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

For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.

What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent;

or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

And if Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.

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

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

The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

But give as alms those things that are within, and behold, everything is clean for you.

"But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.

Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.

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

And he said, "Woe to you lawyers also! For you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

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

So you are witnesses and you consent to the deeds of your fathers, 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.

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

for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say."