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KING JAMES VERSION
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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. |
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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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Give us day by day our daily bread. |
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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.
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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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For a friend of mine in his journey is come to
me, and I have nothing to set before him?
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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.
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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. |
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For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that
seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. |
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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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Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a
scorpion? |
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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?
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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.
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But some of them
said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils.
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And others, tempting
him, sought of him a sign from heaven. |
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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. |
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And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom
do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.
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But if I with the finger of God cast out devils,
no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.
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When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his
goods are in peace:
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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.
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He that is not with me is against me: and he
that gathereth not with me scattereth.
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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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And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and
garnished. |
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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. |
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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. |
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But he said,
Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word
of God, and keep it.
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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. |
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For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so
shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
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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. |
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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. |
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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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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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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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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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Ye fools, did not he that made that which is
without make that which is within also?
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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. |
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Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the
uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
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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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Then answered one of
the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us
also.
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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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Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of
your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. |
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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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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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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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Laying wait for him,
and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
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