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Luke 11 - NIV, NAB - in Dialogue of Justin

He overthrew also the tables of the money-changers in the temple, and exclaimed, `Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye pay tithe of mint and rue, but do not observe the love of God and justice. Ye whited sepulchres! appearing beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones.'[43]

Luke 11 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III

the man who had the dropsy, whom the Lord made whole on the Sabbath, and how He did defend Himself for having performed an act of healing on that day; how He taught His disciples not to aspire to the uppermost rooms; how we should invite the poor and feeble, who cannot recompense us; the man who knocked during the night to obtain loaves, and did obtain them, because of the urgency of his importunity;[246]

Luke 11 - NIV, NAB - in Recognitions of Clement II

"In like manner, also, during the last period of His teaching, He wages war against the scribes and Pharisees, charging them with evil deeds and unsound doctrine, and with hiding the key of knowledge which they had handed down to them from Moses, by which the gate of the heavenly kingdom might be opened.[25]

Luke 11:1 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

When in a certain place he had been praying to that Father above,[1046]

Luke 11:2 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

of the prayer what God is addressed therein. To whom can I say, "Father? "[1051]

Luke 11:2 - NIV, NAB - in Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes

And to whom, then, did the Lord Jesus address Himself, when in these terms He taught men to pray: "When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven; "[164]

Luke 11:2 - NIV, NAB - in Acts of the Holy Apostle Thomas

and not only hast Thou given us this, but hast also taught us how to pray;[52]

Luke 11:3 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

Whose kingdom shall I wish to come-his, of whom I never heard as the king of glory; or His, in whose hand are even the hearts of kings? Who shall give me my daily[1055]

Luke 11:3 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On Fasting

in our ordinary prayer likewise commanding us to request "bread,"[107]

Luke 11:3 - NIV, NAB - in Didache

Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth. Give us to-day our daily (needful) bread,[83]

Luke 11:4 - NIV, NAB - in Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VII

He never remembers those who have sinned against him, but forgives them. Wherefore also he righteously prays, saying, "Forgive us; for we also forgive."[131]

Luke 11:4 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

Who shall forgive me my trespasses?[1058]

Luke 11:4 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On Modesty

" The sins which are (thus) cleansed are such as a man may have committed against his brother, not against God. We profess, in short, in our prayer, that we will grant remission to our debtors;[44]

Luke 11:5 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics

The neighbour was without bread, and therefore he knocked; but as soon as the door was opened to him, and he received the bread, he discontinued knocking.[136]

Luke 11:5 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

was able to proclaim these duties and rewards by Christ, in order that man, who by sinning had offended his God, might toil on (in his probation), and by his perseverance in asking might receive, and in seeking might find, and in knocking might enter. Accordingly, the preceding similitude[1067]

Luke 11:5 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On Prayer

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Luke 11:5 - NIV, NAB - in Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI

But let us, not according to the tradition of the elders among the Jews, but according to sound reason, endeavour to purify our own actions and so to wash the hands of our souls, when we are about to eat the three loaves which we ask from Jesus, who wishes to be our friend;[73]

Luke 11:8 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

It is the Creator, who once shut the door to the Gentiles, which was then knocked at by the Jews, that both rises and gives, if not now to man as a friend, yet not as a stranger, but, as He says, "because of his importunity."[1071]

Luke 11:8 - NIV, NAB - in Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XIV

and by "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 as many as he needeth."[209]

Luke 11:9 - NIV, NAB - in Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VIII

But, on the contrary, the Barbarian philosophy, expelling all contention, said, "Seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you; ask, and it shall be given you."[2]

Luke 11:9 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics

"For to every one that asketh," says He, "it shall be given, and to him that knocketh it shall be opened, and by him that seeketh it shall be found."[138]

Luke 11:9 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

In like manner, from whom must I ask that I may receive? Of whom seek, that I may find? To whom knock, that it may be opened to me?[1062]

Luke 11:9 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On Baptism

may be supplied you. "Ask," saith He, "and ye shall receive."[217]

Luke 11:9 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On Prayer

said separately, after delivering His Rule of Prayer, "Ask, and ye shall receive; "[66]

Luke 11:9 - NIV, NAB - in A Letter from Origen to Gregory

but also, "Ask, and it shall be given unto you."[6]

Luke 11:9 - NIV, NAB - in Acts of the Holy Apostle Thomas

And the apostle laid his hand on her, and began to say: Jesus, who always appearest to us-for this Thou always wishest, that we should seek Thee-and Thou Thyself hast given us this power of asking and receiving;[51]

Luke 11:10 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Epistle VII

Let us ask, and we shall receive; and if there be delay and tardiness in our receiving, since we have grievously offended, let us knock, because "to him that knocketh also it shall be opened,"[7]

Luke 11:10 - NIV, NAB - in A Treatise Against the Heretic Novatian by an Anonymous Bishop

Let us with all our hearts seek for what we have lost, that we may be able to find; because "to him that seeketh," says the Scripture, "it shall be given, and to him that knocketh it shall be opened."[62]

Luke 11:11 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

For when they asked for bread, He gave them manna from heaven; and when they wanted flesh, He sent them abundance of quails-not a serpent for a fish, nor for an egg a scorpion.[1073]

Luke 11:11 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On Prayer

? "[45]

Luke 11:13 - NIV, NAB - in Clement of Alexandria Who is the Rich Man that Shall Be Saved?

