馬太福音 7:7
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
「你們祈求，就給你們；尋找，就尋見；叩門，就給你們開門。
馬可福音 11:24
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
所以我告訴你們，凡你們禱告祈求的，無論是什麼，只要信是得著的，就必得著。
馬太福音 7:7
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"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
"Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?
If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
「你們祈求，就給你們；尋找，就尋見；叩門，就給你們開門。
因為凡祈求的，就得著；尋找的，就尋見；叩門的，就給他開門。
你們中間誰有兒子求餅，反給他石頭呢？
求魚，反給他蛇呢？
你們雖然不好，尚且知道拿好東西給兒女，何況你們在天上的父，豈不更把好東西給求他的人嗎？
耶利米書 29:13
You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
你們尋求我，若專心尋求我，就必尋見。
詩篇 34:10
The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
少壯獅子還缺食忍餓，但尋求耶和華的什麼好處都不缺。
詩篇 27:4
One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.
有一件事，我曾求耶和華，我仍要尋求：就是一生一世住在耶和華的殿中，瞻仰他的榮美，在他的殿裡求問。
詩篇 14:2
The Lord looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.
耶和華從天上垂看世人，要看有明白的沒有，有尋求神的沒有。
腓立比書 4:6
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Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things.
應當一無掛慮，只要凡事藉著禱告、祈求，和感謝，將你們所要的告訴神。
神所賜、出人意外的平安必在基督耶穌裡保守你們的心懷意念。
弟兄們，我還有未盡的話：凡是真實的、可敬的、公義的、清潔的、可愛的、有美名的，若有什麼德行，若有什麼稱讚，這些事你們都要思念。
列王記上 3:5
At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, "Ask for whatever you want me to give you."
在基遍，夜間夢中，耶和華向所羅門顯現，對他說：「你願我賜你什麼？你可以求。」
詩篇 22:26
The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the Lord will praise him- may your hearts live forever!
謙卑的人必吃得飽足；尋求耶和華的人必讚美他。願你們的心永遠活著！
詩篇 63:1
You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.
（大衛在猶大曠野的時候，作了這詩。）神啊，你是我的神，我要切切的尋求你，在乾旱疲乏無水之地，我渴想你；我的心切慕你。
傳道書 1:13
I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens. What a heavy burden God has laid on mankind!
我專心用智慧尋求、查究天下所做的一切事，乃知神叫世人所經練的是極重的勞苦。
路加福音 11:13
If you then, though you 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!"
你們雖然不好，尚且知道拿好東西給兒女；何況天父，豈不更將聖靈給求他的人嗎？」
歷代志上 16:11
Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.
要尋求耶和華與他的能力，時常尋求他的面。
詩篇 34:4
I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.
我曾尋求耶和華，他就應允我，救我脫離了一切的恐懼。
希伯來書 11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
人非有信，就不能得神的喜悅；因為到神面前來的人必須信有神，且信他賞賜那尋求他的人。
詩篇 27:8
My heart says of you, "Seek his face!" Your face, Lord, I will seek.
你說：你們當尋求我的面。那時我心向你說：耶和華啊，你的面我正要尋求。
詩篇 34:14
Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
要離惡行善，尋求和睦，一心追趕。
詩篇 119:10
I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.
我一心尋求了你；求你不要叫我偏離你的命令。
詩篇 70:4
But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who long for your saving help always say, "The Lord is great!"
願一切尋求你的，因你高興歡喜；願那些喜愛你救恩的，常說：當尊神為大！
路加福音 18:1
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Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.
He said: "In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought.
And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, 'Grant me justice against my adversary.'
"For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, 'Even though I don't fear God or care what people think,
yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won't eventually come and attack me!' "
And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says.
And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?
I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?"
