1 De uma feita, estava Jesus orando em certo lugar; quando terminou, um dos seus discípulos lhe pediu: Senhor, ensina-nos a orar como também João ensinou aos seus discípulos. 2 Então, ele os ensinou: Quando orardes, dizei:

Pai,

santificado seja o teu nome;

venha o teu reino;

3 o pão nosso cotidiano dá-nos de dia em dia;

4 perdoa-nos os nossos pecados, pois também nós perdoamos a todo o que nos deve;

e não nos deixes cair em tentação.

5 Disse-lhes ainda Jesus: Qual dentre vós, tendo um amigo, e este for procurá-lo à meia-noite e lhe disser: Amigo, empresta-me três pães, 6 pois um meu amigo, chegando de viagem, procurou-me, e eu nada tenho que lhe oferecer. 7 E o outro lhe responda lá de dentro, dizendo: Não me importunes; a porta já está fechada, e os meus filhos comigo também já estão deitados. Não posso levantar-me para tos dar; 8 digo-vos que, se não se levantar para dar-lhos por ser seu amigo, todavia, o fará por causa da importunação e lhe dará tudo o de que tiver necessidade.

9 Por isso, vos digo: Pedi, e dar-se-vos-á; buscai, e achareis; batei, e abrir-se-vos-á. 10 Pois todo o que pede recebe; o que busca encontra; e a quem bate, abrir-se-lhe-á. 11 Qual dentre vós é o pai que, se o filho lhe pedir [pão, lhe dará uma pedra? Ou se pedir] um peixe, lhe dará em lugar de peixe uma cobra? 12 Ou, se lhe pedir um ovo lhe dará um escorpião? 13 Ora, se vós, que sois maus, sabeis dar boas dádivas aos vossos filhos, quanto mais o Pai celestial dará o Espírito Santo àqueles que lho pedirem?

14 De outra feita, estava Jesus expelindo um demônio que era mudo. E aconteceu que, ao sair o demônio, o mudo passou a falar; e as multidões se admiravam. 15 Mas alguns dentre eles diziam: Ora, ele expele os demônios pelo poder de Belzebu, o maioral dos demônios. 16 E outros, tentando-o, pediam dele um sinal do céu. 17 E, sabendo ele o que se lhes passava pelo espírito, disse-lhes: Todo reino dividido contra si mesmo ficará deserto, e casa sobre casa cairá. 18 Se também Satanás estiver dividido contra si mesmo, como subsistirá o seu reino? Isto, porque dizeis que eu expulso os demônios por Belzebu. 19 E, se eu expulso os demônios por Belzebu, por quem os expulsam vossos filhos? Por isso, eles mesmos serão os vossos juízes. 20 Se, porém, eu expulso os demônios pelo dedo de Deus, certamente, é chegado o reino de Deus sobre vós. 21 Quando o valente, bem-armado, guarda a sua própria casa, ficam em segurança todos os seus bens. 22 Sobrevindo, porém, um mais valente do que ele, vence-o, tira-lhe a armadura em que confiava e lhe divide os despojos. 23 Quem não é por mim é contra mim; e quem comigo não ajunta espalha.

24 Quando o espírito imundo sai do homem, anda por lugares áridos, procurando repouso; e, não o achando, diz: Voltarei para minha casa, donde saí. 25 E, tendo voltado, a encontra varrida e ornamentada. 26 Então, vai e leva consigo outros sete espíritos, piores do que ele, e, entrando, habitam ali; e o último estado daquele homem se torna pior do que o primeiro.

27 Ora, aconteceu que, ao dizer Jesus estas palavras, uma mulher, que estava entre a multidão, exclamou e disse-lhe: Bem-aventurada aquela que te concebeu, e os seios que te amamentaram! 28 Ele, porém, respondeu: Antes, bem-aventurados são os que ouvem a palavra de Deus e a guardam!

