Part 19

010:030 Jesus replied, "A man was once on his way down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell among robbers, who after both stripping and beating him went away, leaving him half dead.

010:031 Now a priest happened to be going down that way, and on seeing him passed by on the other side.

010:032 In like manner a Levite also came to the place, and seeing him passed by on the other side.

010:033 But a certain Samaritan, being on a journey, came where he lay, and seeing him was moved with pity.

010:034 He went to him, and dressed his wounds with oil and wine and bound them up. Then placing him on his own mule he brought him to an inn, where he bestowed every care on him.

010:035 The next day he took out two shillings and gave them to the innkeeper. "`Take care of him,' he said, `and whatever further expense you are put to, I will repay it you at my next visit.'

010:036 "Which of those three seems to you to have acted like a fellow man to him who fell among the robbers?"

010:037 "The one who showed him pity," he replied. "Go," said Jesus, "and act in the same way."

010:038 As they pursued their journey He came to a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed Him to her house.

010:039 She had a sister called Mary, who seated herself at the Lord's feet and listened to His teaching.

010:040 Martha meanwhile was busy and distracted in waiting at table, and she came and said, "Master, do you not care that my sister is leaving me to do all the waiting? Tell her to assist me."

010:041 "Martha, Martha," replied Jesus, "you are anxious and worried about a multitude of things;

010:042 and yet only one thing is really necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion and she shall not be deprived of it."

011:001 At one place where He was praying, when He rose from His knees one of His disciples said to Him, "Master, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples."

011:002 So He said to them, "When you pray, say, `Father may Thy name be kept holy; let Thy Kingdom come;

011:003 give us day after day our bread for the day;

011:004 and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive every one who fails in his duty to us; and bring us not into temptation.'"

011:005 And He said to them, "Which of you shall have a friend and shall go to him in the middle of the night and say, "`Friend, lend me three loaves of bread;

011:006 for a friend of mine has just come to my house from a distance, and I have nothing for him to eat'?

011:007 "And he from indoors shall answer, "`Do not pester me. The door is now barred, and I am here in bed with my children. I cannot get up and give you bread.'

011:008 "I tell you that even if he will not rise and give him the loaves because he is his friend, at any rate because of his persistency he will rouse himself and give him as many as he requires.

011:009 "So I say to you, `Ask, and what you ask for shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you.'

011:010 For every one who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, the door shall be opened.

011:011 And what father is there among you, who, if his son asks for a slice of bread, will offer him a stone? or if he asks for a fish, will instead of a fish offer him a snake?

011:012 or if he asks for an egg, will offer him a scorpion?

011:013 If you then, with all your human frailty, know how to give your children gifts that are good for them, how much more certainly will your Father who is in Heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!"

011:014 On once occasion He was expelling a dumb demon; and when the demon was gone out the dumb man could speak, and the people were astonished.

011:015 But some among them said, "It is by the power of Baal-zebul, the Prince of the demons, that he expels the demons."