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| [1]And it came to pass, in his being in a certain place praying, as he ceased, a certain one of his disciples said unto him, `Sir, teach us to pray, as also John taught his disciples.' |
[1]And so it was, that as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Master, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. |
| [2]And he said to them, `When ye may pray, say ye: Our Father who art in the heavens; hallowed be Thy name: Thy reign come; Thy will come to pass, as in heaven also on earth; |
[2]And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name: Thy kingdom come: Let thy will be done even in earth, as it is in heaven: |
| [3]our appointed bread be giving us daily; |
[3]Our daily bread give us for the day: |
| [4]and forgive us our sins, for also we ourselves forgive every one indebted to us; and mayest Thou not bring us into temptation; but do Thou deliver us from the evil.' |
[4]And forgive us our sins: for even we forgive every man that is indebted to us: And lead us not into temptation: but deliver us from evil. |
| [5]And he said unto them, `Who of you shall have a friend, and shall go on unto him at midnight, and may say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves, |
[5]Â Moreover he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves? |
| [6]seeing a friend of mine came out of the way unto me, and I have not what I shall set before him, |
[6]For a friend of mine is come out of the way to me, and I have nothing to set before him: |
| [7]and he from within answering may say, Do not give me trouble, already the door hath been shut, and my children with me are in the bed, I am not able, having risen, to give to thee. |
[7]And he within should answer, and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed: I cannot rise and give them to thee. |
| [8]`I say to you, even if he will not give to him, having risen, because of his being his friend, yet because of his importunity, having risen, he will give him as many as he doth need; |
[8]I say unto you, though he would not arise and give him, because he is his friend, yet doubtless because of his importunity, he would rise, and give him as many as he needed. |
| [9]and I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you; |
[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 who is asking doth receive; and he who is seeking doth find; and to him who is knocking it shall be opened. |
[10]For every one that asketh, receiveth: and he that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened. |
| [11]`And of which of you -- the father -- if the son shall ask a loaf, a stone will he present to him? and if a fish, will he instead of a fish, a serpent present to him? |
[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]and if he may ask an egg, will he present to him a scorpion? |
[12]Or if he ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion? |
| [13]If, then, ye, being evil, have known good gifts to be giving to your children, how much more shall the Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those asking Him!' |
[13]If ye then which are evil, can give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Ghost to them, that desire him? |
| [14]And he was casting forth a demon, and it was dumb, and it came to pass, the demon having gone forth, the dumb man spake, and the multitudes wondered, |
[14]Â Then he cast out a devil which was dumb: and when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake, and the people wondered. |
| [15]and certain of them said, `By Beelzeboul, ruler of the demons, he doth cast forth the demons;' |
[15]But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils. |
| [16]and others, tempting, a sign out of heaven from him were asking. |
[16]And others tempted him, seeking of him a sign from heaven. |
| [17]And he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, `Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated; and house against house doth fall; |
[17]But he knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself, shall be desolate, and an house divided against an house, falleth. |
| [18]and if also the Adversary against himself was divided, how shall his kingdom be made to stand? for ye say, by Beelzeboul is my casting forth the demons. |
[18]So if Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand, because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub? |
| [19]`But if I by Beelzeboul cast forth the demons -- your sons, by whom do they cast forth? because of this your judges they shall be; |
[19]If I through Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore shall they be your judges. |
| [20]but if by the finger of God I cast forth the demons, then come unawares upon you did the reign of God. |
[20]But if I by the finger of God cast out devils, doubtless the kingdom of God is come unto you. |
| [21]`When the strong man armed may keep his hall, in peace are his goods; |
[21]When a strong man armed, keepeth his palace, the things that he possesseth, are in peace. |
| [22]but when the stronger than he, having come upon [him], may overcome him, his whole-armour he doth take away in which he had trusted, and his spoils he distributeth; |
[22]But when a stronger then he, cometh upon him, and overcometh him: he taketh from him all his armor wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils. |
| [23]he who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me doth scatter. |
[23]He that is not with me, is against me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth. |
| [24]`When the unclean spirit may go forth from the man it walketh through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding, it saith, I will turn back to my house whence I came forth; |
[24]When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest: and when he findeth none, he saith, I will return unto mine house whence I came out. |
| [25]and having come, it findeth [it] swept and adorned; |
[25]And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. |
| [26]then doth it go, and take to it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having entered, they dwell there, and the last of that man becometh worst than the first.' |
[26]Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits worse than himself: and they enter in, and dwell there, so the last state of that man is worse than the first. |
| [27]And it came to pass, in his saying these things, a certain woman having lifted up the voice out of the multitude, said to him, `Happy the womb that carried thee, and the paps that thou didst suck!' |
[27]Â And it came to pass as he said 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]And he said, `Yea, rather, happy those hearing the word of God, and keeping [it]!' |