29 Como afluíssem as multidões, passou Jesus a dizer: Esta é geração perversa! Pede sinal; mas nenhum sinal lhe será dado, senão o de Jonas. 30 Porque, assim como Jonas foi sinal para os ninivitas, o Filho do Homem o será para esta geração. 31 A rainha do Sul se levantará, no Juízo, com os homens desta geração e os condenará; porque veio dos confins da terra para ouvir a sabedoria de Salomão. E eis aqui está quem é maior do que Salomão. 32 Ninivitas se levantarão, no Juízo, com esta geração e a condenarão; porque se arrependeram com a pregação de Jonas. E eis aqui está quem é maior do que Jonas.

33 Ninguém, depois de acender uma candeia, a põe em lugar escondido, nem debaixo do alqueire, mas no velador, a fim de que os que entram vejam a luz. 34 São os teus olhos a lâmpada do teu corpo; se os teus olhos forem bons, todo o teu corpo será luminoso; mas, se forem maus, o teu corpo ficará em trevas. 35 Repara, pois, que a luz que há em ti não sejam trevas. 36 Se, portanto, todo o teu corpo for luminoso, sem ter qualquer parte em trevas, será todo resplandecente como a candeia quando te ilumina em plena luz.

37 Ao falar Jesus estas palavras, um fariseu o convidou para ir comer com ele; então, entrando, tomou lugar à mesa. 38 O fariseu, porém, admirou-se ao ver que Jesus não se lavara primeiro, antes de comer. 39 O Senhor, porém, lhe disse: Vós, fariseus, limpais o exterior do copo e do prato; mas o vosso interior está cheio de rapina e perversidade. 40 Insensatos! Quem fez o exterior não é o mesmo que fez o interior? 41 Antes, dai esmola do que tiverdes, e tudo vos será limpo. 42 Mas ai de vós, fariseus! Porque dais o dízimo da hortelã, da arruda e de todas as hortaliças e desprezais a justiça e o amor de Deus; devíeis, porém, fazer estas coisas, sem omitir aquelas. 43 Ai de vós, fariseus! Porque gostais da primeira cadeira nas sinagogas e das saudações nas praças. 44 Ai de vós que sois como as sepulturas invisíveis, sobre as quais os homens passam sem o saber!

45 Então, respondendo um dos intérpretes da Lei, disse a Jesus: Mestre, dizendo estas coisas, também nos ofendes a nós outros! 46 Mas ele respondeu: Ai de vós também, intérpretes da Lei! Porque sobrecarregais os homens com fardos superiores às suas forças, mas vós mesmos nem com um dedo os tocais. 47 Ai de vós! Porque edificais os túmulos dos profetas que vossos pais assassinaram. 48 Assim, sois testemunhas e aprovais com cumplicidade as obras dos vossos pais; porque eles mataram os profetas, e vós lhes edificais os túmulos. 49 Por isso, também disse a sabedoria de Deus: Enviar-lhes-ei profetas e apóstolos, e a alguns deles matarão e a outros perseguirão, 50 para que desta geração se peçam contas do sangue dos profetas, derramado desde a fundação do mundo; 51 desde o sangue de Abel até ao de Zacarias, que foi assassinado entre o altar e a casa de Deus. Sim, eu vos afirmo, contas serão pedidas a esta geração. 52 Ai de vós, intérpretes da Lei! Porque tomastes a chave da ciência; contudo, vós mesmos não entrastes e impedistes os que estavam entrando.

53 Saindo Jesus dali, passaram os escribas e fariseus a argui-lo com veemência, procurando confundi-lo a respeito de muitos assuntos, 54 com o intuito de tirar das suas próprias palavras motivos para o acusar.

1 And it came to pass, as he was praying in a certain place, that when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, even as John also taught his disciples. 2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Father, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. 3 Give us day by day our daily bread. 4 And forgive us our sins; for we ourselves also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation.

5 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves; 6 for a friend of mine is come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him; 7 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? 8 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will arise and give him as many as he needeth. 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 that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 11 And of which of you that is a father shall his son ask a loaf, and he give him a stone? or a fish, and he for a fish give him a serpent? 12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion? 13 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?

14 And he was casting out a demon that was dumb. And it came to pass, when the demon was gone out, the dumb man spake; and the multitudes marvelled. 15 But some of them said, By Beelzebub the prince of the demons casteth he out demons. 16 And others, trying him, sought of him a sign from heaven. 17 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. 18 And if Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub. 19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. 20 But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon you. 21 When the strong man fully armed guardeth his own court, his goods are in peace: 22 but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him his whole armor wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils. 23 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth. 24 The unclean spirit when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and finding none, he saith, I will turn back unto my house whence I came out. 25 And when he is come, he findeth it swept and garnished. 26 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more evil than himself; and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first.

