Luke 11
1 It happened he was praying in a certain place, and when he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, "Master, teach us how to pray, just as Johntaught his disciples."
And it came to pass, that as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
2 So he said to them. "When you pray, say, "Father, hallowed be thy name; May thy kingdom come,
And he said to them, When ye pray, say, Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.
3 "Give us day by day our bread for the coming day;
Give us day by day our daily bread.
4 "Forgive us our sins; for we also forgive everyone who has offended us; "And bring us not into temptation."
And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
5 He also said to them. "Suppose you have a friend and you go to him, ‘My friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
And he said to them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight, and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves:
6 "for a friend of mine is come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.’
For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?
7 "and he from indoors shall answer. ‘Do not pester me. The door is now closed, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot rise and give to you.’
And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
8 "I tell you that, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunate persistence he will rise and give him whatever he needs.
I say to you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
9 "So I say to you. "Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you.
And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you.
10 "For he that asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks the door shall be opened.
For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, the door shall be opened.
11 "What father is there among you who, if his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish will give him instead a serpent?
If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if [he shall ask] a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
12 "Or if he asks for an egg, will offer him a scorpion?
Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
13 "If you give good gifts to your children, how much more shall the Father who is in heaven give the Holy spirit to those that ask him!"
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children: how much more will [your] heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
14 Once he was casting out a dumb demon, and when the demon was gone out, the dumb man spoke, and the people wondered.
And he was casting out a demon, and it was dumb. And it came to pass when the demon was gone out, the dumb spoke; and the people wondered.
15 But some of them said, "It is by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, that he cast out demons."
But some of them said, He casteth out demons through Beelzebub, the chief of the demons.
16 Others, tempting him, kept seeking from him a sign from heaven.
And others tempting [him], sought from him a sign from heaven.
17 He knew their intentions and said to them. "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste and house falls upon house.
But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house [divided] against a house falleth.
18 "And if Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand?
If Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out demons through Beelzebub.
19 "Do you say that I am casting out demons by the power of Beelzebub? If I then am casting out demons by Beelzebub, by whom are your sons casting them out? They therefore shall be your judges.
And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast [them] out? therefore shall they be your judges.
20 "But if it is by the finger of God that I am casting out demons, then the kingdom of God is come upon you.
But if I with the finger of God cast out demons, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.
21 "When the strong man fully aroused keeps guard over his homestead, his property is undisturbed;
When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:
22 "but when the stronger man attacks him, he takes away from the strong armor in which he was trusting and divides up the spoil.
But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armor in which he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
23 "He who is not for me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me is scattering.
He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.
24 "Whenever a foul spirit is gone out of a man, it roams through waterless places, in search of rest; but when it can find none, it says, ‘I will go back to the house which I have left.’
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest: and finding none, he saith, I will return to my house whence I came out.
25 When it comes and finds the house completely swept and garnished.
And when he cometh, he findeth [it] swept and garnished.
26 "Then it goes off and fetches seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the last state of that man is worse than the first."
Then he goeth 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.
27 It happened while he was saying this, that a certain woman out of the crowd shouted to him, saying, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breast that you have sucked."
And it came to pass, as he was speaking these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said to him, Blessed [is] the womb that bore thee, and the paps which nourished thee.
28 "No, rather," he answered, "blessed are those who listen to the word of God, and keep it."
But he said, Yes, rather blessed [are] they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
29 When the crowd were beginning to throng about him he proceeded to say. "This is an evil generation! It seeks a sign, and there shall be no sign be given to it except the sign of Jonah;
And when the people were assembled in crowds, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of Jonah the prophet.
30 "for as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so shall the Son of man be to this generation.
For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall the Son of man be to this generation.
31 "The queen of the South shall rise up in Judgement with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them; because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and lo, one greater than Solomon is here!
The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth, to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon [is] here.
32 "The men of the Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with his generation and shall condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and lo! one greater than Jonah is here!
The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah [is] here.
33 "When one lights a lamp he does not put it in a cellar nor under the bushel, but on a lamp-stand that those who enter may see the light.
No man when he hath lighted a candle, putteth [it] in a secret place, neither under a close vessel, but on a candlestick, that they who come in may see the light.
34 "The lamp of the body is your eye; when your eye is single then your whole body is full of light; but when it is evil your whole body is full of darkness.
The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thy eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when [thy eye] is evil, thy body also [is] full of darkness.
35 "Look carefully! Perhaps that very light of yours is darkness.
Take heed therefore, that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
36 "If, however, your whole body is full of light, without having any part dark, it will be wholly radiant with light, as when the lamp illumines you with its bright rays."
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.
37 When he had finished speaking a Pharisee asked him to dine with him; so he went in with him and reclined.
And as he was speaking, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to eat.
38 And the Pharisee noticed, to his amazement, that he did not wash his hands before eating,
And when the Pharisee saw [it], he marveled that he had not first washed before dinner.
39 but the Lord said to him. "You Pharisee do cleanse the outside of your cup or plate, but your secret heart is full of extortion and wickedness.
And the Lord said to him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
40 "Foolish men! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also?
[Ye] fools, did not he that made that which is without, make that which is within also?
41 "Better cleanse what is within, and nothing will be unclean for you.
But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and behold, all things are clean to you.
42 "But woe unto you Pharisee! for you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and disregard justice and the love of God; but these you ought to have done, and not leave the other undone.
But woe to you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint, and rue, and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the others undone.
43 "Woe unto you Pharisee! for you delight in the best seats in the synagogue, and in the salutation in the market-places.
Woe to you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
44 "Woe unto you! for you are like the tombs which are hidden, and men walk over them unsuspecting."
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over [them] are not aware [of them].
45 Hereupon one of the lawyers exclaimed, "But teacher, in saying such things you are also reproaching us also."
Then answered one of the lawyers, and said to him, Master, thus saying, thou reproachest us also.
46 "Woe unto you lawyers also!" said Jesus, "for you load men with irksome burdens, and you yourselves will not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
And he said, Woe to you also, [ye] lawyers, for ye load men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.
47 "Woe to you! for you are building the tombs of the prophets whom you ancestors killed.
Woe to you! for ye build the sepulchers of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
48 "So you are witnesses, and you consent to the actions of your ancestors. for they killed them, and you build their tombs.
Truly ye bear testimony, that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchers.
49 "For this reason also said the Wisdom of God. ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and some they will persecute;
Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and [some] of them they will slay and persecute:
50 "so that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required from this generation,
That the blood of all the prophets, which hath been shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
51 "from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the alter and the sanctuary; yes; I tell you, it shall be required of this generation!
From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say to you, It shall be required of this generation.
52 "Woe to you lawyers, for you have taken away the key of knowledge!’ You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who are trying to enter."
Woe to you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye have not entered in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
53 After he had gone away, the Scribes and the Pharisee began to set themselves vehemently against him, and to cross-question him upon many points,
And as he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge [him] vehemently, and to solicit him to speak of many things;
54 laying in wait for him, in order to catch a word from his lips.
Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.
