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

2 He said to them, "When you pray, say,

‘Our Father in heaven,

may your name be kept holy.

May your Kingdom come.

May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

3 Give us day by day our daily bread.

4 Forgive us our sins,

for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us.

Bring us not into temptation,

but deliver us from the evil one.’"

5 He said to them, "Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight and tell him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, 6 for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him,’ 7 and he from within will answer and say, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I can’t get up and give it to you’? 8 I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.

9 "I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

11 "Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won’t give him a snake instead of a fish, will he? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, he won’t give him a scorpion, will he? 13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"

14 He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marveled. 15 But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons." 16 Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven. 17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. A house divided against itself falls. 18 If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul. 19 But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. 20 But if I by God’s finger cast out demons, then God’s Kingdom has come to you.

21 "When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe. 22 But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armor in which he trusted, and divides his plunder.

23 "He who is not with me is against me. He who doesn’t gather with me scatters.

24 The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, passes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, ‘I will turn back to my house from which I came out.’ 25 When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order. 26 Then he goes and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first."

27 It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!"

28 But he said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it."

29 When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, "This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet. 30 For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will also be to this generation. 31 The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation and will condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, one greater than Solomon is here. 32 The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, one greater than Jonah is here.

33 "No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light. 34 The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness. 35 Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn’t darkness. 36 If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light."

37 Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in and sat at the table. 38 When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner. 39 The Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness. 40 You foolish ones, didn’t he who made the outside make the inside also? 41 But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you. 42 But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and God’s love. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone. 43 Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces. 44 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don’t know it."

45 One of the lawyers answered him, "Teacher, in saying this you insult us also."

46 He said, "Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won’t even lift one finger to help carry those burdens. 47 Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 48 So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs. 49 Therefore also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will 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 to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.’ Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation. 52 Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn’t enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered."

53 As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him, 54 lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.

1 Jeesus oli ühes paigas palvetamas. Kui ta lõpetas, ütles üks tema jüngritest talle: „Issand, õpeta meid palvetama, nii nagu Johannes õpetas oma jüngreid!"

2 Ta ütles neile: „Kui te palvetate, siis ütelge:

„Isa!

Pühitsetud olgu sinu nimi!

Sinu riik tulgu!

3 Meie igapäevast leiba anna meile iga päev.

4 Anna meile andeks meie patud,

nõnda nagu meie andestame igaühele, kes patustab meie vastu!

Ja ära saada meid kiusatusse." "

5 Jeesus ütles neile: „Oletame, et ühel teist on sõber, kes tuleb keskööl tema juurde ja ütleb: „Sõber, anna mulle kolm pätsi leiba, 6 sest mu sõber on reisilt tulnud minu juurde ja mul ei ole midagi talle süüa pakkuda." 7 Ja seesolija vastab: „Ära tüüta mind. Uks on juba lukus ja lapsed on minuga voodis. Ma ei saa üles tõusta ja sulle anda!" 8 Ma ütlen teile, et kui ta ei tõuse leiba andma tema sõpruse pärast, siis teeb ta seda tema järjekindluse pärast ja annab talle nii palju, kui vaja.

9 Nii ma ütlen teile: küsige, ja teile antakse; otsige, ja te leiate; koputage uksele, ja teile avatakse! 10 Igaüks, kes palub, see saab; kes otsib, see leiab; ja kes koputab, sellele avatakse!

11 Aga missugune isa teie seast, kellelt poeg palub kala, annaks talle kala asemel mao? 12 Või kui ta küsib muna, annaks talle skorpioni? 13 Kui nüüd teie, kes te olete kurjad, oskate anda häid ande oma lastele, kui palju enam teie Isa taevas annab Püha Vaimu nendele, kes teda paluvad!"

14 Kord ajas Jeesus välja kurja vaimu, kes oli keeletu. Kui kuri vaim oli lahkunud, hakkas tumm mees rääkima ja rahvas oli imestunud. 15 Aga mõned neist ütlesid: „Ta ajab kurje vaime välja kurjade vaimude valitseja Peltsebuli abil!" 16 Teised panid teda aga proovile, küsides tunnustähte taevast.

17 Jeesus teadis nende mõtteid ja ütles neile: „Iga kuningriik, mis on riius lõhenenud, laastatakse, ja maja, mis on lõhenenud, hävitatakse. 18 Kui saatan on riius iseendaga, kuidas saab tema kuningriik püsida? Teie ju ütlete, et ma ajan kurje vaime välja Peltsebuliga. 19 Kui mina peaksin kurje vaime välja ajama Peltsebuli abil, kelle abil siis teie kasvandikud neid välja ajavad? Seepärast mõistku nemad kohut teie üle! 20 Aga kui mina ajan Jumala sõrmega kurje vaime välja, siis on Jumala riik saabunud teie juurde.

