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And it happened, while he was praying in a certain place, when he finished, one of his talmidim said to him: “Master, teach us to pray, just as Yochanan also taught his talmidim.”
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And he said to them: “When you pray, say: ‘Father, may Your Name be set apart. May Your Kingdom come.
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Give us each day the bread we need for the day.
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And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone indebted to us. And do not bring us into testing.’”
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And he said to them: “Which of you shall have a friend and go to him at midnight and say to him: ‘Friend, lend me three loaves,
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because a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.’
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And the one inside shall answer: ‘Do not trouble me. The door has already been shut, and my children are with me in bed. I am not able to rise and give you anything.’
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I tell you: even if he does not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he shall rise and give him whatever he needs.
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And I tell you: Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.
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For everyone who asks receives. And the one who seeks finds. And to the one who knocks, it shall be opened.
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And what father among you, if his son asks for a fish, shall instead of a fish give him a serpent?
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Or if he asks for an egg, shall give him a scorpion?
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Therefore if you, though being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall the Father from the heavens give Holy Ruach to those who ask Him?”
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And he was driving out an unclean ruach that made an ish unable to speak. And it happened, when the ruach went out, the mute ish spoke. And the crowds marveled.
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But some of them said: “By Ba’al-Zevuv, ruler of the unclean ruachot, he drives out unclean ruachot.”
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And others, testing him, were seeking from him a sign from the heavens.
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But knowing their reasonings, he said to them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to ruin, and house falls against house.
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And if the adversary also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? For you say that by Ba’al-Zevuv I drive out unclean ruachot.
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But if I by Ba’al-Zevuv drive out unclean ruachot, by whom do your sons drive them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.
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But if I by the finger of Elohim drive out unclean ruachot, then the Kingdom of Elohim has come upon you.
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When a strong ish, fully armed, guards his own courtyard, his possessions remain secure.
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But when one stronger than he comes upon him and overcomes him, he takes away the full armor in which he trusted and distributes his spoil.
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Whoever is not with me is against me. And whoever does not gather with me scatters.
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When an unclean ruach goes out from an Adam, it passes through waterless places, seeking rest. And finding none, it says: ‘I shall return to my house from which I came.’
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And when it comes, it finds the house swept and arranged.
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Then it goes and takes with it seven other ruachot more evil than itself. And they enter and dwell there. And the last condition of that Adam becomes worse than the first.”
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And it happened, while he was saying these things, a certain ishah from the crowd lifted up her voice and said to him: “Blessed is the womb that carried you and the breasts from which you nursed.”
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But he said: “Rather, blessed are those who hear the Word of Elohim and guard it.”
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And as the crowds were gathering more densely, he began to say: “This generation is an evil generation. It seeks a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of Yonah.
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For just as Yonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so also shall the Son of Adam be to this generation.
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The queen of the South shall rise in the Judgment with the Adam of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Shəlomah. And see— something greater than Shəlomah is here.
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The men of Nineveh shall rise in the Judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they turned back at the proclamation of Yonah. And see— something greater than Yonah is here.
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No one, after lighting a lamp, puts it in a hidden place or beneath a basket, but upon the lampstand, so that those entering may see the light.
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The lamp of the body is your eye. When your eye is sound, your whole body also is full of light. But when it is evil, your body also is dark.
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Therefore watch that the light within you is not darkness.
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If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it shall be entirely illuminated, as when a lamp with its brightness shines upon you.”
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And while he was speaking, a certain Perush asked him to eat with him. And entering, he reclined at the table.
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And when the Perush saw it, he marveled that Yahushua had not first performed the customary washing before the meal.
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And the Master said to him: “Now you Perushim clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but your inside is full of greed and wickedness.
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Foolish ones. Did not the One who made the outside also make the inside?
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But give what is within as compassion to the needy, and see— all things shall be clean for you.
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But woe to you, Perushim, because you tithe mint, rue, and every herb, but pass over Judgment and the love of Elohim. These you were required to do without neglecting the others.
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Woe to you, Perushim, because you love the chief seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.
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Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves, and Adam walking over them do not know it.”
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And one of those learned in Torah answered him: “Teacher, by saying these things, you insult us also.”
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And he said: “Woe also to you who are learned in Torah, because you load Adam with burdens difficult to carry, while you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
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Woe to you, because you build the tombs of the prophets, while your fathers killed them.
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Therefore you are witnesses and give approval to the works of your fathers, because they killed them and you build their tombs.
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Because of this, the Wisdom of Elohim also said: ‘I shall send to them prophets and emissaries, and some of them they shall kill and persecute,
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so that the blood of all the prophets poured out from the foundation of the world may be required from this generation—
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from the blood of Hevel to the blood of Zekharyah, who was destroyed between the altar and the House.’ Yes, I tell you: it shall be required from this generation.
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Woe to you who are learned in Torah, because you took away the key of knowledge. You yourselves did not enter, and those entering you hindered.”
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And when he went out from there, the scribes and the Perushim began to press him fiercely and question him closely about many things,
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lying in wait for him to seize upon something coming from his mouth.