耶穌設一個比喻，是要人常常禱告，不可灰心。
說：「某城裡有一個官，不懼怕神，也不尊重世人。
那城裡有個寡婦，常到他那裡，說：『我有一個對頭，求你給我伸冤。』
他多日不准。後來心裡說：『我雖不懼怕神，也不尊重世人，
只因這寡婦煩擾我，我就給他伸冤吧，免得他常來纏磨我！』」
主說：「你們聽這不義之官所說的話。
神的選民晝夜呼籲他，他縱然為他們忍了多時，豈不終久給他們伸冤嗎？
我告訴你們，要快快的給他們伸冤了。然而，人子來的時候，遇得見世上有信德嗎？」
詩篇 69:6
Lord, the Lord Almighty, may those who hope in you not be disgraced because of me; God of Israel, may those who seek you not be put to shame because of me.
萬軍的主耶和華啊，求你叫那等候你的，不要因我蒙羞！以色列的神啊，求你叫那尋求你的，不要因我受辱！
詩篇 69:32
The poor will see and be glad- you who seek God, may your hearts live!
謙卑的人看見了就喜樂；尋求神的人，願你們的心甦醒。
詩篇 104:21
The lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
少壯獅子吼叫，要抓食，向神尋求食物。
耶利米哀歌 3:25
The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;
凡等候耶和華，心裡尋求他的，耶和華必施恩給他。
路加福音 11:9
"So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
我又告訴你們，你們祈求，就給你們；尋找，就尋見；叩門，就給你們開門。
約翰福音 14:13
- 14
And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
你們奉我的名無論求什麼，我必成就，叫父因兒子得榮耀。
你們若奉我的名求什麼，我必成就。」
約翰福音 15:7
If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
你們若常在我裡面，我的話也常在你們裡面，凡你們所願意的，祈求，就給你們成就。
申命記 4:29
But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.
但你們在那裡必尋求耶和華你的神。你盡心盡性尋求他的時候，就必尋見。
羅馬書 2:7
To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life.
凡恆心行善、尋求榮耀、尊貴和不能朽壞之福的，就以永生報應他們；
馬太福音 21:22
If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."
你們禱告，無論求什麼，只要信，就必得著。」
詩篇 77:2
When I was in distress, I sought the Lord; at night I stretched out untiring hands, and I would not be comforted.
我在患難之日尋求主；我在夜間不住的舉手禱告；我的心不肯受安慰。
馬太福音 7:1
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"Do not judge, or you too will be judged.
For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?
How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?
You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
"Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
"Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?
If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
"Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.
By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.
Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?'
Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'
"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.
But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash."
When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching,
because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law.
「你們不要論斷人，免得你們被論斷。
因為你們怎樣論斷人，也必怎樣被論斷；你們用什麼量器量給人，也必用什麼量器量給你們。
為什麼看見你弟兄眼中有刺，卻不想自己眼中有梁木呢？
你自己眼中有梁木，怎能對你弟兄說：『容我去掉你眼中的刺』呢？
你這假冒為善的人！先去掉自己眼中的梁木，然後才能看得清楚，去掉你弟兄眼中的刺。
不要把聖物給狗，也不要把你們的珍珠丟在豬前，恐怕他踐踏了珍珠，轉過來咬你們。」
「你們祈求，就給你們；尋找，就尋見；叩門，就給你們開門。
因為凡祈求的，就得著；尋找的，就尋見；叩門的，就給他開門。
你們中間誰有兒子求餅，反給他石頭呢？
求魚，反給他蛇呢？
你們雖然不好，尚且知道拿好東西給兒女，何況你們在天上的父，豈不更把好東西給求他的人嗎？
所以，無論何事，你們願意人怎樣待你們，你們也要怎樣待人，因為這就是律法和先知的道理。」
「你們要進窄門。因為引到滅亡，那門是寬的，路是大的，進去的人也多；
引到永生，那門是窄的，路是小的，找著的人也少。」
「你們要防備假先知。他們到你們這裡來，外面披著羊皮，裡面卻是殘暴的狼。
憑著他們的果子，就可以認出他們來。荊棘上豈能摘葡萄呢？蒺藜裡豈能摘無花果呢？
這樣，凡好樹都結好果子，惟獨壞樹結壞果子。
好樹不能結壞果子；壞樹不能結好果子。
凡不結好果子的樹就砍下來，丟在火裡。
所以，憑著他們的果子就可以認出他們來。」
「凡稱呼我『主啊，主啊』的人不能都進天國；惟獨遵行我天父旨意的人才能進去。
當那日必有許多人對我說：『主啊，主啊，我們不是奉你的名傳道，奉你的名趕鬼，奉你的名行許多異能嗎？』
我就明明的告訴他們說：『我從來不認識你們，你們這些作惡的人，離開我去吧！』」
「所以，凡聽見我這話就去行的，好比一個聰明人，把房子蓋在磐石上；
雨淋，水沖，風吹，撞著那房子，房子總不倒塌，因為根基立在磐石上。
凡聽見我這話不去行的，好比一個無知的人，把房子蓋在沙土上；
雨淋，水沖，風吹，撞著那房子，房子就倒塌了，並且倒塌得很大。」
耶穌講完了這些話，眾人都希奇他的教訓；
因為他教訓他們，正像有權柄的人，不像他們的文士。
馬太福音 7:7
- 12
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
"Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?