21 Kui vägimees valvab täies relvastuses oma maja, on tema vara kaitstud. 22 Aga kui keegi veel tugevam teda ründab ja ta alistab, siis võtab ta ära tema relvastuse ja jagab laiali temalt saadud saagi.

23 Kes ei ole minuga, on minu vastu, ja kes ei kogu minuga, pillub laiali.

24 Kui rüve vaim väljub inimesest, hulgub ta põuastes paikades ja otsib hingamist, kuid ei leia seda. Siis ta ütleb: „Ma pöördun tagasi oma majja, kust ma ära tulin." 25 Tulles leiab ta selle tühjana, puhtaks pühitud ja ehitud. 26 Siis võtab ta kaasa veel seitse vaimu, kes on kurjemad kui ta ise, ning asub sinna elama. Selle inimese hilisem olukord läheb halvemaks kui varasem."

27 Kui Jeesus seda kõike rääkis, tõstis üks naine rahva hulgas häält: „Õnnistatud on ema, kes su sünnitas ja sind imetas."

28 Ta vastas: „Pigem on õnnistatud need, kes Jumala sõna kuulevad ja sellele kuuletuvad."

29 Aga kui rahvahulk kasvas, ütles Jeesus: „See sugupõlv on kuri. Ta nõuab tunnustähte, aga talle ei anta muud kui Joona tunnustäht. 30 Nii nagu Joona sai tunnustäheks Niineve rahvale, nii on ka Inimese Poeg sellele sugupõlvele. 31 Lõunamaa kuninganna tõuseb üles kohtupäeval koos selle sugupõlvega ja mõistab ta süüdi, sest tema tuli maailma otsast kuulama Saalomoni tarkust, ja nüüd on siin keegi suurem kui Saalomon! 32 Niineve mehed astuvad kohtupäeval üles selle sugupõlve vastu ja mõistavad ta süüdi, sest nemad parandasid meelt Joona kuulutuse peale, aga siin on nüüd üks, kes on suurem kui Joona.

33 Keegi ei süüta lampi ja peida seda ära või pane vaka alla. Ta paneb selle lambijalale, et sisseastuja näeks valgust. 34 Silm on ihu lamp. Kui su silm on hea, on su ihu täidetud valgusega. Aga kui see on kuri, on ihu täis pimedust. 35 Vaata siis, et valgus su sees ei oleks pimedus! 36 Seepärast, kui kogu su ihu on valgust täis ja ükski osa pole pimeduses, siis on ta sama valgusküllane nagu siis, kui lamp sind valgustaks!"

37 Kui Jeesus oli rääkimise lõpetanud, kutsus keegi variser teda enda juurde sööma. Ta läks ja istus lauda. 38 Aga variser oli üllatunud, et Jeesus enne sööki käsi ei pesnud.

39 Issand ütles talle: „Teie, variserid, puhastate karika ja kausi väljastpoolt, aga seestpoolt olete täidetud kadeduse ja kurjusega. 40 Te mõistmatud inimesed! Kas mitte tema, kes tegi välise, ei teinud ka sisemise? 41 Ent andke kausis olev vaestele, ja siis on teie jaoks kõik puhas!

42 Häda teile, variserid, et te annate kümnist mündist, ruudist ja igast maitsetaimest, aga te ei hooli õiglusest ja Jumala armastusest. Te peaksite tegema teist, jätmata esimest unarusse.

43 Häda teile, variserid, et te armastate tähtsaid istmeid sünagoogides ja tervitusi turuplatsidel.

44 Häda teile, et te olete kui tähistamata hauad, millel inimesed teadmata kõnnivad."

45 Üks kirjatundja vastas talle: „Õpetaja, seda öeldes sa solvad ka meid."

46 Jeesus aga vastas: „Häda ka teile, kirjatundjad, sest te rõhute inimesi koormatega, mida nad vaevu suudavad kanda, ja te ise ei liiguta nende aitamiseks sõrmegi!

47 Häda teile, sest te ehitate prohvetitele haudu, teie esiisad on nad aga tapnud! 48 Nii te ise tunnistate, et kiidate heaks oma esiisade teod. Nemad tapsid prohvetid, aga teie ehitate neile hauad. 49 Seepärast ütleb Jumal oma tarkuses: „Ma saadan neile prohvetid ja apostlid, osa neist nad tapavad ja teisi kiusavad taga." 50 Sellepärast vastutab see sugupõlv kõigi prohvetite vere eest, mis on valatud maailma algusest peale, 51 Aabeli verest kuni Sakarja vereni, kes tapeti altari ja templi vahel. Jah, ma ütlen teile, see sugupõlv vastutab kõige selle eest!

52 Häda teile, kirjatundjad, sest te olete ära võtnud teadmise võtme. Ise te sisse ei läinud, aga olete takistanud neid, kes tahavad minna!"

53 Kui Jeesus sealt lahkus, hakkasid variserid ja kirjatundjad talle vihaselt vastu teda küsimustega rünnates ja 54 oodates, et ta ütleks midagi, millest kinni hakata.