25And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, tempting him, saying: Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 26He said to him: What is written in the law? How readest thou? 27And he answering said: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself. 28And he said to him: Thou answeredst rightly. This do, and thou shalt live. 29But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus: Who then is my neighbor?
30And Jesus answering said: A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, who stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31And by chance a certain priest was going down that way; and seeing him, he passed by on the other side. 32And in like manner also a Levite, arriving at the place, came and saw, and passed by on the other side.
33And a certain Samaritan, as he was journeying, came where he was, and seeing him had compassion; 34and coming to him, bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine; and setting him on his own beast, he brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two denáries[35] and gave to the host, and said: Take care of him; and whatever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
36Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor to him that fell among the robbers? 37And he said: He that had mercy on him. And Jesus said to him: Go, and do thou likewise.
38And it came to pass, as they were going, that he entered into a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. 39And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at the feet of Jesus, and heard his word. 40But Martha was encumbered with much serving; and she came to him, and said: Lord, dost thou not care that my sister left me to serve alone? Bid her therefore that she help me. 41And Jesus answering said to her: Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and troubled about many things. 42But one thing is needful; and Mary chose the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
XI. 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 also John taught his disciples. 2And he said to them: When ye pray, say; Father, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. 3Give us day by day our daily bread[3]. 4And forgive us our sins; for we ourselves forgive every one indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation.
5And he said to them: Who of you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight, and say to him: 6Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine is come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him; 7and he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not; the door is already shut, and my children with me are in bed; I can not rise and give thee? 8I say to you, though 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 needs. 9I also say to you: Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. 10For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.
11And what father is there among you, of whom if his son ask bread, he will give him a stone; or a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent? 12Or if he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion? 13If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?
14And he was casting out a demon, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the demon was gone out, that the dumb man spoke; and the multitudes wondered. 15But some of them said: He casts out the demons through Beelzebul, the prince of the demons. 16And others, tempting, sought of him a sign from heaven. 17But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and a house divided against a house falls[17]. 18And if Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out the demons through Beelzebul. 19And if I through Beelzebul cast out the demons, through whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. 20But if with the finger of God I cast out the demons, then is the kingdom of God come near to you.
21When a strong man armed keeps his palace, his goods are in peace. 22But when a stronger than he shall come upon him and overcome him, he takes away his whole armor, wherein he trusted, and divides his spoils.