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Luke 11
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1 And it came to pass that as he was in a certain place praying, when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him: Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. 1 CCC
2 And he said to them: When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. CCC
3 Give us this day our daily bread. CCC
4 And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation. CCC
5 And 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, CCC
6 Because a friend of mine is come off his journey to me and I have not what to set before him.
7 And 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.
8 Yet 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.
9 And I say to you: Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you. CCC
10 For every one that asketh receiveth: and he that seeketh findeth: and to him that knocketh it shall be opened:
11 And 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?
12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he reach him a scorpion?
13 If 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? CCC
14 And 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.
15 But some of them said: He casteth out devils by Beelzebub, the prince of devils.
16 And others tempting, asked of him a sign from heaven.
17 But he seeing their thoughts, said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself shall be brought to desolation; and house upon house shall fall.
18 And if Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? Because you say that through Beelzebub I cast out devils.
19 Now if I cast out devils by Beelzebub, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore, they shall be your judges.
20 But if I by the finger of God cast out devils, doubtless the kingdom of God is come upon you. CCC
21 When a strong man armed keepeth his court, those things are in peace which he possesseth. CCC · Fathers
22 But 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. CCC · Fathers
23 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.
24 When 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.
25 And when he is come, he findeth it swept and garnished.
26 Then 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.
27 And 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.
28 But he said: Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God and keep it.
29 And the multitudes running together, he began to say: This generation is a wicked generation. It asketh a sign: and a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
30 For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninivites; so shall the Son of man also be to this generation.
31 The queen of the south shall rise in the judgment with the men of this generation and shall condemn them: because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon. And behold more than Solomon here.
32 The men of Ninive shall rise in the judgment with this generation and shall condemn it; Because they did penance at the preaching of Jonas. And behold more than Jonas here.
33 No man lighteth a candle and putteth it in a hidden place, nor under a bushel: but upon a candlestick, that they that come in may see the light.
34 The light of thy body is thy eye. If thy eye be single, thy whole body will be lightsome: but if it be evil, thy body also will be darksome.
35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
36 If then thy whole body be lightsome, having no part of darkness: the whole shall be lightsome and, as a bright lamp, shall enlighten thee.
37 And as he was speaking, a certain Pharisee prayed him that he would dine with him. And he going in, sat down to eat. CCC
38 And the Pharisee began to say, thinking within himself, why he was not washed before dinner.
39 And the Lord said to him: Now you, Pharisees, make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter: but your inside is full of rapine and iniquity. CCC
40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make also that which is within?
41 But yet that which remaineth, give alms: and behold, all things are clean unto you. CCC
42 But woe to you, Pharisees, because you tithe mint and rue and every herb and pass over judgment and the charity of God. Now these things you ought to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
43 Woe to you, Pharisees, because you love the uppermost seats in the synagogues and salutations in the marketplace.
44 Woe to you, because you are as sepulchres that appear not: and men that walk over are not aware.
45 And one of the lawyers answering, saith to him: Master, in saying these things, thou reproachest us also.
46 But he said: Woe to you lawyers also, because you load men with burdens which they cannot bear and you yourselves touch not the packs with one of your fingers.
47 Woe to you who build the monuments of the prophets: and your fathers killed them.
48 Truly you bear witness that you consent to the doings of your fathers. For they indeed killed them: and you build their sepulchres.
49 For this cause also the wisdom of God said: I will send to them prophets and apostles: and some of them they will kill and persecute.
50 That the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation, Fathers
51 From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, who was slain between the altar and the temple. Yea I say to you: It shall be required of this generation.
52 Woe to you lawyers, for you have taken away the key of knowledge. You yourselves have not entered in: and those that were entering in, you have hindered.
53 And as he was saying these things to them, the Pharisees and the lawyers began violently to urge him and to oppress his mouth about many things,
54 Lying in wait for him and seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.
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- CCC 520 “In all of his life Jesus presents himself as our model. He is "the perfect man", who invites us to become his…”
- CCC 2601 “He was praying in a certain place and when he had ceased, one of his disciples said to him, 'Lord, teach us…”
- CCC 2759 “Jesus "was praying at a certain place, and when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him, 'Lord, teach us to…”
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- CCC 1969 “The New Law practices the acts of religion: almsgiving, prayer and fasting, directing them to the "Father who sees in secret," in…”
- CCC 2632 “Christian petition is centered on the desire and search for the Kingdom to come, in keeping with the teaching of Christ. There…”
- CCC 2759 “Jesus "was praying at a certain place, and when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him, 'Lord, teach us to…”
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- CCC 1425 “YOU were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of…”
- CCC 1969 “The New Law practices the acts of religion: almsgiving, prayer and fasting, directing them to the "Father who sees in secret," in…”
- CCC 2759 “Jesus "was praying at a certain place, and when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him, 'Lord, teach us to…”
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- CCC 2613 “Three principal parables on prayer are transmitted to us by St. Luke: - the first, "the importunate friend," invites us to urgent…”
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- CCC 2761 “The Lord's Prayer "is truly the summary of the whole gospel." "Since the Lord . . . after handing over the practice…”
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- CCC 443 “Peter could recognize the transcendent character of the Messiah's divine sonship because Jesus had clearly allowed it to be so understood. To…”
- CCC 728 “Jesus does not reveal the Holy Spirit fully, until he himself has been glorified through his Death and Resurrection. Nevertheless, little by…”
- CCC 2632 “Christian petition is centered on the desire and search for the Kingdom to come, in keeping with the teaching of Christ. There…”
- CCC 2671 “The traditional form of petition to the Holy Spirit is to invoke the Father through Christ our Lord to give us the…”
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- CCC 700 “The finger. "It is by the finger of God that [Jesus] cast out demons." If God's law was written on tablets of…”
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- CCC 385 “God is infinitely good and all his works are good. Yet no one can escape the experience of suffering or the evils…”
“How, too, could He have subdued”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book IV, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XXXIII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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- CCC 385 “God is infinitely good and all his works are good. Yet no one can escape the experience of suffering or the evils…”
“How, too, could He have subdued”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book IV, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XXXIII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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- CCC 588 “Jesus scandalized the Pharisees by eating with tax collectors and sinners as familiarly as with themselves. Against those among them "who trusted…”
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- CCC 579 “This principle of integral observance of the Law not only in letter but in spirit was dear to the Pharisees. By giving…”
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- CCC 2447 “The works of mercy are charitable actions by which we come to the aid of our neighbor in his spiritual and bodily…”
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“Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book V, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XIV. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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