Luke 11
1 And as he was praying in a certain place, it occurred, that when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him: Our Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
One day Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
2 Jesus said to them: When ye pray, thus speak ye: Our Father who art in heaven, hallow be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy pleasure be done, as in heaven, so on earth;
So he said to them, “When you pray, say, ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be yoʋr name. Yoʋr kingdom come. Yoʋr will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
3 give us daily the bread we need;
Give us each day our daily bread.
4 and remit to us our sins, for we also remit to all that are indebted to us; and bring us not into trials, but deliver us from evil.
And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.’”
5 And he said to them: Which of you shall have a friend, that shall come to him at midnight and say to him, My friend, lend me three cakes;
Then he said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and yoʋ go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves,
6 for a friend hath come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him?
for a friend on a journey has come to me, and I have nothing to set before him,’
7 And his friend within shall answer, and say to him: Do not disturb me, for lo, the door is closed, and my children with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
and he answers from inside and says, ‘Do not bother me! The door is already shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up to give yoʋ anything.’
8 I say to you: If he give him not, on account of friendship, yet on account of his importunity, he will arise and give him as much as he asketh.
I tell you, even if he will not get up and give yoʋ anything because yoʋ are his friend, yet because of yoʋr shameless persistence, he will get up and give yoʋ as much as yoʋ need.
9 I say also to you: Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and ye will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
10 For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it is opened.
For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
11 For which of you being a father, if his son shall ask him for bread, will he reach to him a stone? Or, if he ask of him a fish, will he, instead of a fish, reach to him a serpent?
Now what father among you, when his son asks for bread, will give him a stone; or again, when he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent instead of a fish;
12 Or, if he ask of him an egg, will he reach to him a scorpion?
or again, if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
13 And if ye, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father from heaven give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
14 And as he was casting out a demon that was dumb, it occurred, that when the demon had gone out, the dumb man conversed: and the multitudes admired.
Now Jesus was casting out a demon that made a certain man mute. When the demon came out, the mute man began to speak, and the crowds were amazed.
15 But some of them said: It is by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, that he casteth out demons.
But some of them said, “By Beelzebul, the ruler of demons, he casts out demons.”
16 And others, to tempt him, asked of him a sign from heaven.
Others were asking him for a sign from heaven, to test him.
17 But Jesus, as he knew their thoughts, said to them: Every kingdom that is divided against itself, will become a desolation: and a house that is divided against itself, will fall.
Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and a house divided against itself falls.
18 And if Satan be divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? since ye say, that I by Beelzebub cast out demons.
So if Satan is also divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.
19 And if I, by Beelzebub, cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore will they be to you judges.
Now if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your followers cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
20 But if I, by the finger of God, cast out demons, the kingdom of God hath come near to you.
But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
21 When a strong man armed keepeth his doorway, his property rests securely.
When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his possessions are secure.
22 But if a stronger than he come and overpower him, he taketh away all his arms on which he relied, and divideth the spoil of him.
But when a stronger man attacks and overpowers him, he takes away all the armor in which the man trusted and then distributes the plunder.
23 He that is not for me, is against me; and he that gathereth not with me, actually scattereth.
Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
24 An unclean spirit, when he goeth out of a man, goeth wandering in places where no water is, in order to find rest; and, as he cannot find it he saith: I will return to my habitation, from which I came.
“When an unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it goes through waterless places seeking rest. But when it does not find any, it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’
25 And when he cometh, he findeth it swept clean and set in order.
When it arrives, it finds the house swept and put in order.
26 Then he goeth and taketh seven other spirits, worse than himself, and they enter in and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first.
Then it goes and takes along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go and dwell there, and the last state of that person becomes worse than the first.”
27 And while he was saying these things, a certain woman from the crowd, lifted up her voice, and said to him: Blessed is the womb that carried thee, and the breasts that nursed thee.
As Jesus was saying these things, a woman from among the crowd lifted up her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore yoʋ, and the breasts at which yoʋ nursed.”
28 He said to her: Blessed are they who hear the word of God, and keep it.
But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
29 And when multitudes were assembled, he began to say: This evil generation seeketh a sign; and no sign will be given it, but the sign of Jonah the prophet.
Now as the crowds were increasing, Jesus began to say, “This generation is evil. It asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet.
