Luke 11
1 And it came to pass, as he was in a certain place praying, that, when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him: Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
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."
2 And he said to them: When you 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.
So he said to them. "When you pray, say, "Father, hallowed be thy name; May thy kingdom come,
3 Give us, day by day, the bread sufficient for our support;
"Give us day by day our bread for the coming day;
4 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 the evil one.
"Forgive us our sins; for we also forgive everyone who has offended us; "And bring us not into temptation."
5 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;
He also said to them. "Suppose you have a friend and you go to him, ‘My friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
6 for a friend of mine, who is on a journey, has come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?
"for a friend of mine is come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.’
7 And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not; the door is already closed, and my children and myself are in bed; I can not rise and give you.
"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.’
8 I say to you, Although he will not arise and give him, because he is his friend, yet, on account of his importunity, he will arise and give him as many as he needs.
"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.
9 And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.
"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.
10 For every one that asks, receives; and he that seeks, finds; and to him that knocks, it shall be opened.
"For he that asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks the door shall be opened.
11 If a son ask bread of any one of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he, instead of a fish, give him a serpent?
"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?
12 Or if he ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion?
"Or if he asks for an egg, will offer him a scorpion?
13 If, then, you, 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?
"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!"
14 And he was casting out a demon, and it was dumb; and it came to pass, when the demon had gone out, that the dumb man spoke: and the multitudes wondered.
Once he was casting out a dumb demon, and when the demon was gone out, the dumb man spoke, and the people wondered.
15 But some of them said: He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.
But some of them said, "It is by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, that he cast out demons."
16 And others, that they might tempt him, asked of him a sign from heaven.
Others, tempting him, kept seeking from him a sign from heaven.
17 But, knowing their purpose, he said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself, is brought to desolation; and a house that is divided against a house, falls.
He knew their intentions and said to them. "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste and house falls upon house.
18 If Satan be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? For you say, that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.
"And if Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand?
19 But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore, they shall be your judges.
"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.
20 But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then has the kingdom of God already come upon you.
"But if it is by the finger of God that I am casting out demons, then the kingdom of God is come upon you.
21 When the strong man armed keeps guard over his palace, his goods are in peace;
"When the strong man fully aroused keeps guard over his homestead, his property is undisturbed;
22 but when one stronger than he comes upon him and overcomes him, he takes away all his armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils.
"but when the stronger man attacks him, he takes away from the strong armor in which he was trusting and divides up the spoil.
23 He that is not with me, is against me; and he that gathers not with me, scatters.
"He who is not for me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me is scattering.
24 When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, I will return to my house out of which I came.
"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.’
25 And he comes and finds it swept, and set in order.
When it comes and finds the house completely swept and garnished.
26 Then he goes and takes with 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.
"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."
27 And it came to pass, that, when he said these things, a certain woman from among the multitude lifted up her voice, and said to him: Blessed is the womb that bore thee, and the breasts that thou didst suck.
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."
28 And he said: Yes, rather blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
"No, rather," he answered, "blessed are those who listen to the word of God, and keep it."
29 And when the multitudes were crowded together, he began to say: This is an evil generation; it asks for a sign, and no sign shall be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.
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;
30 For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of man shall also be to this generation.
"for as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so shall the Son of man be to this generation.
31 The queen of the south shall rise in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them; for she came from the most distant parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and lo, something greater than Solomon is here.
"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!
32 The men of Nineveh shall rise in the judgment with this generation, and condemn it; for they repented in accordance with the preaching of Jonah; and lo, something greater than Jonah is here.
"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!
33 No one, when he has lighted a lamp, puts it in a secret place, nor under the measure, but upon the lamp-stand, that those who come in may see the light.
"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.
34 The lamp of the body is the eye; when, therefore, your eye is sound, your whole body also is light; but if it be diseased, your body also is dark.
"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.
35 Take heed, therefore, lest the light that is in you be darkness.
"Look carefully! Perhaps that very light of yours is darkness.
36 If, therefore, your whole body is light, having no part dark, the whole shall be light, as when a lamp, by its brightness, gives you light.
"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."
37 And as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. And he went in and reclined at table.
When he had finished speaking a Pharisee asked him to dine with him; so he went in with him and reclined.
38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he wondered that he had not first immersed himself before dinner.
And the Pharisee noticed, to his amazement, that he did not wash his hands before eating,
39 And the Lord said to him: Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and the plate; but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
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.
40 Senseless men, did not he who made the outside, make the inside also?
"Foolish men! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also?
41 But give as charity the contents of the cup, and behold, all things are clean for you.
"Better cleanse what is within, and nothing will be unclean for you.
42 But alas for you, Pharisees! for you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass by the justice and the love of God; these you ought to have done, and those you ought not to have left undone.
"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.
43 Alas for you, Pharisees! for you love the chief seat in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
"Woe unto you Pharisee! for you delight in the best seats in the synagogue, and in the salutation in the market-places.
44 Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like graves that are not seen; and men that walk over them know it not.
"Woe unto you! for you are like the tombs which are hidden, and men walk over them unsuspecting."
45 And one of the lawyers answered and said to him: Teacher, in saying these things, you reproach us also.
Hereupon one of the lawyers exclaimed, "But teacher, in saying such things you are also reproaching us also."
46 He replied: Alas for you, lawyers, also! for you bind upon men burdens hard to be borne, and you yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers,
"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.
47 Alas for you! for you build the sepulchers of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
"Woe to you! for you are building the tombs of the prophets whom you ancestors killed.
48 Therefore you attest and approve the deeds of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and you build their sepulchers.
"So you are witnesses, and you consent to the actions of your ancestors. for they killed them, and you build their tombs.
49 For this reason also the Wisdom of God said: I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill, and persecute,
"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;
50 that the blood of all the prophets, which has been shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
"so that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required from this generation,
51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the temple; yes, I say to you, It shall be required of this generation.
"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!
52 Alas for you, lawyers! for you have taken away the key of knowledge; you did not go in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you prevented.
"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."
53 And when he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very angry, and to put questions to him about many things,
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,
54 trying to entrap him, and seeking to lay hold on something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.
laying in wait for him, in order to catch a word from his lips.