If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
「你們祈求，就給你們；尋找，就尋見；叩門，就給你們開門。
因為凡祈求的，就得著；尋找的，就尋見；叩門的，就給他開門。
你們中間誰有兒子求餅，反給他石頭呢？
求魚，反給他蛇呢？
你們雖然不好，尚且知道拿好東西給兒女，何況你們在天上的父，豈不更把好東西給求他的人嗎？
所以，無論何事，你們願意人怎樣待你們，你們也要怎樣待人，因為這就是律法和先知的道理。」
歷代志下 7:14
if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
這稱為我名下的子民，若是自卑、禱告，尋求我的面，轉離他們的惡行，我必從天上垂聽，赦免他們的罪，醫治他們的地。
歷代志下 12:14
He did evil because he had not set his heart on seeking the Lord.
羅波安行惡，因他不立定心意尋求耶和華。
歷代志下 15:13
All who would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, were to be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman.
凡不尋求耶和華以色列神的，無論大小、男女，必被治死。
約伯記 8:5
But if you will seek God earnestly and plead with the Almighty,
你若殷勤地尋求神，向全能者懇求；
詩篇 53:2
God looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.
神從天上垂看世人，要看有明白的沒有？有尋求他的沒有？
馬太福音 7:8
For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
因為凡祈求的，就得著；尋找的，就尋見；叩門的，就給他開門。
馬太福音 21:21
- 22
Jesus replied, "Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and it will be done.
If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."
耶穌回答說：「我實在告訴你們，你們若有信心，不疑惑，不但能行無花果樹上所行的事，就是對這座山說：『你挪開此地，投在海裡！』也必成就。
你們禱告，無論求什麼，只要信，就必得著。」
路加福音 11:1
- 54
One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples."
He said to them, "When you pray, say: " 'Father, ote style="f" caller="+"> 11:2 Some manuscripts Our Father in heaven hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. ote style="f" caller="+"> 11:2 Some manuscripts come. May your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us each day our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. ote style="f" caller="+"> 11:4 Greek everyone who is indebted to us And lead us not into temptation. ote style="f" caller="+"> 11:4 Some manuscripts temptation, but deliver us from the evil one ' "
Then Jesus said to them, "Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread;
a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.'
And suppose the one inside answers, 'Don't bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can't get up and give you anything.'
I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.
"So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for ote style="f" caller="+"> 11:11 Some manuscripts for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?
Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
If you then, though you 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!"
Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon left, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowd was amazed.
But some of them said, "By Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he is driving out demons."
Others tested him by asking for a sign from heaven.
Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them: "Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall.
If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? I say this because you claim that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.
Now if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your followers drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.
But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
"When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe.
But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up his plunder.
"Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
"When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, 'I will return to the house I left.'
When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.
Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first."
As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, "Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you."
He replied, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it."
As the crowds increased, Jesus said, "This is a wicked generation. It asks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.
For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation.
The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon's wisdom; and now something greater than Solomon is here.
The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and now something greater than Jonah is here.
"No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light.
Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are healthy, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are unhealthy,11:34The Greek for unhealthyhere implies stingy. your body also is full of darkness.
See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness.
Therefore, if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it dark, it will be just as full of light as when a lamp shines its light on you."
When Jesus had finished speaking, a Pharisee invited him to eat with him; so he went in and reclined at the table.