[28]But he said, Yea, rather blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. |
| [29]And the multitudes crowding together upon him, he began to say, `This generation is evil, a sign it doth seek after, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet, |
[29]Â And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is a wicked generation: they seek a sign, and there shall no sign be given them, but the sign of Jonah the Prophet. |
| [30]for as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall the Son of Man be to this generation. |
[30]For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninivites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation. |
| [31]`A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and lo, greater than Solomon here! |
[31]The Queen of the South shall rise in judgment, with the men of this generation, and shall 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]`Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, because they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah; and lo, greater than Jonah here! |
[32]The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah: and behold, a greater than Jonah is here. |
| [33]`And no one having lighted a lamp, doth put [it] in a secret place, nor under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, that those coming in may behold the light. |
[33]Â No man lighteth a candle, and putteth it in a private place, neither under a bushel: but on a candlestick, that they which come in, may see the light. |
| [34]`The lamp of the body is the eye, when then thine eye may be simple, thy whole body also is lightened; and when it may be evil, thy body also is darkened; |
[34]The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, then is thy whole body light: but if thy eye be evil, then thy body is dark. |
| [35]take heed, then, lest the light that [is] in thee be darkness; |
[35]Take heed therefore, that the light which is in thee, be not darkness. |
| [36]if then thy whole body is lightened, not having any part darkened, the whole shall be lightened, as when the lamp by the brightness may give thee light.' |
[36]If therefore thy whole body shall be light, having no part dark, then shall all be light, even as when a candle doth light thee with the brightness. |
| [37]And in [his] speaking, a certain Pharisee was asking him that he might dine with him, and having gone in, he reclined (at meat), |
[37]Â And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down at table. |
| [38]and the Pharisee having seen, did wonder that he did not first baptize himself before the dinner. |
[38]And when the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed before dinner. |
| [39]And the Lord said unto him, `Now do ye, the Pharisees, the outside of the cup and of the plate make clean, but your inward part is full of rapine and wickedness; |
[39]And the Lord said to him, In deed ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup, and of the platter: but the inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. |
| [40]unthinking! did not He who made the outside also the inside make? |
[40]Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without, make that which is within also? |
| [41]But what ye have give ye [as] alms, and, lo, all things are clean to you. |
[41]Therefore, give alms of those things which are within, and behold, all things shall be clean to you. |
| [42]`But wo to you, the Pharisees, because ye tithe the mint, and the rue, and every herb, and ye pass by the judgment, and the love of God; these things it behoveth to do, and those not to be neglecting. |
[42]But woe be to you, Pharisees: for ye tithe the mint and the rue, and all manner herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to have left the other undone. |
| [43]`Wo to you, the Pharisees, because ye love the first seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the market-places. |
[43]Woe be to you, Pharisees: for ye love the uppermost seats in the Synagogues, and greetings in the markets. |
| [44]`Wo to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because ye are as the unseen tombs, and the men walking above have not known.' |
[44]Woe be to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them, perceive not. |
| [45]And one of the lawyers answering, saith to him, `Teacher, these things saying, us also thou dost insult;' |
[45]Â Then answered one of the expounders of the Law, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou puttest us to rebuke also. |
| [46]and he said, `And to you, the lawyers, wo! because ye burden men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves with one of your fingers do not touch the burdens. |
[46]And he said, Woe be to you also, ye interpreters of the Law: for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be born, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. |
| [47]`Wo to you, because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. |
[47]Woe be to you: for ye build the sepulchers of the Prophets, and your fathers killed them. |
| [48]Then do ye testify, and are well pleased with the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and ye do build their tombs; |
[48]Truly ye bear witness, and allow the deeds of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build their sepulchers. |
| [49]because of this also the wisdom of God said: I will send to them prophets, and apostles, and some of them they shall kill and persecute, |
[49]Therefore said the wisdom of God, I will send them Prophets and Apostles, and of them they shall slay and persecute, |
| [50]that the blood of all the prophets, that is being poured forth from the foundation of the world, may be required from this generation; |
[50]That the blood of all the Prophets, shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation, |
| [51]from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the house; yes, I say to you, It shall be required from this generation. |
[51]From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zechariah, which was slain between the altar and the Temple: Verily I say unto you, it shall be required of this generation. |
| [52]`Wo to you, the lawyers, because ye took away the key of the knowledge; yourselves ye did not enter; and those coming in, ye did hinder.' |
[52]Woe be to you, interpreters of the Law: for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that came in, ye forbade. |
| [53]And in his speaking these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began fearfully to urge and to press him to speak about many things, |
[53]And as he said these things unto them, the Scribes and Pharisees began to urge him sore, 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. |
[54]Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something of his mouth, whereby they might accuse him. |