1 En toe Hy op 'n sekere plek besig was om te bid, sê een van sy dissipels vir Hom nadat Hy opgehou het: Here, leer ons bid, soos Johannes ook sy dissipels geleer het.
2 En Hy sê vir hulle: Wanneer julle bid, sê: Onse Vader wat in die hemele is, laat u Naam geheilig word; laat u koninkryk kom; laat u wil geskied, soos in die hemel net so ook op die aarde;
3 gee ons elke dag ons daaglikse brood;
4 en vergeef ons ons sondes, want ons vergewe ook elkeen wat aan ons skuldig is; en lei ons nie in versoeking nie, maar verlos ons van die Bose.
5 En Hy het vir hulle gesê: Wie van julle sal 'n vriend hê en sal middernag na hom gaan en vir hom sê: Vriend, leen my drie brode,
6 want 'n vriend van my het van 'n reis by my aangekom, en ek het niks om aan hom voor te sit nie --
7 en die van binnekant sal antwoord en sê: Moenie my lastig val nie; die deur is al gesluit, en my kinders is saam met my al in die bed; ek kan nie opstaan om vir jou te gee nie.
8 Ek sê vir julle, al sou hy ook nie opstaan en vir hom gee omdat hy sy vriend is nie, sal hy tog ter wille van sy onbeskaamdheid opstaan en hom gee soveel as hy nodig het.
9 En Ek sê vir julle: Bid, en vir julle sal gegee word; soek, en julle sal vind; klop, en vir julle sal oopgemaak word.
10 Want elkeen wat bid, ontvang; en hy wat soek, vind; en vir hom wat klop, sal oopgemaak word.
11 En vir watter vader onder julle sal sy seun brood vra, en hy sal hom 'n klip gee; of ook 'n vis, en hy sal hom in plaas van 'n vis 'n slang gee;
12 of ook as hy 'n eier vra, hom 'n skerpioen gee?
13 As julle dan wat sleg is, weet om goeie gawes aan julle kinders te gee, hoeveel te meer sal die hemelse Vader die Heilige Gees gee aan die wat Hom bid?
14 En Hy het 'n duiwel uitgedryf, en die was stom. En toe die duiwel uitgaan, het die stom man gepraat; en die skare het hulle verwonder.
15 Maar sommige van hulle sê: Deur Beëlsebul, die owerste van die duiwels, dryf Hy die duiwels uit.
16 En ander het Hom versoek en van Hom 'n teken uit die hemel begeer.
17 Maar Hy het hulle gedagtes geken en vir hulle gesê: Elke koninkryk wat teen homself verdeeld is, word verwoes; en 'n huis wat teen homself is, val.
18 En as die Satan ook teen homself verdeeld is, hoe sal sy koninkryk bly staan? Want julle sê dat Ek deur Beëlsebul die duiwels uitdryf.
19 En as Ek deur Beëlsebul die duiwels uitdryf, deur wie dryf julle seuns hulle uit? Daarom sal hulle jul regters wees.
20 Maar as Ek deur die vinger van God die duiwels uitdryf, dan het die koninkryk van God waarlik by julle gekom.
21 Wanneer 'n sterk man wat goed gewapend is, sy huis bewaak, is sy besittings in veiligheid.
22 Maar as een hom oorval wat sterker is as hy en hom oorwin, neem hy sy volle wapenrusting weg waar hy op vertrou het, en deel sy buit uit.
23 Hy wat nie met My is nie, is teen My; en hy wat nie saam met My versamel nie, verstrooi.
24 Wanneer die onreine gees uit die mens uitgegaan het, gaan hy deur waterlose plekke en soek rus; en as hy dit nie vind nie, sê hy: Ek sal teruggaan na my huis waar ek uitgegaan het.
25 En hy kom en vind dit uitgevee en versierd.
26 Dan gaan hy en neem sewe ander geeste, slegter as hy self, en hulle kom in en woon daar; en die laaste van daardie mens word erger as die eerste.
27 En terwyl Hy dit spreek, het 'n vrou uit die skare haar stem verhef en vir Hom gesê: Salig is die skoot wat U gedra het, en die borste wat U gesoog het.
28 En Hy sê: Ja, maar salig is hulle wat die woord van God hoor en dit bewaar.
29 En toe die skare saamstroom, begin Hy te sê: Hierdie geslag is boos; dit soek na 'n teken, en geen teken sal aan hom gegee word nie, behalwe die teken van die profeet Jona.