27 And it came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts which thou didst suck. 28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

29 And when the multitudes were gathering together unto him, he began to say, This generation is an evil generation: it seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah. 30 For even as Jonah became a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation. 31 The 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, a greater than Solomon is here. 32 The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the 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 No man, when he hath lighted a lamp, putteth it in a cellar, neither under the bushel, but on the stand, that they which enter in may see the light. 34 The lamp of thy body is thine eye: when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when it is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. 35 Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness. 36 If therefore thy whole body be full of light, having no part dark, it shall be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining doth give thee light.

37 Now as he spake, a Pharisee asketh him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. 38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first bathed himself before dinner. 39 And the Lord said unto him, Now ye the Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter; but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness. 40 Ye foolish ones, did not he that made the outside make the inside also? 41 But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, all things are clean unto you.

42 But woe unto you Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass over justice and the love of God: but these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. 43 Woe unto you Pharisees! for ye love the chief seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the marketplaces. 44 Woe unto you! for ye are as the tombs which appear not, and the men that walk over them know it not.

45 And one of the lawyers answering saith unto him, Teacher, in saying this thou reproachest us also. 46 And he said, Woe unto you lawyers also! for ye load men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. 47 Woe unto you! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 48 So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build their tombs. 49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send unto them prophets and apostles; and some of them they shall kill and persecute; 50 that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; 51 from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary: yea, I say unto you, it shall be required of this generation. 52 Woe unto you lawyers! for ye took away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.

53 And when he was come out from thence, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press upon him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things; 54 laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth.

1 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples."

2 He said to them, "When you pray, say: "'Father, " hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. [^2]

3 Give us each day our daily bread.

4 Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. " And lead us not into temptation. "'"

5 Then Jesus said to them, "Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread;

6 a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.'

7 And suppose the one inside answers, 'Don't bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can't get up and give you anything.'

8 I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity "he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.

9 "So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

10 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

11 "Which of you fathers, if your son asks for "a fish, will give him a snake instead?

12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"

14 Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon left, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowd was amazed.

15 But some of them said, "By Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he is driving out demons."

16 Others tested him by asking for a sign from heaven.

17 Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them: "Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall.

18 If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? I say this because you claim that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.

19 Now if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your followers drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.

20 But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

21 "When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe.

22 But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up his plunder.

23 "Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

24 "When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, 'I will return to the house I left.'

25 When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.

26 Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first."

27 As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, "Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you."

28 He replied, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it."

29 As the crowds increased, Jesus said, "This is a wicked generation. It asks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.

30 For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation.

31 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon's wisdom; and now something greater than Solomon is here.

32 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and now something greater than Jonah is here.

33 "No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light.

34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are healthy, "your whole body also is full of light. But when they are unhealthy, "your body also is full of darkness.

35 See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness.

36 Therefore, if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it dark, it will be just as full of light as when a lamp shines its light on you."

37 When Jesus had finished speaking, a Pharisee invited him to eat with him; so he went in and reclined at the table.

38 But the Pharisee was surprised when he noticed that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.

39 Then the Lord said to him, "Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

40 You foolish people! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also?

41 But now as for what is inside you —be generous to the poor, and everything will be clean for you.

42 "Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without leaving the former undone.

43 "Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the most important seats in the synagogues and respectful greetings in the marketplaces.

44 "Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves, which people walk over without knowing it."

45 One of the experts in the law answered him, "Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us also."

46 Jesus replied, "And you experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them.

47 "Woe to you, because you build tombs for the prophets, and it was your ancestors who killed them.

48 So you testify that you approve of what your ancestors did; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.

49 Because of this, God in his wisdom said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and others they will persecute.'

50 Therefore this generation will be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world,

51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible for it all.

52 "Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering."

53 When Jesus went outside, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law began to oppose him fiercely and to besiege him with questions,

54 waiting to catch him in something he might say.