1One day in a place where Jesus had just finished praying, one of His disciples requested, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”stylusPsalms 19:14, Psalms 19:14, Jude 1:20, Luke 22:39, Luke 22:452So Jesus told them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.stylusMatthew 6:6, Matthew 6:15, Matthew 6:6, Matthew 6:15, Ecclesiastes 5:23Give us each day our daily bread.stylusMatthew 6:11, Matthew 6:11, Matthew 6:34, Matthew 6:34, Proverbs 30:84And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’”stylusMatthew 6:12, Matthew 6:15, Matthew 6:12, Matthew 6:15, Matthew 26:415Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you goes to his friend at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,stylusLuke 18:1, Luke 18:8, Luke 18:1, Luke 18:86because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.’stylus7And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Do not bother me. My door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’stylusLuke 13:25, Luke 13:25, Matthew 25:10, Galatians 6:17, Luke 7:68I tell you, even though he will not get up to provide for him because of his friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.stylusGenesis 32:26, Genesis 32:26, Colossians 4:12, Colossians 4:12, Romans 15:309So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.stylusMark 11:24, Mark 11:24, John 16:23, John 16:24, John 16:2310For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.stylusJames 4:3, James 4:3, Psalms 31:22, Lamentations 3:18, Lamentations 3:5411What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?stylusMatthew 7:9, Matthew 7:9, Isaiah 49:15, Isaiah 49:1512Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?stylusEzekiel 2:6, Revelation 9:10, Luke 10:19, Ezekiel 2:6, Revelation 9:1013So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”stylusMatthew 7:11, Matthew 7:11, Isaiah 44:3, Isaiah 44:4, Isaiah 44:314One day Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. And when the demon was gone, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed,stylusMatthew 9:32, Matthew 9:34, Matthew 12:22, Matthew 12:24, Mark 7:3215but some of them said, “It is by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons, that He drives out demons.”stylusMatthew 9:34, Matthew 9:34, John 8:52, Matthew 10:25, John 7:2016And others tested Him by demanding a sign from heaven.stylusJohn 6:30, John 6:30, Matthew 16:1, Matthew 16:4, 1 Corinthians 1:2217Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and a house divided against a house will fall.stylusMark 3:23, Mark 3:27, Mark 3:23, Mark 3:27, Matthew 12:2518If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? After all, you say that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.stylusMatthew 12:26, Matthew 12:26, Matthew 12:31, Matthew 12:34, Matthew 12:3119And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.stylusLuke 9:49, Luke 9:49, Luke 19:22, Matthew 12:41, Matthew 12:4220But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.stylusExodus 8:19, Exodus 8:19, Matthew 12:28, Matthew 12:28, Luke 10:921When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure.stylusMark 3:27, Mark 3:27, Matthew 12:29, Matthew 12:2922But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted, and then he divides up his plunder.stylusIsaiah 49:24, Isaiah 49:25, Isaiah 49:24, Isaiah 49:25, Isaiah 53:1223He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.stylusMatthew 12:30, Matthew 12:30, Luke 9:50, Luke 9:50, Mark 9:4024When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’stylusMatthew 12:43, Matthew 12:45, Matthew 12:43, Matthew 12:45, 1 Peter 5:825On its return, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.stylusJude 1:8, Jude 1:13, 2 Thessalonians 2:9, 2 Thessalonians 2:12, 2 Peter 2:1026Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first.”stylusMatthew 12:45, John 5:14, Matthew 12:45, John 5:14, 2 Peter 2:2027As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You!”stylusLuke 1:42, Luke 1:42, Luke 23:29, Luke 1:48, Luke 23:2928But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”stylusLuke 6:47, Luke 6:48, Luke 6:47, Luke 6:48, Luke 8:2129As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.stylusLuke 11:16, Luke 11:16, Mark 8:11, Mark 8:12, Matthew 12:3830For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.stylusMatthew 12:40, Matthew 12:42, Jonah 1:17, Matthew 12:40, Matthew 12:4231The Queen of the South will rise 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 now One greater than Solomon is here.stylus2 Chronicles 9:1, 2 Chronicles 9:1, 1 Kings 10:1, 1 Kings 10:13, 1 Kings 10:132The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.stylusHebrews 7:26, Jonah 3:5, Jonah 4:4, Jonah 4:9, Luke 11:3133No one lights a lamp and puts it in a cellar or under a basket. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.stylusLuke 8:16, Luke 8:17, Luke 8:16, Luke 8:17, Mark 4:2134Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness.stylusMatthew 6:22, Matthew 6:23, Matthew 6:22, Matthew 6:23, Acts 26:1835Be careful, then, that the light within you is not darkness.stylusProverbs 16:25, Proverbs 16:25, 1 Corinthians 1:19, 1 Corinthians 1:21, James 3:1336So if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, you will be radiant, as though a lamp were shining on you.”stylusProverbs 20:27, Proverbs 20:27, Proverbs 4:18, Proverbs 4:19, Proverbs 6:2337As Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee invited Him to dine with him; so He went in and reclined at the table.stylusLuke 7:36, Luke 7:36, 1 Corinthians 9:19, 1 Corinthians 9:23, 1 Corinthians 9:1938But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.stylusMark 7:2, Mark 7:5, Matthew 15:2, Matthew 15:3, Mark 7:239“Now then,” said the Lord, “you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.stylusProverbs 30:12, Titus 1:15, Proverbs 30:12, Titus 1:15, Acts 8:2140You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well?stylusLuke 12:20, Luke 12:20, 1 Corinthians 15:36, 1 Corinthians 15:36, Matthew 23:2641But give as alms the things that are within you, and you will see that everything is clean for you.stylusLuke 12:33, Luke 12:33, James 1:27, Titus 1:15, James 1:2742Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.stylusMatthew 23:23, Matthew 23:23, Luke 18:12, Proverbs 21:3, Luke 18:1243Woe to you Pharisees! You love the chief seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.stylusLuke 20:46, Luke 20:46, Mark 12:38, Mark 12:39, Mark 12:3844Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”stylusMatthew 23:27, Matthew 23:28, Matthew 23:27, Matthew 23:28, Psalms 5:945One of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.”stylusJeremiah 6:10, John 9:40, Matthew 22:35, Jeremiah 6:10, John 9:4046“Woe to you as well, experts in the law!” He replied. “You weigh men down with heavy burdens, but you yourselves will not lift a finger to lighten their load.stylusLuke 11:52, Luke 11:52, Matthew 23:2, Matthew 23:4, Matthew 23:247Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.stylus1 Thessalonians 2:15, 1 Thessalonians 2:15, Acts 7:51, Matthew 23:29, Matthew 23:3348So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.stylusJames 5:10, James 5:10, 2 Chronicles 36:16, Matthew 21:35, Matthew 21:3849Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’stylus1 Corinthians 1:30, 1 Corinthians 1:30, Colossians 2:3, Colossians 2:3, Ephesians 4:1150As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,stylusRevelation 18:20, Revelation 18:24, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 9:6, Revelation 18:2051from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.stylus2 Chronicles 24:20, 2 Chronicles 24:22, 2 Chronicles 24:20, 2 Chronicles 24:22, Hebrews 11:452Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”stylusMatthew 23:13, Matthew 23:13, Malachi 2:7, Malachi 2:7, Acts 4:1753As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things,stylusJeremiah 20:10, 1 Corinthians 13:5, Jeremiah 18:18, Psalms 22:12, Psalms 22:1354waiting to catch Him in something He might say.stylusMark 12:13, Mark 12:13, Matthew 22:35, Matthew 22:15, Matthew 22:35