1 A nd it came to pass as he was in a certain place praying, when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray, even as John also taught his disciples.

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.'

2 A nd he said to them, When ye pray, say, Father, thy name be hallowed; thy kingdom come;

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;

3 g ive us our needed bread for each day;

our appointed bread be giving us daily;

4 a nd remit us our sins, for we also remit to every one indebted to us; and lead us not into temptation.

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.'

5 A nd he said to them, Who among you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight and say to him, Friend, let me have three loaves,

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,

6 s ince a friend of mine on a journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him;

seeing a friend of mine came out of the way unto me, and I have not what I shall set before him,

7 a nd he within answering should say, Do not disturb me; the door is already shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise up to give thee?

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.

8 — I say to you, Although he will not get up and give to him because he is his friend, because of his shamelessness, at any rate, he will rise and give him as many as he wants.

`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;

9 A nd 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.

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;

10 F or every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it will be opened.

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.

11 B ut of whom of you that is a father shall a son ask bread, and shall give him a stone? or also a fish, and instead of a fish shall give him a serpent?

`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?

12 o r if also he shall ask an egg, shall give him a scorpion?

and if he may ask an egg, will he present to him a scorpion?

13 I f therefore ye, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much rather shall the Father who is of heaven give Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

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!'

14 A nd he was casting out a demon, and it was dumb; and it came to pass, the demon being gone out, the dumb spoke. And the crowds wondered.

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,

15 B ut some from among them said, By Beelzebub the prince of the demons casts he out demons.

and certain of them said, `By Beelzeboul, ruler of the demons, he doth cast forth the demons;'

16 A nd others tempting sought from him a sign out of heaven.

and others, tempting, a sign out of heaven from him were asking.

17 B ut he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation: and a house set against a house falls;

And he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, `Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated; and house against house doth fall;

18 a nd if also Satan is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom subsist? because ye say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub.

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.

19 B ut if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, your sons—by whom do they cast out? For this reason they shall be your judges.

`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;

20 B ut if by the finger of God I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God is come upon you.

but if by the finger of God I cast forth the demons, then come unawares upon you did the reign of God.

21 W hen the strong armed keeps his own house, his goods are in peace;

`When the strong man armed may keep his hall, in peace are his goods;

22 b ut when the stronger than he coming upon overcomes him, he takes away his panoply in which he trusted, and he will divide the spoil from him.

but when the stronger than he, having come upon, may overcome him, his whole-armour he doth take away in which he had trusted, and his spoils he distributeth;

23 H e that is not with me is against me, and he that gathers not with me scatters.

he who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me doth scatter.

24 W hen the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places seeking rest; and not finding he says, I will return to my house whence I came out.

`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;

25 A nd having come, he finds it swept and adorned.

and having come, it findeth swept and adorned;

26 T hen he goes and takes seven other spirits worse than himself, and entering in, they dwell there; and the last condition of that man becomes worse than the first.

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.'

27 A nd it came to pass as he spake these things, a certain woman, lifting up her voice out of the crowd, said to him, Blessed is the womb that has borne thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.

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!'

28 B ut he said, Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God and keep.

And he said, `Yea, rather, happy those hearing the word of God, and keeping!'

29 B ut as the crowds thronged together, he began to say, This generation is a wicked generation: it seeks a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it but the sign of Jonas.

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,

30 F or as Jonas was a sign to the Ninevites, thus shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

for as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall 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: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, more than Solomon is here.

`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!

32 M en of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and behold, more than Jonas is here.

`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!

33 B ut no one having lit a lamp sets it in secret, nor under the corn-measure, but on the lamp-stand, that they who enter in may see the light.

`And no one having lighted a lamp, doth put in a secret place, nor under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, that those coming in may behold the light.

34 T he lamp of the body is thine eye: when thine eye is simple, thy whole body also is light; but when it is wicked, thy body also is dark.

`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;

35 S ee therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

take heed, then, lest the light that in thee be darkness;

36 I f therefore thy whole body light, not having any part dark, it shall be all light as when the lamp lights thee with its brightness.

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.'

37 B ut as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him that he would dine with him; and entering in he placed himself at table.

And in speaking, a certain Pharisee was asking him that he might dine with him, and having gone in, he reclined (at meat),

38 B ut the Pharisee seeing wondered that he had not first washed before dinner.

and the Pharisee having seen, did wonder that he did not first baptize himself before the dinner.

39 B ut the Lord said to him, Now do ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but your inward are full of plunder and wickedness.

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;

40 F ools, has not he who has made the outside made the inside also?

unthinking! did not He who made the outside also the inside make?

41 B ut rather give alms of what ye have, and behold, all things are clean to you.

But what ye have give ye alms, and, lo, all things are clean to you.

42 B ut woe unto you, Pharisees, for ye pay tithes of mint and rue and every herb, and pass by the judgment and the love of God: these ye ought to have done, and not have left those aside.

`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.

43 W oe unto you, Pharisees, for ye love the first seat in the synagogues and salutations in the market-places.

`Wo to you, the Pharisees, because ye love the first seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the market-places.

44 W oe unto you, for ye are as the sepulchres which appear not, and the men walking over them do not know.

`Wo to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because ye are as the unseen tombs, and the men walking above have not known.'

45 A nd one of the doctors of the law answering says to him, Teacher, in saying these things thou insultest us also.

And one of the lawyers answering, saith to him, `Teacher, these things saying, us also thou dost insult;'

46 A nd he said, To you also woe, doctors of the law, for ye lay upon men burdens heavy to bear, and yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

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.

47 W oe unto you, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, but your fathers killed them.

`Wo to you, because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

48 Y e bear witness then, and consent to the works of your fathers; for they killed them, and ye build.

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;

49 F or this reason also the wisdom of God has said, I will send to them prophets and apostles, and of these shall they kill and drive out by persecution,

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,

50 t hat the blood of all the prophets which has been poured out from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,

that the blood of all the prophets, that is being poured forth from the foundation of the world, may be required from this generation;

51 f rom the blood of Abel to the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the house; yea, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation.

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.

52 W oe unto you, the doctors of the law, for ye have taken away the key of knowledge; yourselves have not entered in, and those who were entering in ye have hindered.

`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.'

53 A nd as he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him urgently, and to make him speak of many things;

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,

54 w atching him, to catch something out of his mouth,.

laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.