Luke 11:10-40

¹⁰For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it will be opened.

¹¹But of whom of you that is a father shall a son ask bread, and the father shall give him a stone? or also a fish, and instead of a fish shall give him a serpent?

¹²or if also he shall ask an egg, shall give him a scorpion?

¹³If therefore ye, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much rather shall the Father who is of heaven give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

¹⁴And he was casting out a demon, and it was dumb; and it came to pass, the demon being gone out, the dumb man spoke. And the crowds wondered.

¹⁵But some from among them said, By Beelzebub the prince of the demons casts he out demons.

¹⁶And others tempting him sought from him a sign out of heaven.

¹⁷But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation: and a house set against a house falls;

¹⁸and if also Satan is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom subsist? because ye say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub.

¹⁹But if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, your sons — by whom do they cast them out? For this reason they shall be your judges.

²⁰But if by the finger of God I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God is come upon you.

²¹When the strong man armed keeps his own house, his goods are in peace;

²²but when the stronger than he coming upon him overcomes him, he takes away his panoply in which he trusted, and he will divide the spoil he has taken from him.

²³He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathers not with me scatters.

²⁴When the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places seeking rest; and not finding any he says, I will return to my house whence I came out.

²⁵And having come, he finds it swept and adorned.

²⁶Then he goes and takes seven other spirits worse than himself, and entering in, they dwell there; and the last condition of that man becomes worse than the first.

²⁷And it came to pass as he spake these things, a certain woman, lifting up her voice out of the crowd, said to him, Blessed is the womb that has borne thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.

²⁸But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God and keep it.

²⁹But as the crowds thronged together, he began to say, This generation is a wicked generation: it seeks a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it but the sign of Jonas.

³⁰For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninevites, thus shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

³¹A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, more than Solomon is here.

³²Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and behold, more than Jonas is here.

³³But no one having lit a lamp sets it in secret, nor under the corn-measure, but on the lamp-stand, that they who enter in may see the light.

³⁴The lamp of the body is thine eye: when thine eye is simple, thy whole body also is light; but when it is wicked, thy body also is dark.

³⁵See therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

³⁶If therefore thy whole body is light, not having any part dark, it shall be all light as when the lamp lights thee with its brightness.

³⁷But as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him that he would dine with him; and entering in he placed himself at table.

³⁸But the Pharisee seeing it wondered that he had not first washed before dinner.

³⁹But the Lord said to him, Now do ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but your inward parts are full of plunder and wickedness.

⁴⁰Fools, has not he who has made the outside made the inside also?