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It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certainplace, after He had finished, one of His disciplessaid to Him, "Lord, teach us to prayjust as Johnalsotaught his disciples."
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and from inside he answers and says, 'Do not bother* me; the door has already been shut and my children and I are in bed; I cannot*get up and give you anything.'
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"I tell you, eventhough he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yetbecause of his persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
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"But when someone stronger than he attacks him and overpowers him, he takesaway from him all his armor on which he had relied and distributes his plunder.
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"When the uncleanspiritgoes out of a man, it passesthroughwaterlessplacesseekingrest, and not finding any, it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.'
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"Then it goes and takes along sevenotherspiritsmoreevil than itself, and they go in and livethere; and the last state of that manbecomesworse than the first."
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While Jesus was sayingthesethings, one of the women in the crowdraised her voice and said to Him, "Blessed is the womb that bore You and the breasts at which You nursed."