to pass , as he said these things , a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice , and said unto him , Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts which thou didst suck. 28But he said , Yea rather , blessed are they that hear the word of God , and keep it . 29And when the multitudes were gathering together unto him , he began to say , This generation is an evil generation : it seeketh after a sign ; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah . 30For even as Jonah became a sign unto the Ninevites , so shall also the Son of man be to this generation . 31The 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 , a greater than Solomon is here . 32The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation , and shall condemn it : for they repented at the preaching of Jonah ; and behold , a greater than Jonah is here .
The Lamp of the Body
33No man , when he hath lighted a lamp , putteth it in a cellar , neither under the bushel , but on the stand, that they which enter in may see the light . 34The lamp of thy body is thine eye : when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light ; but when it is evil , thy body also is full of darkness . 35Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness . 36If therefore thy whole body be full of light , having no part dark , it shall be wholly full of light , as when the lamp with its bright shining doth give thee light .
Woes to the Pharisees and Experts in the Law
37Now as he spake , a Pharisee asketh him to dine with him : and he went in , and sat down to meat . 38And when the Pharisee saw it , he marvelled that he had not first bathed himself before dinner. 39And the Lord said unto him , Now ye the Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter ; but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness . 40Ye foolish ones, did not he that made the outside make the inside also ? 41But give for alms those things which are within ; and behold , all things are clean unto you . 42But woe unto you Pharisees ! for ye tithe mint and rue and every herb , and pass over justice and the love of God : but these ought ye to have done , and not to leave the other undone. 43Woe unto you Pharisees ! for ye love the chief seats in the synagogues , and the salutations in the marketplaces. 44Woe unto you ! for ye are as the tombs which appear not , and the men that walk over them know it not . 45And one of the lawyers answering saith unto him , Teacher , in saying this thou reproachest us also . 46And he said , Woe unto you lawyers also ! for ye load men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers . 47Woe unto you ! for ye build the tombs of the prophets , and your fathers killed them . 48So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers : for they killed them , and ye build their tombs . 49Therefore also said the wisdom of God , I will send unto them prophets and apostles; and some of them they shall kill and persecute ; 50that the blood of all the prophets , which was shed from the foundation of the world , may be required of this generation ; 51from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary: yea , I say unto you , it shall be required of this generation . 52Woe unto you lawyers ! for ye took away the key of knowledge : ye entered not in yourselves , and them that were entering in ye hindered . 53And when he was come out from thence , the scribes and the Pharisees began to press upon him vehemently , and to provoke him to speak of many things ; 54laying wait for him , to catch something out of his mouth .