But the Pharisee was surprised when he noticed that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.
Then the Lord said to him, "Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
You foolish people! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also?
But now as for what is inside you-be generous to the poor, and everything will be clean for you.
"Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without leaving the former undone.
"Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the most important seats in the synagogues and respectful greetings in the marketplaces.
"Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves, which people walk over without knowing it."
One of the experts in the law answered him, "Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us also."
Jesus replied, "And you experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them.
"Woe to you, because you build tombs for the prophets, and it was your ancestors who killed them.
So you testify that you approve of what your ancestors did; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.
Because of this, God in his wisdom said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and others they will persecute.'
Therefore this generation will be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world,
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible for it all.
"Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering."
When Jesus went outside, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law began to oppose him fiercely and to besiege him with questions,
waiting to catch him in something he might say.
耶穌在一個地方禱告；禱告完了，有個門徒對他說：「求主教導我們禱告，像約翰教導他的門徒。」
耶穌說：「你們禱告的時候，要說：我們在天上的父（有古卷：父啊）：願人都尊你的名為聖。願你的國降臨；願你的旨意行在地上，如同行在天上（有古卷沒有願你的旨意云云）。
我們日用的飲食，天天賜給我們。
赦免我們的罪，因為我們也赦免凡虧欠我們的人。不叫我們遇見試探；救我們脫離兇惡（有古卷沒有末句）。」
耶穌又說：「你們中間誰有一個朋友半夜到他那裡去，說：『朋友！請借給我三個餅；
因為我有一個朋友行路，來到我這裡，我沒有什麼給他擺上。』
那人在裡面回答說：『不要攪擾我，門已經關閉，孩子們也同我在床上了，我不能起來給你。』
我告訴你們，雖不因他是朋友起來給他，但因他情詞迫切的直求，就必起來照他所需用的給他。
我又告訴你們，你們祈求，就給你們；尋找，就尋見；叩門，就給你們開門。
因為，凡祈求的，就得著；尋找的，就尋見；叩門的，就給他開門。
你們中間作父親的，誰有兒子求餅，反給他石頭呢？求魚，反拿蛇當魚給他呢？
求雞蛋，反給他蠍子呢？
你們雖然不好，尚且知道拿好東西給兒女；何況天父，豈不更將聖靈給求他的人嗎？」
耶穌趕出一個叫人啞巴的鬼，鬼出去了，啞巴就說出話來；眾人都希奇。
內中卻有人說：「他是靠著鬼王別西卜趕鬼。」
又有人試探耶穌，向他求從天上來的神蹟。
他曉得他們的意念，便對他們說：「凡一國自相分爭，就成為荒場；凡一家自相分爭，就必敗落。
若撒但自相分爭，他的國怎能站得住呢？因為你們說我是靠著別西卜趕鬼。
我若靠著別西卜趕鬼，你們的子弟趕鬼又靠著誰呢？這樣，他們就要斷定你們的是非。
我若靠著神的能力趕鬼，這就是神的國臨到你們了。
