listeneth to me; and he who despiseth you, despiseth me; and he that despiseth me, despiseth Him who sent me.

17 And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subjected to us by thy name:

18 and he said to them, I beheld Satan fall from heaven as lightning!

19 Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and on all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall harm you:

20 nevertheless, rejoice not in this only, that the unclean spirits are subjected to you; but rather rejoice, that your names are written in heaven.

21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and understanding, and hast revealed them to infants: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.

22 All things are delivered to me by my Father: and no one knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.

23 And turning to his disciples apart, he said, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:

28 and he said to him, Thou hast answered right: do this, and thou wilt live.

29 But he, willing to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

30 and Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead:

31 and a certain priest chanced to go down that way and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side:

32 and likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the

other side:

33 but a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,

34 and went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine; and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him:

35 and on the morrow, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said to him, Take care of him; and whatever thou spendest more, I will repay thee when I come again.

36 Which of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour to him who fell among the thieves?

37 and he said, He who shewed mercy to him then said Jesus to him, Go, and do thou likewise.

38 And as they went forward, he came into a certain village; and a woman, named Martha, received him into her house:

39 and she had a sister, called Mary, who had sat down at Jesus' feet, and was listening to his word :

40 but Martha was distracted with much service; and she came to him, and said, Lord, carest thou not that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore to help me : 41 but Jesus answered and

said to her, Martha, Martha ! thou art anxious and troubled about many things;

42 but there is yet need of one thing; and Mary hath chosen the better portion, which shall not be taken from her.

CHAPTER XI.

AND it came to pass, as he

was praying in a certain place, that when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

2 And he said to them, When ye pray, say, Our 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 also forgive every one that is indebted to us: And lead us not into temptation.

5 And he said to them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight, and say to him ;

6 Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine is come to me in his journey, and I have nothing to set before him;

7 and he shall answer and say from within, Trouble me not the door is now locked, and my children and I are in bed; I cannot rise and give them to thee?

8 I tell you, If he will not rise and give them to him, because he is his friend; yet, because of his importunity, he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.

9 And I say to you, Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and ye will find; knock, and it will be opened to you:

10 for, every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it will be opened.

11 And, what father among you, whose child shall ask a fish, will, instead of a fish, give him a serpent? or, if he ask an egg, will give him a scorpion?

12 if ye then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children; how much rather will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

13 And he was casting out a devil, which was dumb and it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, that the dumb man spake; and the people wondered:

14 but some of them said, He casteth out devils by Beelzebub the chief of the devils:

15 and others, to try him, sought of him a sign from heaven:

16 but he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself,

17 if Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils by Beelzebub :

18 and if I cast out devils by Beelzebub, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. 19 But, if I cast out devils by the finger of God, then truly the kingdom of God is come upon you.

20 When a strong man, wellarmed, guardeth his dwelling, his goods are in peace:

21 but, when a stronger than he cometh against him, and overcometh him, he taketh from him all his armour in which he trusted, and distributeth his spoils.

22 He that is not with me, is against me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.

23 When the unclean spirit is gone out of the man, it goeth through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, it saith, I will return to my house from whence I went

out:

24 and when it cometh, it findeth it swept and garnished: 25 then it goeth, and taketh to it seven other spirits more wicked than itself; and they

enter in, and dwell there: and

2 Peter, ii. 21. the last state of that man is worse than the first.

26 And it came to pass, as he spake these words, that a certain woman raised her voice from among the multitude, and said to him; Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast

sucked!

27 but he said, Nay, rather, blessed are they that hearken to the word of God, and keep it. 28 And, as the multitude crowded upon him, he began to say, This generation is an Matt. xii. 38. evil generation: it seeketh a sign; yet, no sign will be given to it, but the sign of Jonah:

29 for, as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of man be a sign to this generation.

30 The queen of the South will rise up in the judgment against the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the end of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, something more than Solomon is here:

31 the men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment against this generation, and condemn it for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and, behold, something more than Jonah is here.

32 No one, when he hath lighted a lamp, putteth it in a secret place, or under a bushel; but, on its stand, that they who come in, may see the light:

33 the lamp of thy body is Matt. vi. 22. thine eye when thine eye is clear, thy whole body also is light; but when thine eye is disordered, thy body also is dark:

34 take heed, therefore, that that which is in thee for light, be not darkness:

35 if, therefore, thy whole body be light, having no part dark, the whole will be as light as when the lamp lighteth thee with its brightness.

36 And when he had spoken, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him; and he went in, and sat down:

37 and the Pharisee wondered, when he saw that he had not washed before dinner:

38 but the Lord said to him, Ye, Pharisees, cleanse the outside of the cup, and of the dish; but their inside, is full of your rapine and wicked- Matt. iii. 21

for ye pay tithe of mint, and of rue, and of all herbs, and pass by judgment and the love of God: these ye ought to do, yet not to leave the others undone :

42 Wo to you, Pharisees! for ye love the first seats in the synagogues, and salutations in the market-places:

43 Wo to you ! for ye are as graves that appear not, and of which the men that walk over them, are not aware.

44 And one of the teachers of the law answered and said to him, Master, in saying thus, thou reproachest us also:

45 and he said, Wo also to you, ye teachers of the law! Matt. xxiii. 4. for ye load men with burdens hard to be borne, but ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers:

46 Wo to you! for ye build up the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them :

47 Truly ye are witnesses that ye approve the works of your fathers; for they indeed killed Matt. xxiii. them, and ye build up their work:

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CHAPTER XII.

AND when he went forth

from thence, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things;

2 closely watching him, to catch something from his mouth, that they might accuse him:

3 during which things, an innumerable multitude having gathered to them, so that they trode one upon another, he began to say to his disciples, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy : 4 but nothing is covered, that will not be revealed; neither hid, that will not be known: 5 therefore, whatever ye have said in the darkness, will be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the

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