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 (11:9)

For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened (11:10)

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? (11:11)

Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? (11:12)

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? (11:13)

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 (11:14)

But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils. (11:15) com1

And others, tempting [him], sought of him a sign from heaven (11:16)

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 (11:17)

If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub (11:18)

And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast [them] out? therefore shall they be your judges (11:19)

But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you (11:20)

When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: (11:21)

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 (11:22)

He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth (11:23)

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 (11:24)

And when he cometh, he findeth [it] swept and garnished (11:25)

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 (11:26)

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 (11:27)

But he said, Yea rather, blessed [are] they that hear the word of God, and keep it (11:28)

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 (11:29)

For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation (11:30)

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 (11:31)

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 (11:32)

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. (11:33)

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 (11:34)

Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness (11:35)

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 (11:36)

And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat (11:37)

And when the Pharisee saw [it], he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner (11:38)

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 (11:39)

[Ye] fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also? (11:40)

But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you (11:41)

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. (11:42) com2

Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets (11:43)

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] (11:44)

Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also (11:45)

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 (11:46)

Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them (11:47)

Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres (11:48)

Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and [some] of them they shall slay and persecute: (11:49)

That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; (11:50)

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 (11:51)

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. (11:52) com3

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: (11:53) com4

Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him. (11:54)

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