Wisdom & Truth Verses
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Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? {offer: Gr. give}
But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils. {Beelzebub: Gr. Beelzebul}
And others, tempting {him}, sought of him a sign from heaven.
He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.
Then goeth he, and taketh {to him} seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last {state} of that man is worse than the first.
The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when {thine eye} is evil, thy body also {is} full of darkness.
Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
If thy whole body therefore {be} full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light. {the bright...: Gr. a candle by its bright shining}
And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.
And when the Pharisee saw {it}, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.
But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. {of...: or, as you are able}