Luke 11:4-27

⁴And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.

⁵And he said to them: Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight, and shall say to him: Friend, lend me three loaves,

⁶Because a friend of mine is come off his journey to me, and I have not what to set before him.

⁷And he from within should 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.

⁸Yet if he shall continue knocking, I say to you, although 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.

⁹And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.

¹⁰For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

¹¹And which of you, if he ask his father bread, will he give him a stone? or a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

¹²Or if he shall ask an egg, will he reach him a scorpion?

¹³If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father from heaven give the good Spirit to them that ask him?

¹⁴And he was casting out a devil, and the same was dumb: and when he had cast out the devil, the dumb spoke: and the multitudes were in admiration at it:

¹⁵But some of them said: He casteth out devils by Beelzebub, the prince of devils.

¹⁶And others tempting, asked of him a sign from heaven.

¹⁷But he seeing their thoughts, said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself, shall be brought to desolation, and house upon house shall fall.

¹⁸And if Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because you say, that through Beelzebub I cast out devils.

¹⁹Now if I cast out devils by Beelzebub; by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.

²⁰But if I by the finger of God cast out devils; doubtless the kingdom of God is come upon you.

²¹When a strong man armed keepeth his court, those things are in peace which he possesseth.

²²But if a stronger than he come upon him, and overcome him; he will take away all his armour wherein he trusted, and will distribute his spoils.

²³He that is not with me, is against me; and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.

²⁴When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through places without water, seeking rest; and not finding, he saith: I will return into my house whence I came out.

²⁵And when he is come, he findeth it swept and garnished.

²⁶Then he goeth and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and entering in they dwell there. And the last state of that man becomes worse than the first.

²⁷And it came to pass, as he spoke these things, a certain woman from the crowd, lifting up her voice, said to him: Blessed is the womb that bore thee, and the paps that gave thee suck.