路 加 福 音 11
Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
耶稣关于祈祷的教导
11 一次，耶稣在一个地方祷告。当他祷告结束后，他的一个门徒对他说∶“主啊，教给我们如何祈祷吧，约翰就教过他的门徒们如何祈祷。”
2 耶稣对他们说∶“你们应该这样祈祷：
‘父，愿您的名字永保神圣，
愿您的王国降临，
3 请赐给我们每天需要的食物，
4 请宽恕我们的罪过，
因为，我们也宽恕所有亏待我们的人，
请不要让我们受到诱惑。’”
请求上帝
5 接着耶稣对他们说∶“假设你们中间有某人，他的一个朋友半夜三更来到他那里，对他说∶“‘朋友，借我三块面包， 6 因为我的一个朋友旅行到我家里来，我却没有什么吃的东西来招待他。’ 7 假设那个朋友从屋里答道∶‘别打扰我了！大门都已上了锁，我的孩子和我也上了床，我不能再爬起来，给你拿东西了。’ 8 我告诉你们，虽说他不会因为他是他的朋友而起身给他拿东西，但是他会因为他的朋友无羞耻的坚持而起来，拿给他所要的东西。 9 所以，我告诉你们：不断地请求，上帝就会赐给你们；不断地寻找，你们就会发现；不停地敲门，门就会为你们打开。 10 是的，不断请求的人就会得到；不断寻找的人就会找到；不停敲门的人，门就会为他打开。 11 你们当中谁有儿子吗？如果你儿子向你要鱼，有哪位父亲反而给他一条蛇呢？ 12 或者，当他的儿子向他要鸡蛋时，却给他一只毒蝎呢？ 13 所以，既使是像你们这么邪恶的人，都知道如何把好东西给自己的孩子，那么，你们的天父肯定知道如何把圣灵赐给那些向他请求的人。”
耶稣的力量来自上帝
14 一次，耶稣正在驱逐一个哑鬼，鬼出来后，那个原来不能讲话的人便开始说话了，众人都很吃惊。 15 但是，人群中的一些人说∶“他是依仗鬼王别西卜驱鬼的！”
16 还有一些其他人想试探耶稣，让他行一个来自天堂的神迹。 17 可耶稣看出了他们的心思，于是对他们说∶“任何国家内讧，这个国家就要灭亡；自相分争的家庭，也必然破碎。 18 如果像你们所说的，撒旦与自己做对，那么，他的王国怎么能站得住呢？我这样问，是因为你们说过，我是靠别西卜来驱鬼的。 19 如果我靠别西卜驱鬼，那么，你们的子民驱鬼是依仗谁呢？所以，你们的信徒证明你们是错的。 20 可是，如果我是凭上帝的力量驱鬼，那就很清楚，上帝的王国已经降临到你们身上了。
21 “当一个身强力壮全副武装的人保卫自己的家园时，他的财产安然无恙， 22 但是，一旦有一个比他更强壮的人袭击他，把他打败了，那么，那个更强壮的人就会夺走他依赖的盔甲，与他的朋友们共同分赃。
23 “不和我同在的人就是反对我的；不与我聚拢的人便是离散。
空虚的危险
24 “当一个邪灵离开了一个人，走遍了干燥的地方，四处寻觅栖身之地，但是没有找到，于是，它说∶‘我还是回到我原来那个家吧。’ 25 于是，它回去，并发现那个房子已被打扫的又干净又整齐， 26 然后，他便出去招来七个比它自己更坏的邪灵，一同住了进去，因此，那个人现在的处境比原来更糟糕了。”
受到上帝祝福的人
27 当耶稣讲这些话时，人群中有一个女人大声对他说∶“生你养你的人是多么有福呀！”
28 耶稣却说∶“可是，那些听了上帝的教导并服从的人才真正有福呢！”
有人怀疑耶稣的权威
29 人们越聚越多了，耶稣说∶“这一代人是邪恶的一代。他们正在寻求神迹，但是，除约拿的神迹外，没有别的神迹会给他们看。 30 正如约拿 [a]对尼尼微人是一个神迹一样，人子对这一代人也将是一个神迹。 31 在审判这一代人的日子里，南国的女王 [b]将要站起来，给他们定罪，因为她来自天涯海角，来聆听所罗门的智慧，而现在有比所罗门更伟大的事情在此； 32 在审判这一代人的日子里，尼尼微人也将要站起来，给他们定罪，因为他们听了约拿的传道之后就悔改了，可是，现在有比约拿更了不起的事情在此！
做世界之光
33 “没有人点上灯后，又把它放在地窖里，或者扣在碗下面，相反，人们总是把它放在灯台上，让进来的人能够看到光亮。 34 你的眼睛是你身体的一盏明灯，如果你的眼睛是健康的，你的全身就会充满光明；如果它是坏的，你的全身就会陷入黑暗。 35 所以，要当心，不要让你里边的光变成一片黑暗。 36 如果你的全身充满了光明，没有黑暗的角落，那么就像一盏灯的光芒照亮在你的身上，使你的身体彻底地被照亮。”
耶稣批评宗教首领
37 耶稣讲完这些话后，一个法利赛人请他一同去吃饭，耶稣来到他家，坐到饭桌边。 38 那个法利赛人看见耶稣吃饭前不洗手，非常惊讶。 39 所以主对他说∶“你们法利赛人把杯盆外面都洗得干干净净，但内在却充满了贪婪和邪恶。 40 你们这些蠢人！那造外边的上帝，不也造了里边了吗？ 41 所以要重视内在的，施舍给穷人需要的东西，你们就会彻底地干净了。 42 但是，你们这些法利赛人要遭殃了，因为你们从收获的薄荷、芸香和别的草药中拿出十分之一献给上帝，但你们却忽视了正义和对上帝的爱。这些是你们应该遵守的事，同时也不能忽视其它的事。 43 你们这些法利赛人啊，就要遭殃了！因为你们喜欢在会堂里坐高位，还喜欢在集市上受人毕恭毕敬地问候； 44 你们要遭殃了，因为你们就像没有标志的坟墓，人们从上面走过，却丝毫不会察觉。”
耶稣对犹太律法师说的话
45 一个律法师回答道∶“老师，你这么说也侮辱了我们。”
46 耶稣说∶“你们这些律法师，也同样要遭殃了。你们制定了一些严厉的规矩，因为你们把难以承受的沉重负担压在别人身上，可是，你们自己却连一个手指头都不碰； 47 你们要遭殃了，因为你们为先知们建造墓穴，而正是你们的祖先杀害了那些先知， 48 这就表明，你们是赞同你们祖先的做法的。他们杀害了那些先知，还为他们建造了墓穴。 49 也正因为如此，上帝的智慧说道∶‘我将派先知和使徒到他们那里去，他们中间有些人将会遭到杀害，有些会遭到迫害。’ 50 所以，你们这代人得偿还自创世以来杀害所有先知的血债， 51 从被杀害的亚伯到在祭坛和大殿之间被杀害的撒迦利亚 [c]，所以，我告诉你们，你们这一代得偿还这一切的。