30 Want soos Jona 'n teken was vir die Nineviete, so sal die Seun van die mens ook wees vir hierdie geslag.
31 Die koningin van die Suide sal in die oordeel opstaan saam met die manne van hierdie geslag en hulle veroordeel; want sy het gekom van die eindes van die aarde af om die wysheid van Salomo te hoor, en -- meer as Salomo is hier!
32 Die manne van Ninev, sal in die oordeel opstaan saam met hierdie geslag en dit veroordeel; want hulle het hul op die prediking van Jona bekeer, en -- meer as Jona is hier!
33 En niemand steek 'n lamp op en sit dit in 'n verborge plek of onder die maatemmer nie, maar op die staander, sodat die wat binnekom, die lig kan sien.
34 Die lamp van die liggaam is die oog. As jou oog dan reg is, is jou hele liggaam ook verlig; maar as dit verkeerd is, is jou liggaam ook donker.
35 Pas dan op dat die lig in jou nie duisternis is nie.
36 As jou hele liggaam dan verlig is en nie enige deel het wat donker is nie, sal dit heeltemal verlig wees, net soos wanneer die lamp met sy skynsel jou verlig.
37 En onderwyl Hy besig was om te spreek, het 'n sekere Fariseër Hom uitgenooi om by hom te kom eet; en Hy het ingekom en aan tafel gegaan.
38 En toe die Fariseër dit sien, het hy hom verwonder dat Hy nie voor die maaltyd eers gewas het nie.
39 Maar die Here sê vir hom: Ja, julle Fariseërs, julle maak die buitekant van die beker en die bord skoon, maar van binne is julle vol roof en boosheid.
40 Onverstandiges, het Hy wat die buitekant gemaak het, nie die binnekant ook gemaak nie?
41 Maar gee wat daarin is, as aalmoes, en dan is alles vir julle rein.
42 Maar wee julle, Fariseërs, want julle gee tiendes van die kruisement en die wynruit en elke groentesoort, en julle verwaarloos die reg en die liefde tot God. Hierdie dinge behoort julle te doen sonder om die ander na te laat.
43 Wee julle, Fariseërs, want julle hou van die voorste banke in die sinagoges en die begroetinge op die markte.
44 Wee julle, skrifgeleerdes en Fariseërs, geveinsdes, want julle is soos grafte wat onherkenbaar is, en die mense wat daaroor loop, weet dit nie.
45 Toe antwoord een van die wetgeleerdes en sê vir Hom: Meester, as U so spreek, beledig U ons ook.
46 En Hy sê: Wee julle ook, wetgeleerdes, want julle lê laste op die mense wat swaar is om te dra, en self roer julle die laste nie met een van julle vingers aan nie.
47 Wee julle, want julle bou die grafte van die profete, en julle vaders het hulle gedood.
48 Julle gee dus getuienis vir die werke van julle vaders en het saam welbehae daarin, want hulle het hul gedood en julle bou hul grafte.
49 Daarom het die wysheid van God ook gesê: Ek sal profete en apostels na hulle stuur, en van die sal hulle doodmaak en vervolg,
50 sodat van hierdie geslag afgeëis kan word die bloed van al die profete wat vergiet is van die grondlegging van die wêreld af,
51 van die bloed van Abel af tot op die bloed van Sagar¡a wat omgekom het tussen die reukaltaar en die huis van God. Ja, Ek sê vir julle, dit sal afgeëis word van hierdie geslag.
52 Wee julle, wetgeleerdes, want julle het die sleutel van die kennis weggeneem; self het julle nie ingegaan nie, en vir die wat wou ingaan, het julle verhinder.
53 En toe Hy dit aan hulle sê, begin die skrifgeleerdes en die Fariseërs Hom skerp in die oog te hou en Hom uit te vra oor baie dinge,
54 om vir Hom 'n strik te stel en te probeer om iets uit sy mond op te vang, sodat hulle Hom kon beskuldig.
1 And it came about that he was in prayer in a certain place, and when he came to an end, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, will you give us teaching about prayer, as John did to his disciples?
2 And he said to them, When you say your prayers, say, Father, may your name be kept holy and your kingdom come.
3 Give us every day bread for our needs.
4 May we have forgiveness for our sins, as we make free all those who are in debt to us. And let us not be put to the test.
5 And he said to them, Which of you, having a friend, would go to him in the middle of the night and say to him, Friend, let me have three cakes of bread;
6 Because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to put before him;
7 And he, from inside the house, would say in answer, Do not be a trouble to me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; it is not possible for me to get up and give to you?
