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Luke 11:11-40

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11And which of you, being a father, will give a stone to his son, who makes request for bread? or for a fish, will give him a snake?
12Or for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
13If, then, you who are evil are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who make request to him?
14And he was sending an evil spirit out of a man who was without the power of talking. And it came about that when the spirit had gone the man had the power of talking; and the people were full of wonder.
15But some of them said, He sends out evil spirits by Beelzebul, the ruler of evil spirits.
16And others, testing him, were looking for a sign from heaven from him.
17But he, having knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom in which there is division is made waste; and a house in which there is division comes to destruction.
18If, then, Satan is at war with himself, how will he keep his kingdom? because you say that I send evil spirits out of men by the help of Beelzebul.
19And if I, by Beelzebul, send out evil spirits, by whose help do your sons send them out? so let them be your judges.
20But if I, by the finger of God, send out evil spirits, then the kingdom of God has overtaken you.
21When the strong man armed keeps watch over his house, then his goods are safe:
22But when one who is stronger makes an attack on him and overcomes him, he takes away his instruments of war, in which he had put his faith, and makes division of his goods.
23He who is not with me is against me, and he who will not give me help in getting people together is driving them away.
24The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of a man, goes through dry places, looking for rest; and when he does not get it, he says, I will go back to my house from which I came.
25And when he comes, he sees that it has been made fair and clean.
26Then he goes and gets seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they go in, and take their places there: and the last condition of that man is worse than the first.
27And it came about that when he said these things, a certain woman among the people said in a loud voice, Happy is the body which gave you birth, and the breasts from which you took milk.
28But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.
29And when a great number of people came together to him, he said, This generation is an evil generation: it is looking for a sign and no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.
30For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of man be to this generation.
31The queen of the South will come up on the day of judging and give her decision against the men of this generation: for she came from the ends of the earth to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon; and now something greater than Solomon is here.
32The men of Nineveh will come up in the day of judging and give their decision against this generation: for they were turned away from their sins at the preaching of Jonah; but now something greater than Jonah is here.
33No man, when the light has been lighted, puts it in a secret place, or under a vessel, but on its table, so that those who come in may see the light.
34The light of the body is the eye: when your eye is true, all your body is full of light; but when it is evil, your body is dark.
35So take care that the light which is in you is not dark.
36If, then, all your body is light, with no part of it dark, it will be completely full of light, as when a flame with its bright shining gives you light.
37Now, while he was talking, a Pharisee made a request that he would come to a meal with him; and he went in and took his seat at the meal.
38And when the Pharisee saw it, he was surprised because he came to the meal without first washing himself.
39And the Lord said to him, You Pharisees make the outside of the cup and the plate clean; but inside you are thieves and full of evil.
40O you foolish ones! did not he who made the outside in the same way make the inside?

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