52 “你们这些律法师，要遭殃了，因为，你们拿走了开启知识的钥匙，你们自己不进去，而且还阻止那些想要进去的人。”
53 耶稣离开时，律法师和那些法利赛人都开始充满了敌意，向他提出了很多刻薄的问题， 54 他们企图设法抓住耶稣话里的把柄。
Footnotes
- 路 加 福 音 11:30 约拿： 旧约中的一位先知。在大鱼肚子里呆了三天后，活着出来了，就如耶稣在三天从坟墓里出来一样。
- 路 加 福 音 11:31 南国的女王： 色巴女王，她远行千里来向所罗门学智慧，读《列王记》上10:1-3。
- 路 加 福 音 11:51 撒迦利亚： 亚伯和撒迦利亚在希伯来语旧约中第一个和最后一个被杀害的人。
Luke 11
King James Version
11 And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
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; but deliver us from evil.
5 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
6 For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, 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 rise 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 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer 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 devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered.
15 But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils.
16 And others, tempting 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 If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.
19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.
20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.
21 When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:
22 But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour 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 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.
25 And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.
26 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.
27 And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
29 And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
30 For as Jonas was 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 condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
32 The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
36 If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought 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 washed before dinner.
39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?
41 But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
44 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.
45 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.
46 And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade 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 sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay 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 Zacharias which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.
