11: 2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, 196Father, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.197
196So p75Bℵ vg sys (L arm Our Father…). 579 1241 and the majority of lesser Gk. mss., copsa,bo ite geo read Our Father, who art in heaven, Cf. Mt 6:9.
197So p75BL sys,c vg. ℵ(*),a 579 1241 33 and the majority of lesser Gk. mss., copbo ite add Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth. Cf. Mt 6:11.
11: 3 Give us day by day 198our daily bread.
198Gk. our bread for the coming day. Or, our needful bread. as in Mt 6:11.
11: 4 And forgive us our sins; for we ourselves also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation.199
199So p75Bℵ*L copsa sys vg geo arm. (ℵa) 579 1241 Rvid 33 and the majority of lesser Gk. mss., syc add But deliver us from the evil one.
11: 5 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
11: 6 for a friend of mine is come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him;
11: 7 and he from within shall 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?
11: 8 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will arise and give him 200as many as he needeth.
200Or, whatsoever things he needeth.
11: 9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
11: 10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it 201shall be opened.
201p75B almost alone read it is opened.
11: 11 And of which of you that is a father shall his son ask202 a fish, and will he for a fish give him a serpent?
202So p45B 1241 copsa sys arm (p75 strength, and…). The majority of lesser Gk. mss. add a loaf, and will he give him a stone? or even (ℵL 33 vg omit even)
11: 12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion?
11: 13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall the heavenly Father give 203a holy spirit to them that ask him?
203p45L vg almost alone read a good spirit
11: 14 And he was casting out a demon 204that was dumb. And it came to pass, when the demon was gone out, the dumb man spake; and the multitudes marvelled.
204So p45,75BℵL 1241 33 copsa,bo sys,c arm. 579 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., vg geo read and it was dumb.
11: 15 But some of them said, 205By 206Beelzebub the prince of the demons casteth he out demons.
205Or, In And in vss. 18, 19.
206Gk. Beelzebul And in vss. 18, 19.
11: 16 And others, trying him, sought of him a sign from heaven.
11: 17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; 207and a house divided against a house falleth.
207Or, and house falleth upon house.
11: 18 And if Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub.
11: 19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore shall they be your judges.
11: 20 But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.
11: 21 When the strong man fully armed guardeth his own court, his goods are in peace:
11: 22 but when one stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him his whole armor wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
11: 23 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me 208scattereth.
208p45,(75)Bℵa 1241 and the majority of lesser Gk. mss., copsa syc vg geo arm. ℵ*,bL 579 33 copbo sys read scattereth me.
11: 24 The unclean spirit when 209he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and finding none, then he saith, I will turn back unto my house whence I came out.
209Or, it (twice) And in vss. 25 (twice), 26.
11: 25 And when he is come, he findeth it210 swept and garnished.
210So p75ℵ* 070 1241 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., copsa sys,c vg ite arm. But BL 040 579 R 33 copbo add standing empty,
11: 26 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more evil than 211himself; and 212he enters in and dwells there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first.
211Or, itself;
212Or possibly, they enter in and dwell there:
11: 27 And it came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts which thou didst suck.
11: 28 But he said, Yes rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
11: 29 And when the multitudes were gathering together unto him, he began to say, This generation is an evil generation: it seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah.
11: 30 For even as Jonah became a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
11: 31 The 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, 213one greater than Solomon is here.
213Gk. more than And in vs. 32.
11: 32 The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, one greater than Jonah is here.
11: 33 No man, when he hath lighted a lamp, putteth it in a cellar,214 but on the lampstand, that they which enter in may see the light.
214So p45,75L 040 070 1241 copsa sys geo arm. But Bℵ 33 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., copbo syc vg ite add neither under the bushel basket,
11: 34 The lamp of thy body is thine eye: when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when it is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
11: 35 Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness.
11: 36 If therefore thy whole body be full of light, having no part dark, it shall be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining doth give thee light.
11: 37 Now as he spake, a Pharisee asketh him to 215dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.
215Ancient Gk. breakfast Similarly in vs. 38.
11: 38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first bathed himself before dinner.
11: 39 And the Lord said unto him, Now ye the Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter; but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
11: 40 Ye foolish ones, did not he that made the outside make the inside also?
11: 41 But give for alms those things which 216are within; and behold, all things are clean unto you.
216Or possibly, ye can;
11: 42 But woe unto you Pharisees! For ye tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass over justice and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to 217neglect the other.
217So p75B*ℵaL 1241 (copsa,bo) (syc) vg ite geo arm. (p45ℵ*) 0108 579 33 sys and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., read dismiss
11: 43 Woe unto you Pharisees! For ye love the chief seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the marketplaces.
11: 44 Woe unto you! For ye are as the tombs which appear not, and the men that walk over them know it not.
11: 45 And one of the lawyers answering saith unto him, Teacher, in saying this thou reproachest us also.
11: 46 And he said, Woe unto you lawyers also! For ye load men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.
11: 47 Woe unto you! For ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
11: 48 So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build their tombs.
11: 49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send unto them prophets and apostles; and some of them they shall kill and persecute;
11: 50 that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
11: 51 from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the 218temple house: yes, I say unto you, it shall be required of this generation.
218Or, sanctuary:
11: 52 Woe unto you lawyers! For ye took away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
11: 53 And when he was come out from thence, the scribes and the Pharisees began to 219press upon him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of 220many things;
219Or, set themselves vehemently against him,
220Or, more
11: 54 laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth.
