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For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it."

And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us. And do not bring us to the time of trial."

for a friend of mine has arrived, and I have nothing to set before him.'

"So I say to you, Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.

Is there anyone among you who, if your child asks for a fish, will give a snake instead of a fish?

Or if the child asks for an egg, will give a scorpion?

If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? —for you say that I cast out the demons by Beelzebul.

"When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it wanders through waterless regions looking for a resting place, but not finding any, it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.'

When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, "This generation is an evil generation; it asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.

For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be to this generation.

So give for alms those things that are within; and see, everything will be clean for you.

"But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and herbs of all kinds, and neglect justice and the love of God; it is these you ought to have practiced, without neglecting the others.

Woe to you Pharisees! For you love to have the seat of honor in the synagogues and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces.

Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without realizing it."

And he said, "Woe also to you lawyers! For you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not lift a finger to ease them.

Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors killed.

So you are witnesses and approve of the deeds of your ancestors; for they killed them, and you build their tombs.

Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge; you did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering."

lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say.