8 I tell you, If he will not rise and give them to 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 to you, Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and ye will find; knock, and it will be opened to you:

10 for, every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it will be opened. Matt. vii. 10. 11 And, what father among you, whose child shall ask a fish, will, instead of a fish, give him a serpent? or, if he ask an egg, will give him a scorpion?

12 if ye then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children; how much rather will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

13 And he was casting out a devil, which was dumb and it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, that the dumb man spake; and the people wondered:

14 but some of them said, He casteth out devils by Beelzebub the chief of the devils :

15 and others, to try him, sought of him a sign from heaven:

16 but he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself,

is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth :

17 if Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils by Beelzebub :

18 and if I cast out devils by Beelzebub, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. 19 But, if I cast out devils by the finger of God, then truly the kingdom of God is come upon you.

20 When a strong man, wellarmed, guardeth his dwelling, his goods are in peace:

21 but, when a stronger than he cometh against him, and overcometh him, he taketh from him all his armour in which he trusted, and distributeth his spoils.

22 He that is not with me, is against me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.

23 When the unclean spirit is gone out of the man, it goeth through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, it saith, I will return to my house from whence I went out:

24 and when it cometh, it findeth it swept and garnished : 25 then it goeth, and taketh to it seven other spirits more wicked than itself; and they

enter in, and dwell there: and

2 Peter, ii. 21. the last state of that man is worse than the first.

26 And it came to pass, as he spake these words, that a certain woman raised her voice from among the multitude, and said to him; Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked!

27 but he said, Nay, rather, blessed are they that hearken to the word of God, and keep it. 28 And, as the multitude crowded upon him, he began to say, This generation is an Matt. xii. 38. evil generation: it seeketh a sign; yet, no sign will be given to it, but the sign of Jonah:

29 for, as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of man be a sign to this generation.

30 The queen of the South will rise up in the judgment against the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the end of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, something more than Solomon is here:

31 the men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment against this generation, and condemn it for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and, behold, something more than Jonah is here.

32 No one, when he hath lighted a lamp, putteth it in a secret place, or under a bushel; but, on its stand, that they who come in, may see the light:

33 the lamp of thy body is Matt. vi. 22. thine eye when thine eye is clear, thy whole body also is light; but when thine eye is disordered, thy body also is dark:

34 take heed, therefore, that that which is in thee for light, be not darkness:

35 if, therefore, thy whole body be light, having no part dark, the whole will be as light as when the lamp lighteth thee with its brightness.

36 And when he had spoken, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him; and he went in, and sat down :

37 and the Pharisee wondered, when he saw that he had not washed before dinner:

38 but the Lord said to him, Ye, Pharisees, cleanse the outside of the cup, and of the dish; but their inside, is full of your rapine and wicked- Matt. iii. 25.

ness:

39 (Senseless! did not he who made the outside, make the inside also?)

40 but rather give the things that are in them, for alms; c. xii. 35. and, behold, all things are clean to you.

41 But wo to you, Pharisees!

for ye pay tithe of mint, and of rue, and of all herbs, and pass by judgment and the love of God: these ye ought to do, yet not to leave the others undone :

42 Wo to you, Pharisees! for ye love the first seats in the synagogues, and salutations in the market-places :

43 Wo to you! for ye are as graves that appear not, and of which the men that walk over them, are not aware.

44 And one of the teachers of the law answered and said to him, Master, in saying thus, thou reproachest us also:

45 and he said, Wo also to you, ye teachers of the law! Matt. xxiii. 4. for ye load men with burdens hard to be borne, but ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers:

46 Wo to you! for ye build up the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed

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ND when he went forth from thence, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things;

2 closely watching him, to catch something from his mouth, that they might accuse him:

3 during which things, an innumerable multitude having gathered to them, so that they trode one upon another, he began to say to his disciples, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy : 4 but nothing is covered, that will not be revealed; neither hid, that will not be known: 5 therefore, whatever ye have said in the darkness, will be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the

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ear, in closets, will be proclaimed on the housetops.

6 And I say to you, who are my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do:

7 but I will forewarn you whom ye should fear; fear him, who, after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say to you, Fear him.

8 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? yet not one of them is forgotten before God:

9 yea, even the hairs of your head are all numbered: fear not, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

10 And I tell you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him will the Son of man, also, confess before the angels of God:

11 but, he who denieth me before men, will be denied by me before the angels of God:

12 and whoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, will be forgiven; but he who blasphemeth against the Holy Spirit, will not be forgiven.

13 And when they bring you before the synagogues, and magistrates, and authorities, c. xxi. 14. be not anxious how or what ye should answer, or what should say; 14 for, the Holy Spirit will

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teach you in that hour, what ye ought to say.

15 And one of the multitude said to him, Master, bid my brother to divide the inheritance with me:

16 and he said to him, "Man, "who made me a judge or a Exod. ii. 14. "divider over you?"

17 and he said to them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of his possessions.

18 And he spake a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully :

19 and he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, for I have no place where I can store my fruits?

20 and he said, I will do this: I will pull down my barns, and build larger, and I will there store all my fruits and my goods;

21 and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be joyful:

22 but God said to him, Thou fool, this night thy soul will be required of thee: whose, then, will be the things which thou hast provided?

23 so is he, who layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

24 And he said to his dis

ciples, Therefore I say to you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; nor for your body, what ye shall put on : 25 for the life is more than the food, and the body than the clothing:

26 consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap; which have neither storehouse nor barn, but God feedeth them how much better are ye than the birds?

27 And which of you is able, by anxious thought, to add one cubit to his stature?

28 if, then, ye are not able to do that which is least, why are ye anxious for the rest? 29 Consider the lilies, how they grow they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these: 30 but, if God so clothe the grass, which to day is in the field, and to-morrow is cast into the oven; how much rather will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?

31 And question not what ye shall eat, and what ye shall drink, neither perplex ye yourselves;

32 for, all the nations of the world require these things; and your Father knoweth that ye also have need of them:

33 but, seek ye his kingdom, and these things will be added

to you.

34 Fear not, little flock; for your Father is well pleased to give you that kingdom.

35 Sell the things that ye have, and give them in alms; provide for yourselves purses which grow not old; a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, nor moth corrupteth:

36 for, where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 37 Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;

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38 and ye yourselves like men waiting for their lord, when he shall return from the mar- Matt. xxv. riage; that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may open to him immediately:

39 blessed are those servants whom the Lord, when he cometh, shall find watching: verily I tell you, that he will gird himself, and make them sit down, and will come to them and serve them:

40 and if he come in the second, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are they:

41 and this ye know, that if the master of the house knew in what hour the thief would come, he would watch, and not suffer his house to be broken into :

42 and so ye, be ye ready; for, in the hour that ye think not, the Son of man cometh.