8 I say to you, Though he will not get up and give to him, because he is his friend, still, if he keeps on making his request, he will get up and give him as much as he has need of.
9 And I say to you, Make requests, and they will be answered; what you are searching for, you will get; when you give the sign, the door will be open to you.
10 For to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire; and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.
11 And which of you, being a father, will give a stone to his son, who makes request for bread? or for a fish, will give him a snake?
12 Or for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
13 If, then, you who are evil are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who make request to him?
14 And he was sending an evil spirit out of a man who was without the power of talking. And it came about that when the spirit had gone the man had the power of talking; and the people were full of wonder.
15 But some of them said, He sends out evil spirits by Beelzebul, the ruler of evil spirits.
16 And others, testing him, were looking for a sign from heaven from him.
17 But he, having knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom in which there is division is made waste; and a house in which there is division comes to destruction.
18 If, then, Satan is at war with himself, how will he keep his kingdom? because you say that I send evil spirits out of men by the help of Beelzebul.
19 And if I, by Beelzebul, send out evil spirits, by whose help do your sons send them out? so let them be your judges.
20 But if I, by the finger of God, send out evil spirits, then the kingdom of God has overtaken you.
21 When the strong man armed keeps watch over his house, then his goods are safe:
22 But when one who is stronger makes an attack on him and overcomes him, he takes away his instruments of war, in which he had put his faith, and makes division of his goods.
23 He who is not with me is against me, and he who will not give me help in getting people together is driving them away.
24 The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of a man, goes through dry places, looking for rest; and when he does not get it, he says, I will go back to my house from which I came.
25 And when he comes, he sees that it has been made fair and clean.
26 Then he goes and gets seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they go in, and take their places there: and the last condition of that man is worse than the first.
27 And it came about that when he said these things, a certain woman among the people said in a loud voice, Happy is the body which gave you birth, and the breasts from which you took milk.
28 But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.
29 And when a great number of people came together to him, he said, This generation is an evil generation: it is looking for a sign and no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.
30 For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of man be to this generation.
31 The queen of the South will come up on the day of judging and give her decision against the men of this generation: for she came from the ends of the earth to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon; and now something greater than Solomon is here.
32 The men of Nineveh will come up in the day of judging and give their decision against this generation: for they were turned away from their sins at the preaching of Jonah; but now something greater than Jonah is here.
33 No man, when the light has been lighted, puts it in a secret place, or under a vessel, but on its table, so that those who come in may see the light.
34 The light of the body is the eye: when your eye is true, all your body is full of light; but when it is evil, your body is dark.
35 So take care that the light which is in you is not dark.
36 If, then, all your body is light, with no part of it dark, it will be completely full of light, as when a flame with its bright shining gives you light.
37 Now, while he was talking, a Pharisee made a request that he would come to a meal with him; and he went in and took his seat at the meal.
38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he was surprised because he came to the meal without first washing himself.
39 And the Lord said to him, You Pharisees make the outside of the cup and the plate clean; but inside you are thieves and full of evil.
40 O you foolish ones! did not he who made the outside in the same way make the inside?
41 But if you give to the poor such things as you are able, then all things are clean to you.
42 But a curse is on you, Pharisees! for you make men give a tenth of every sort of plant, and give no thought to right and the love of God; but it is right for you to do these things, and not let the others be undone.
43 A curse is on you, Pharisees! for your desires are for the most important seats in the Synagogues and for words of respect said to you in the market-place.
44 A curse is on you! for you are like the resting-places of dead men, which are not seen, and men go walking over them without knowledge of it.
45 And one of the teachers of the law, answering, said to him, Master, in saying this, you give a bad name to us as to them.
46 And he said, A curse is on you, teachers of the law! for while other men are crushed under the weight of the rules you make for them, you yourselves do not put so much as one finger to them.
47 A curse is on you! for you make resting-places for the bodies of the prophets, but your fathers put them to death.
48 So you are witnesses and give approval to the work of your fathers; for they put them to death and you make their last resting-places.
49 For this reason the wisdom of God has said, I will send them prophets and teachers, and to some of them they will give death and cruel pains;
50 So that punishment may come on this generation for the blood of all the prophets which was given from the earliest days;
51 From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who was put to death between the altar and the Temple. Yes, I say to you, It will come on this generation.
52 A curse is on you, teachers of the law! for you have taken away the key of knowledge: you did not go in yourselves, and you got in the way of those who were going in.
53 And when he had come out of that place, the scribes and the Pharisees came round him angrily, questioning him about more things;
54 And watching him, for a chance to get something from his words which might be used against him.