壯士披掛整齊，看守自己的住宅，他所有的都平安無事；
但有一個比他更壯的來，勝過他，就奪去他所倚靠的盔甲兵器，又分了他的贓。
不與我相合的，就是敵我的；不同我收聚的，就是分散的。」
「污鬼離了人身，就在無水之地過來過去，尋求安歇之處；既尋不著，便說：『我要回到我所出來的屋裡去。』
到了，就看見裡面打掃乾淨，修飾好了，
便去另帶了七個比自己更惡的鬼來，都進去住在那裡。那人末後的景況比先前更不好了。」
耶穌正說這話的時候，眾人中間有一個女人大聲說：「懷你胎的和乳養你的有福了！」
耶穌說：「是，卻還不如聽神之道而遵守的人有福。」
當眾人聚集的時候，耶穌開講說：「這世代是一個邪惡的世代。他們求看神蹟，除了約拿的神蹟以外，再沒有神蹟給他們看。
約拿怎樣為尼尼微人成了神蹟，人子也要照樣為這世代的人成了神蹟。
當審判的時候，南方的女王要起來定這世代的罪；因為他從地極而來，要聽所羅門的智慧話。看哪！在這裡有一人比所羅門更大。
當審判的時候，尼尼微人要起來定這世代的罪，因為尼尼微人聽了約拿所傳的就悔改了。看哪！在這裡有一人比約拿更大。」
「沒有人點燈放在地窨子裡，或是斗底下，總是放在燈臺上，使進來的人看得見亮光。
你眼睛就是身上的燈。你的眼睛若瞭亮，全身就光明；眼睛若昏花，全身就黑暗。
所以，你要省察，恐怕你裡頭的光或者黑暗了。
若是你全身光明，毫無黑暗，就必全然光明，如同燈的明光照亮你。」
說話的時候，有一個法利賽人請耶穌同他吃飯，耶穌就進去坐席。
這法利賽人看見耶穌飯前不洗手便詫異。
主對他說：「如今你們法利賽人洗淨杯盤的外面，你們裡面卻滿了勒索和邪惡。
無知的人哪，造外面的，不也造裡面嗎？
只要把裡面的施捨給人，凡物於你們就都潔淨了。
「你們法利賽人有禍了！因為你們將薄荷、芸香並各樣菜蔬獻上十分之一，那公義和愛神的事反倒不行了。這原是你們當行的；那也是不可不行的。
你們法利賽人有禍了！因為你們喜愛會堂裡的首位，又喜愛人在街市上問你們的安。
你們有禍了！因為你們如同不顯露的墳墓，走在上面的人並不知道。」
律法師中有一個回答耶穌說：「夫子！你這樣說也把我們糟蹋了。」
耶穌說：「你們律法師也有禍了！因為你們把難擔的擔子放在人身上，自己一個指頭卻不肯動。
你們有禍了！因為你們修造先知的墳墓，那先知正是你們的祖宗所殺的。
可見你們祖宗所作的事，你們又證明又喜歡；因為他們殺了先知，你們修造先知的墳墓。
所以，神用智慧（用智慧：或作的智者）曾說：『我要差遣先知和使徒到他們那裡去，有的他們要殺害，有的他們要逼迫，』
使創世以來所流眾先知血的罪都要問在這世代的人身上，
就是從亞伯的血起，直到被殺在壇和殿中間撒迦利亞的血為止。我實在告訴你們，這都要問在這世代的人身上。
你們律法師有禍了！因為你們把知識的鑰匙奪了去，自己不進去，正要進去的人你們也阻擋他們。」
耶穌從那裡出來，文士和法利賽人就極力的催逼他，引動他多說話，
私下窺聽，要拿他的話柄。
約翰福音 16:24
Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.
向來你們沒有奉我的名求什麼，如今你們求，就必得著，叫你們的喜樂可以滿足。」
雅各書 4:3
When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.
你們求也得不著，是因為你們妄求，要浪費在你們的宴樂中。
彼得前書 3:11
They must turn from evil and do good; they must seek peace and pursue it.
也要離惡行善；尋求和睦，一心追趕。
歷代志上 16:10
Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
要以他的聖名誇耀；尋求耶和華的人，心中應當歡喜。
歷代志上 28:8
"So now I charge you in the sight of all Israel and of the assembly of the Lord, and in the hearing of our God: Be careful to follow all the commands of the Lord your God, that you may possess this good land and pass it on as an inheritance to your descendants forever.
現今在耶和華的會中，以色列眾人眼前所說的，我們的神也聽見了。你們應當尋求耶和華你們神的一切誡命，謹守遵行，如此你們可以承受這美地，遺留給你們的子孫，永遠為業。
歷代志上 28:9
"And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.
「我兒所羅門哪，你當認識耶和華你父的神，誠心樂意地事奉他；因為他鑒察眾人的心，知道一切心思意念。你若尋求他，他必使你尋見；你若離棄他，他必永遠丟棄你。
詩篇 9:10
Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.
耶和華啊，認識你名的人要倚靠你，因你沒有離棄尋求你的人。
詩篇 40:16
But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who long for your saving help always say, "The Lord is great!"
願一切尋求你的，因你高興歡喜！願那些喜愛你救恩的，常說：當尊耶和華為大！