52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
53 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:
54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
路 加 福 音 11
Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
耶稣关于祈祷的教导
11 一次，耶稣在一个地方祷告。当他祷告结束后，他的一个门徒对他说∶“主啊，教给我们如何祈祷吧，约翰就教过他的门徒们如何祈祷。”
2 耶稣对他们说∶“你们应该这样祈祷：
‘父，愿您的名字永保神圣，
愿您的王国降临，
3 请赐给我们每天需要的食物，
4 请宽恕我们的罪过，
因为，我们也宽恕所有亏待我们的人，
请不要让我们受到诱惑。’”
请求上帝
5 接着耶稣对他们说∶“假设你们中间有某人，他的一个朋友半夜三更来到他那里，对他说∶“‘朋友，借我三块面包， 6 因为我的一个朋友旅行到我家里来，我却没有什么吃的东西来招待他。’ 7 假设那个朋友从屋里答道∶‘别打扰我了！大门都已上了锁，我的孩子和我也上了床，我不能再爬起来，给你拿东西了。’ 8 我告诉你们，虽说他不会因为他是他的朋友而起身给他拿东西，但是他会因为他的朋友无羞耻的坚持而起来，拿给他所要的东西。 9 所以，我告诉你们：不断地请求，上帝就会赐给你们；不断地寻找，你们就会发现；不停地敲门，门就会为你们打开。 10 是的，不断请求的人就会得到；不断寻找的人就会找到；不停敲门的人，门就会为他打开。 11 你们当中谁有儿子吗？如果你儿子向你要鱼，有哪位父亲反而给他一条蛇呢？ 12 或者，当他的儿子向他要鸡蛋时，却给他一只毒蝎呢？ 13 所以，既使是像你们这么邪恶的人，都知道如何把好东西给自己的孩子，那么，你们的天父肯定知道如何把圣灵赐给那些向他请求的人。”
耶稣的力量来自上帝
14 一次，耶稣正在驱逐一个哑鬼，鬼出来后，那个原来不能讲话的人便开始说话了，众人都很吃惊。 15 但是，人群中的一些人说∶“他是依仗鬼王别西卜驱鬼的！”
16 还有一些其他人想试探耶稣，让他行一个来自天堂的神迹。 17 可耶稣看出了他们的心思，于是对他们说∶“任何国家内讧，这个国家就要灭亡；自相分争的家庭，也必然破碎。 18 如果像你们所说的，撒旦与自己做对，那么，他的王国怎么能站得住呢？我这样问，是因为你们说过，我是靠别西卜来驱鬼的。 19 如果我靠别西卜驱鬼，那么，你们的子民驱鬼是依仗谁呢？所以，你们的信徒证明你们是错的。 20 可是，如果我是凭上帝的力量驱鬼，那就很清楚，上帝的王国已经降临到你们身上了。
21 “当一个身强力壮全副武装的人保卫自己的家园时，他的财产安然无恙， 22 但是，一旦有一个比他更强壮的人袭击他，把他打败了，那么，那个更强壮的人就会夺走他依赖的盔甲，与他的朋友们共同分赃。
23 “不和我同在的人就是反对我的；不与我聚拢的人便是离散。
空虚的危险
24 “当一个邪灵离开了一个人，走遍了干燥的地方，四处寻觅栖身之地，但是没有找到，于是，它说∶‘我还是回到我原来那个家吧。’ 25 于是，它回去，并发现那个房子已被打扫的又干净又整齐， 26 然后，他便出去招来七个比它自己更坏的邪灵，一同住了进去，因此，那个人现在的处境比原来更糟糕了。”
受到上帝祝福的人
27 当耶稣讲这些话时，人群中有一个女人大声对他说∶“生你养你的人是多么有福呀！”
28 耶稣却说∶“可是，那些听了上帝的教导并服从的人才真正有福呢！”
有人怀疑耶稣的权威
29 人们越聚越多了，耶稣说∶“这一代人是邪恶的一代。他们正在寻求神迹，但是，除约拿的神迹外，没有别的神迹会给他们看。 30 正如约拿 [a]对尼尼微人是一个神迹一样，人子对这一代人也将是一个神迹。 31 在审判这一代人的日子里，南国的女王 [b]将要站起来，给他们定罪，因为她来自天涯海角，来聆听所罗门的智慧，而现在有比所罗门更伟大的事情在此； 32 在审判这一代人的日子里，尼尼微人也将要站起来，给他们定罪，因为他们听了约拿的传道之后就悔改了，可是，现在有比约拿更了不起的事情在此！
做世界之光
33 “没有人点上灯后，又把它放在地窖里，或者扣在碗下面，相反，人们总是把它放在灯台上，让进来的人能够看到光亮。 34 你的眼睛是你身体的一盏明灯，如果你的眼睛是健康的，你的全身就会充满光明；如果它是坏的，你的全身就会陷入黑暗。 35 所以，要当心，不要让你里边的光变成一片黑暗。 36 如果你的全身充满了光明，没有黑暗的角落，那么就像一盏灯的光芒照亮在你的身上，使你的身体彻底地被照亮。”
耶稣批评宗教首领
37 耶稣讲完这些话后，一个法利赛人请他一同去吃饭，耶稣来到他家，坐到饭桌边。 38 那个法利赛人看见耶稣吃饭前不洗手，非常惊讶。 39 所以主对他说∶“你们法利赛人把杯盆外面都洗得干干净净，但内在却充满了贪婪和邪恶。 40 你们这些蠢人！那造外边的上帝，不也造了里边了吗？ 41 所以要重视内在的，施舍给穷人需要的东西，你们就会彻底地干净了。 42 但是，你们这些法利赛人要遭殃了，因为你们从收获的薄荷、芸香和别的草药中拿出十分之一献给上帝，但你们却忽视了正义和对上帝的爱。这些是你们应该遵守的事，同时也不能忽视其它的事。 43 你们这些法利赛人啊，就要遭殃了！因为你们喜欢在会堂里坐高位，还喜欢在集市上受人毕恭毕敬地问候； 44 你们要遭殃了，因为你们就像没有标志的坟墓，人们从上面走过，却丝毫不会察觉。”
耶稣对犹太律法师说的话
45 一个律法师回答道∶“老师，你这么说也侮辱了我们。”
46 耶稣说∶“你们这些律法师，也同样要遭殃了。你们制定了一些严厉的规矩，因为你们把难以承受的沉重负担压在别人身上，可是，你们自己却连一个手指头都不碰； 47 你们要遭殃了，因为你们为先知们建造墓穴，而正是你们的祖先杀害了那些先知， 48 这就表明，你们是赞同你们祖先的做法的。他们杀害了那些先知，还为他们建造了墓穴。 49 也正因为如此，上帝的智慧说道∶‘我将派先知和使徒到他们那里去，他们中间有些人将会遭到杀害，有些会遭到迫害。’ 50 所以，你们这代人得偿还自创世以来杀害所有先知的血债， 51 从被杀害的亚伯到在祭坛和大殿之间被杀害的撒迦利亚 [c]，所以，我告诉你们，你们这一代得偿还这一切的。