"And if we, being evil, know to give good gifts,"[78]

Luke 11:14 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

is also the unholy spirit. When He cast out the "demon which was dumb"[1075]

Luke 11:18 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

, by whom your sons? "-as if He would reproach them with having the power of Beelzebub,-you are met at once by the preceding sentence, that "Satan cannot be divided against himself."[1078]

Luke 11:19 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

and having been charged with casting out demons by Beelzebub, He said, "If I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? "[1077]

Luke 11:20 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

So that it was not by Beelzebub that even they were casting out demons, but (as we have said) by the power of the Creator; and that He might make this understood, He adds: "But if I with the finger of God cast out demons, is not the kingdom of God come near unto you? "[1079]

Luke 11:20 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise III On the Lapsed

How many there are daily who do not repent nor make confession of the consciousness of their crime, who are filled with unclean spirits![55]

Luke 11:20 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

4. That Christ is the Hand and Arm of God.[135]

Luke 11:20 - NIV, NAB - in Melito the Philosopher

and in the Gospel: "If I by the finger of God cast out demons"[112]

Luke 11:21 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV

who was of the same substance as they were? How, too, could He have subdued[478]

Luke 11:21 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

with the parable of "the strong man armed," whom "a stronger man still overcame,"[1085]

Luke 11:22 - NIV, NAB - in Recognitions of Clement II

For if, as you say, he is more powerful than all, it can never be believed the weaker wrenched the spoils from the stronger.[68]

Luke 11:23 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Epistle LXIX

For what can be ratified and established by God which is done by them whom the Lord calls His enemies and adversaries? setting forth in His Gospel, "He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth."[19]

Luke 11:23 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Epistle LXXIV

And therefore Christ our Lord, setting forth that His spouse is one, and declaring the sacrament of His unity, says, "He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathereth not with me scattereth."[25]

Luke 11:23 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Epistle LXXV

For our Lord Jesus Christ, when He testified in His Gospel that those who were not with Him were His adversaries, did not point out any species of heresy, but showed that all whatsoever who were not with Him, and who, not gathering with Him, were scattering His flock, were His adversaries; saying, "He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathereth not with me scattereth."[2]

Luke 11:24 - NIV, NAB - in Methodius Oration Concerning Simeon and Anna

And He who makes us free from the law, became subject to the law; and there is offered for Him, who hath sanctified us, a pair of clean birds,[27]

Luke 11:26 - NIV, NAB - in Shepherd of Hermas Commandment Fifth

But it does not turn away those who are full of faith, nor does it act on them, for the power of the Lord is with them. It is the thoughtless and doubting that it turns away.[8]

Luke 11:26 - NIV, NAB - in Shepherd of Hermas Commandment Fifth

Then, when he withdraws from the man in whom he dwelt, the man is emptied of the righteous Spirit; and being henceforward filled with evil spirits,[9]

Luke 11:27 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book III

For a certain woman had exclaimed, "Blessed is the womb that bare Thee, and the paps which Thou hast sucked!"[146]

Luke 11:27 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

"A (certain) mother of the company exclaims, `Blessed is the womb that bare Thee, and the paps which Thou hast sucked; 'but the Lord said, `Yea, rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.'"[1089]

Luke 11:27 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On the Flesh of Christ

It was in just the same sense, indeed, that He also replied to that exclamation (of a certain woman), not denying His mother's "womb and paps," but designating those as more "blessed who hear the word of God."[117]

Luke 11:29 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

Behold how unequal, inconsistent, and capricious he is! Teaching one thing and doing another, he enjoins "giving to every one that seeks; "and yet he himself refuses to give to those "who seek a sign."[1095]

Luke 11:29 - NIV, NAB - in A Strain of Jonah the Prophet

150 To be a sign hereafter of the Lord[14]

Luke 11:31 - NIV, NAB - in Recognitions of Clement VI

become of us if the examination that is to take place find us inferior and worse than them? Hear, therefore, how our true Prophet has taught us concerning these things; for, with respect to those who neglect to hear the words of wisdom, He speaks thus: `The queen of the south shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here, and they hear Him not.'"[14]

Luke 11:31 - NIV, NAB - in Clementine Homily XI

"But that indeed in the day of judgment the doings of those who have known the truth are compared with the good deeds of those who have been in error, the unlying One Himself has taught us, saying to those who neglected to come and listen to Him, `The queen of the south shall rise up with this generation, and shall condemn it; because she came from the extremities of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon: and behold, a greater than Solomon is here, '[11]

Luke 11:32 - NIV, NAB - in Recognitions of Clement VI

But with respect to those who refused to repent of their evil deeds, He spoke thus: `The men of Nineve shall rise in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.'[15]

Luke 11:32 - NIV, NAB - in Clementine Homily XI

And to those amongst the people who would not repent at His preaching He said, `The men of Nineveh shall rise up with this generation and shall condemn it, for they heard and repented on the preaching of Jonas: and behold, a greater is here, and no one believes.'[12]

