Old/New Testament

Jesus Teaches His Disciples To Pray

11 And it came about during His being in a certain place praying, that when He ceased, a certain one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples”. ² And He said to them, “Whenever you pray, say, ‘Father— let^[a] Your name be treated-as-holy. Let Your kingdom come. ³ Be giving us each day our daily bread. ⁴ And forgive us our sins, for we also are forgiving everyone being indebted to us. And do not bring us into a temptation^[b]’”.

Keep Asking And You Will Receive

⁵ And He said to them, “Which of you will have a friend, and will go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves-of-bread, ⁶ because my friend came to me from a journey and I do not have what I will set-before him’; ⁷ and that one, having responded from inside says ‘Do not be causing me troubles. The door has already been locked, and my children are with me in bed. I am not able, having arisen, to give it to you’? ⁸ I say to you: even though he will not, having arisen, give to him because of being his friend, yet because of his shamelessness^[c] he will, having been raised^[d], give to him as much as he needs. ⁹ And I say to you: be asking, and it will be given to you. Be seeking, and you will find. Be knocking, and it will be opened to you. ¹⁰ For everyone asking receives. And the one seeking finds. And to the one knocking, it will be opened.

God Knows How To Give Good Answers To Your Prayers

¹¹ “And what father from-among you will his son ask-for a fish, and he will give him a snake^[e] instead of a fish? ¹² Or indeed he will ask-for an egg— will he give him a scorpion? ¹³ Therefore if you, being evil, know-how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father from heaven give the Holy Spirit to the ones asking Him!”

Some Say Jesus Casts Out Demons By Satan’s Power

¹⁴ And He was casting-out a demon, and it was mute. And it came about, the demon having gone out, that the mute man spoke. And the crowds marveled. ¹⁵ But some of them said, “He is casting out the demons by^[f] Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons”. ¹⁶ And others, testing Him, were seeking from Him a sign out of heaven.

A Kingdom Divided Cannot Stand. Watch Out Or You Will Be Worse Off

¹⁷ But He, knowing their thoughts, said to them— “Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated, and a house divided against a house falls; ¹⁸ and if indeed Satan was divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand?— because you are saying that I am casting out the demons by Beelzebul. ¹⁹ And if I am casting out the demons by Beelzebul, by whom^[g] are your sons casting them out? For this reason, they will be your judges; ²⁰ but if I am casting out the demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God came^[h] upon you. ²¹ Whenever the strong man having fully-armed-himself ^[i] is guarding his own courtyard, his possessions are in peace. ²² But when one stronger than he, having come against him, overcomes him— he takes away his full-armor upon which he trusted, and distributes his spoils. ²³ The one not being with Me is against Me. And the one not gathering with Me is scattering. ²⁴ When the unclean spirit departs from the person, it goes-through waterless places seeking rest^[j]. And not finding it, then it says, ‘I will return to my house from where I came out’. ²⁵ And having come, it finds it having been swept and put-in-order^[k]. ²⁶ Then it proceeds, and takes along seven other spirits more evil than itself. And having gone in, they dwell there. And the last state of that person becomes worse than the first”.

Blessed Are Those Hearing And Keeping The Word of God

²⁷ And it came about during His saying these things that a certain woman from the crowd, having raised her voice, said to Him, “Blessed is the womb having carried You, and the breasts which You sucked”. ²⁸ But He said, “More-than-that, blessed are the ones hearing the word of God and keeping it”.