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For I say to you that many prophets and kings have desired to see the things which ye behold, and did not see [them]; and to hear the things which ye hear, and did not hear [them].

give us our needed bread for each day;

and remit us our sins, for we also remit to every one indebted to us; and lead us not into temptation.

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

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

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

A 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.

Men 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.

But woe unto you, Pharisees, for ye pay tithes of mint and rue and every herb, and pass by the judgment and the love of God: these ye ought to have done, and not have left those aside.

Woe unto you, Pharisees, for ye love the first seat in the synagogues and salutations in the market-places.

Woe unto you, for ye are as the sepulchres which appear not, and the men walking over them do not know [it].

And he said, To you also woe, doctors of the law, for ye lay upon men burdens heavy to bear, and yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

Woe unto you, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, but your fathers killed them.

Ye bear witness then, and consent to the works of your fathers; for *they* killed them, and *ye* build [their sepulchres].

For this reason also the wisdom of God has said, I will send to them prophets and apostles, and of these shall they kill and drive out by persecution,

Woe unto you, the doctors of the law, for ye have taken away the key of knowledge; yourselves have not entered in, and those who were entering in ye have hindered.

Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria? and one of them is not forgotten before God.

for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in the hour itself what should be said.

And he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for [it is] not because a man is in abundance [that] his life is in his possessions.

And he reasoned within himself saying, What shall I do? for I have not [a place] where I shall lay up my fruits.