Luke 11:33 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

For a vast age he hides his own light from men, and yet says that a candle must not be hidden, but affirms that it ought to be set upon a candlestick, that it may give light to all.[1096]

Luke 11:33 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On the Apparel of Women Book II

if we do not shine in (the midst of) darkness, and stand eminent amid them who are sunk down? If you hide your lamp beneath a bushel,[133]

Luke 11:34 - NIV, NAB - in The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs XII

The good mind hath not two tongues, of blessing and of cursing, of insult and of honour, of sorrow and of joy, of quietness and of trouble, of hypocrisy and of truth, of poverty and of wealth; but it hath one disposition, pure and un-corrupt, concerning all men. It hath no double sight,[4]

Luke 11:39 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

He therefore said: "You wash the outside of the cup," that is, the flesh, "but you do not cleanse your inside part,"[1103]

Luke 11:39 - NIV, NAB - in Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes

It is to them that Jesus addresses Himself when He says: "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of uncleanness. Or know you not, that He that made that which is without, made that which is within also? "[168]

Luke 11:40 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II

If, then, the Son was not ashamed to ascribe the knowledge of that day to the Father only, but declared what was true regarding the matter, neither let us be ashamed to reserve for God those greater questions which may occur to us. For no man is superior to his master.[240]

Luke 11:40 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

by him, He warns us "to be ready," for this reason, because "we know not the hour when the Son of man shall come"[1193]

Luke 11:40 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

Also in the same place: "He who made that which is within, made that which is without also. But give alms, and, behold, all things are pure unto you."[363]

Luke 11:41 - NIV, NAB - in Shepherd of Hermas Vision Third

I answered and said to her, "When, then, will they be useful for the building, Lady? "When the riches that now seduce them have been circumscribed, then will they be of use to God.[25]

Luke 11:41 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

For He subjoins the command: "Give what ye possess as alms, and all things shall be clean unto you."[1106]

Luke 11:41 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise VIII On Works and Alms

For when the disciples were pointed out, as eating and not first washing their hands, He replied and said, "He that made that which is within, made also that which is without. But give alms, and behold all things are clean unto you; "[8]

Luke 11:41 - NIV, NAB - in Arnobius Against the Heathen Book VII

sucklings that he may digest them more speedily?[91]

Luke 11:42 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

and the love of God.[1110]

Luke 11:42 - NIV, NAB - in Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes

Now why did He speak of the cup and of the platter? Was He who uttered these words a glassworker, or a potter who made vessels of clay? Did He not speak most manifestly of the body and the soul? For the Pharisees truly looked to the "tithing of anise and cummin, and left undone the weightier matters of the law; "[169]

Luke 11:43 - NIV, NAB - in Shepherd of Hermas Vision Third

and ye be shut out with all your goods beyond the gate of the tower. Wherefore I now say to you who preside over the Church and love the first seats,[40]

Luke 11:43 - NIV, NAB - in Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book III

Further, He banishes utterly love of glory, saying, "Woe to you, Pharisees! for ye love the chief seat in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets."[198]

Luke 11:46 - NIV, NAB - in Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI

"[70]

Luke 11:46 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

He also inveighs against the doctors of the law themselves, because they were "lading men with burdens grievous to be borne, which they did not venture to touch with even a finger of their own; "[1120]

Luke 11:47 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

But why is a "woe" pronounced against them for "building the sepulchres of the prophets whom their fathers had killed? "[1130]

Luke 11:48 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On Prayer

, at all events, are ever unclean, eternally dyed with the blood of the prophets, and of the Lord Himself; and on that account, as being hereditary culprits from their privity to their fathers' crimes,[87]

Luke 11:48 - NIV, NAB - in Origen Against Celsus Book II

And by your unbelief of Jesus ye show that ye are the sons of those who in the desert discredited the divine appearances; and thus what was spoken by our Saviour will be applicable also to you who believed not on Him: "Therefore ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers."[202]

Luke 11:50 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V

" In like manner, too, did the Lord say to those who should afterwards shed His blood, "All righteous blood shall be required which is shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zacharias the son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation."[118]

Luke 11:51 - NIV, NAB - in The Protevangelium of James

And Zacharias was murdered about daybreak. And the sons of Israel did not know that he had been murdered.[53]

Luke 11:52 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

of such a disposition as the Marcionites denounce, visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the fourth generation? What "key," indeed, was it which these lawyers had,[1132]

Luke 11:52 - NIV, NAB - in Recognitions of Clement I

The scribes also, and Pharisees, are led away into another schism; but these, being baptized by John, and holding the word of truth received from the tradition of Moses as the key of the kingdom of heaven, have hid it from the hearing of the people.[53]

Luke 11:52 - NIV, NAB - in Recognitions of Clement II

which the scribes and Pharisees, having received the key of knowledge, had not shut in, but shut out.[58]

Luke 11:52 - NIV, NAB - in Clementine Homily XVIII

Far be such a supposition from us. For He did not act impiously; but since they hid the knowledge of the kingdom,[21]

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