30 For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of man be a sign to this generation.
For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation.
31 The queen of the south will stand up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them; for she came from the other side of the earth, to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and lo, one superior to Solomon is here.
The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
32 The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and lo, one superior to Jonah is here.
The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
33 No one lighteth a lamp, and putteth it in a secret place, or under a bushel, but upon a light-stand; that they who come in, may see its light.
“No one lights a lamp and puts it in a hidden place or under a basket. Instead, it is put on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see its light.
34 The lamp of thy body is thy eye. Therefore, when thy eye is sound, thy whole body will be enlightened; but if it be bad, thy body also will be dark.
The lamp of the body is the eye. So when yoʋr eye is clear, yoʋr whole body is full of light. But when yoʋr eye is bad, yoʋr body is full of darkness.
35 See to it, therefore, lest the light that is in thee, be darkness.
Therefore make sure that the light within yoʋ is not darkness.
36 For if thy whole body be enlightened, and no part in it be dark, the whole will be luminous, as if a lamp enlightened thee by its radiance.
If then yoʋr whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be entirely light, like when a lamp gives yoʋ light with its rays.”
37 And while he was speaking, a certain Pharisee requested him to dine with him: and he went in, and reclined.
As Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee invited him to have a meal with him, so Jesus went in and reclined at the table.
38 And the Pharisee noticing him, wondered that he did not previously baptize before dinner.
The Pharisee was amazed when he saw that Jesus did not first perform the ritual washing before the meal.
39 And Jesus said to him: Now ye Pharisees make clean the exterior of the cup and the dish; but your interior is full of extortion and wickedness.
So the Lord said to him, “You Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the platter, but inside you are full of plunder and evil.
40 Ye deficient in understanding! did not he who made the exterior, make also the interior?
You fools! Did not he who made the outside also make the inside?
41 But, give ye alms from what ye possess; and lo, every thing will be clean to you.
But give as alms the things that are on the inside, and behold, everything will be clean for you.
42 But woe to you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue, and every pot-herb; but pass over justice and the love of God. Now ye ought to do these things, and not to omit those.
“But woe to you, Pharisees! For you tithe mint, rue, and every herb, yet you ignore justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done without neglecting the others.
43 Woe to you, Pharisees! who love the chief seats in the synagogues, and a salutation in the streets.
Woe to you, Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.
44 Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like graves that are unknown, and men walk over them and do not know it.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like unmarked graves, which people walk over without realizing it.”
45 And one of the Scribes replied, and said to him: Teacher, while saying these things, thou reproachest us also.
In response one of the lawyers said to him, “Teacher, by saying these things, yoʋ insult us as well.”
46 And he said: Woe to you also! ye Scribes, who lade men with heavy burdens; yet ye yourselves will not touch those burdens with one of your fingers
But Jesus said, “Woe to you lawyers as well! For you burden people with burdens that are hard to bear, but you yourselves do not touch the burdens with even one of your fingers.
47 Woe to you! who build the sepulchres of the prophets, whom your fathers slew.
Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.
48 Thus ye testify, that ye acquiesce in the deeds of your fathers; for they slew them, and ye build their sepulchres.
So you bear witness to and approve of the works of your fathers, for they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.
49 Therefore hath wisdom said: Lo, I will send to them prophets and legates; and some of them they will persecute and slay;
That is why the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and some of whom they will persecute.’
50 that from this generation may be required, the blood of all the prophets, which hath been shed since the world was created;
As a result, this generation will be held accountable for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed from the foundation of the world,
51 from the blood of Abel, to the blood of Zachariah who was slain between the temple and the altar. Yea, say I to you: It will be required of this generation.
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the house of God. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held accountable.
52 Woe to you, Scribes; for ye have taken away the keys of knowledge: ye yourselves enter not, and them that are entering ye hinder.
Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were trying to enter.”
53 And when he had said these things to them, the Scribes and Pharisees began to be offended, and became angry, and carped at his discourses,
As he was saying these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to oppose him fiercely and to question him closely about many things,
54 and practised many wiles upon him, seeking to catch some thing from his lips, that they might accuse him.
lying in wait for him and seeking to catch him in some word coming out of his mouth, so that they might accuse him.