52 “你们这些律法师，要遭殃了，因为，你们拿走了开启知识的钥匙，你们自己不进去，而且还阻止那些想要进去的人。”
53 耶稣离开时，律法师和那些法利赛人都开始充满了敌意，向他提出了很多刻薄的问题， 54 他们企图设法抓住耶稣话里的把柄。
Footnotes
- 路 加 福 音 11:30 约拿： 旧约中的一位先知。在大鱼肚子里呆了三天后，活着出来了，就如耶稣在三天从坟墓里出来一样。
- 路 加 福 音 11:31 南国的女王： 色巴女王，她远行千里来向所罗门学智慧，读《列王记》上10:1-3。
- 路 加 福 音 11:51 撒迦利亚： 亚伯和撒迦利亚在希伯来语旧约中第一个和最后一个被杀害的人。
Luke 11
King James Version
11 And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
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; but deliver us from evil.
5 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
6 For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, 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 rise 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 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer 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 devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered.
15 But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils.
16 And others, tempting 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 If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.
19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.
20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.
21 When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:
22 But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour 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 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.
25 And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.
26 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.
27 And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
29 And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
30 For as Jonas was 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 condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
32 The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
36 If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought 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 washed before dinner.
39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?
41 But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
44 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.
45 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.
46 And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade 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 sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay 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 Zacharias which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.
52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
53 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:
54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
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