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.

1 Et factum est : cum esset in quodam loco orans, ut cessavit, dixit unus ex discipulis ejus ad eum : Domine, doce nos orare, sicut docuit et Joannes discipulos suos. 2 Et ait illis : Cum oratis, dicite : Pater, sanctificetur nomen tuum. Adveniat regnum tuum. 3 Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie. 4 Et dimitte nobis peccata nostra, siquidem et ipsi dimittimus omni debenti nobis. Et ne nos inducas in tentationem.5 Et ait ad illos : Quis vestrum habebit amicum, et ibit ad illum media nocte, et dicet illi : Amice, commoda mihi tres panes, 6 quoniam amicus meus venit de via ad me, et non habeo quod ponam ante illum, 7 et ille de intus respondens dicat : Noli mihi molestus esse, jam ostrium clausum est, et pueri mei mecum sunt in cubili : non possum surgere, et dare tibi. 8 Et si ille perseveraverit pulsans : dico vobis, etsi non dabit illi surgens eo quod amicus ejus sit, propter improbitatem tamen ejus surget, et dabit illi quotquot habet necessarios. 9 Et ego dico vobis : Petite, et dabitur vobis ; qurite, et invenietis ; pulsate, et aperietur vobis. 10 Omnis enim qui petit, accipit : et qui qurit, invenit : et pulsanti aperietur. 11 Quis autem ex vobis patrem petit panem, numquid lapidem dabit illi ? aut piscem, numquid pro pisce serpentem dabit illi ? 12 aut si petierit ovum, numquid porriget illi scorpionem ? 13 Si ergo vos, cum sitis mali, nostis bona data dare filiis vestris : quanto magis Pater vester de clo dabit spiritum bonum petentibus se ?14 Et erat ejiciens dmonium, et illud erat mutum. Et cum ejecisset dmonium, locutus est mutus, et admirat sunt turb. 15 Quidam autem ex eis dixerunt : In Beelzebub principe dmoniorum ejicit dmonia. 16 Et alii tentantes, signum de clo qurebant ab eo. 17 Ipse autem ut vidit cogitationes eorum, dixit eis : Omne regnum in seipsum divisum desolabitur, et domus supra domum cadet. 18 Si autem et Satanas in seipsum divisus est, quomodo stabit regnum ejus ? quia dicitis in Beelzebub me ejicere dmonia. 19 Si autem ego in Beelzebub ejicio dmonia : filii vestri in quo ejiciunt ? ideo ipsi judices vestri erunt. 20 Porro si in digito Dei ejicio dmonia : profecto pervenit in vos regnum Dei. 21 Cum fortis armatus custodit atrium suum, in pace sunt ea qu possidet. 22 Si autem fortior eo superveniens vicerit eum, universa arma ejus auferet, in quibus confidebat, et spolia ejus distribuet. 23 Qui non est mecum, contra me est : et qui non colligit mecum, dispergit. 24 Cum immundus spiritus exierit de homine, ambulat per loca inaquosa, qurens requiem : et non inveniens dicit : Revertar in domum meam unde exivi. 25 Et cum venerit, invenit eam scopis mundatam, et ornatam. 26 Tunc vadit, et assumit septem alios spiritus secum, nequiores se, et ingressi habitant ibi. Et fiunt novissima hominis illius pejora prioribus.27 Factum est autem, cum hc diceret : extollens vocem qudam mulier de turba dixit illi : Beatus venter qui te portavit, et ubera qu suxisti. 28 At ille dixit : Quinimmo beati, qui audiunt verbum Dei et custodiunt illud.29 Turbis autem concurrentibus cpit dicere : Generatio hc, generatio nequam est : signum qurit, et signum non dabitur ei, nisi signum Jon prophet. 30 Nam sicut fuit Jonas signum Ninivitis, ita erit et Filius hominis generationi isti. 31 Regina austri surget in judicio cum viris generationis hujus, et condemnabit illos : quia venit a finibus terr audire sapientiam Salomonis : et ecce plus quam Salomon hic. 32 Viri Ninivit surgent in judicio cum generatione hac, et condemnabunt illam : quia pnitentiam egerunt ad prdicationem Jon, et ecce plus quam Jonas hic.33 Nemo lucernam accendit, et in abscondito ponit, neque sub modio : sed supra candelabrum, ut qui ingrediuntur, lumen videant. 34 Lucerna corporis tui est oculus tuus. Si oculus tuus fuerit simplex, totum corpus tuum lucidum erit : si autem nequam fuerit, etiam corpus tuum tenebrosum erit. 35 Vide ergo ne lumen quod in te est, tenebr sint. 36 Si ergo corpus tuum totum lucidum fuerit, non habens aliquam partem tenebrarum, erit lucidum totum, et sicut lucerna fulgoris illuminabit te. 37 Et cum loqueretur, rogavit illum quidam pharisus ut pranderet apud se. Et ingressus recubuit.38 Pharisus autem cpit intra se reputans dicere, quare non baptizatus esset ante prandium. 39 Et ait Dominus ad illum : Nunc vos pharisi, quod deforis est calicis et catini, mundatis : quod autem intus est vestrum, plenum est rapina et iniquitate. 40 Stulti nonne qui fecit quod deforis est, etiam id quod deintus est fecit ? 41 Verumtamen quod superest, date eleemosynam : et ecce omnia munda sunt vobis. 42 Sed v vobis, pharisis, quia decimatis mentham, et rutam, et omne olus, et prteritis judicium et caritatem Dei : hc autem oportuit facere, et illa non omittere. 43 V vobis, pharisis, quia diligitis primas cathedras in synagogis, et salutationes in foro. 44 V vobis, quia estis ut monumenta, qu non apparent, et homines ambulantes supra, nesciunt. 45 Respondens autem quidam ex legisperitis, ait illi : Magister, hc dicens etiam contumeliam nobis facis. 46 At ille ait : Et vobis legisperitis v : quia oneratis homines oneribus, qu portare non possunt, et ipsi uno digito vestro non tangitis sarcinas. 47 V vobis, qui dificatis monumenta prophetarum : patres autem vestri occiderunt illos. 48 Profecto testificamini quod consentitis operibus patrum vestrorum : quoniam ipsi quidem eos occiderunt, vos autem dificatis eorum sepulchra. 49 Propterea et sapientia Dei dixit : Mittam ad illos prophetas, et apostolos, et ex illis occident, et persequentur : 50 ut inquiratur sanguis omnium prophetarum, qui effusus est a constitutione mundi a generatione ista, 51 a sanguine Abel, usque ad sanguinem Zachari, qui periit inter altare et dem. Ita dico vobis, requiretur ab hac generatione. 52 V vobis, legisperitis, quia tulistis clavem scienti : ipsi non introistis, et eos qui introibant, prohibuistis. 53 Cum autem hc ad illos diceret, cperunt pharisi et legisperiti graviter insistere, et os ejus opprimere de multis, 54 insidiantes ei, et qurentes aliquid capere de ore ejus, ut accusarent eum.