Luke 11
1 One day in a place where Jesus had just finished praying, one of His disciples requested, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John 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 So Jesus told them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.
So he said to them. "When you pray, say, "Father, hallowed be thy name; May thy kingdom come,
3 Give us each day our daily bread.
"Give us day by day our bread for the coming day;
4 And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’”
"Forgive us our sins; for we also forgive everyone who has offended us; "And bring us not into temptation."
5 Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you goes to his friend at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
He also said to them. "Suppose you have a friend and you go to him, ‘My friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
6 because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, 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 suppose the one inside answers, ‘Do not bother me. My door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’
"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 tell you, even though he will not get up to provide for him because of his friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much 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 So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will 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 everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
"For he that asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks the door shall be opened.
11 What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?
"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 asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
"Or if he asks for an egg, will offer him a scorpion?
13 So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who 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 One day Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. And when the demon was gone, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed,
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, “It is by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons, that He drives out demons.”
But some of them said, "It is by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, that he cast out demons."
16 And others tested Him by demanding a sign from heaven.
Others, tempting him, kept seeking from him a sign from heaven.
17 Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and a house divided against a house will fall.
He knew their intentions and said to them. "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste and house falls upon house.
18 If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? After all, you say that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.
"And if Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand?
19 And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will 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 drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has 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 a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure.
"When the strong man fully aroused keeps guard over his homestead, his property is undisturbed;
22 But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted, and then he divides up his plunder.
"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 who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.
"He who is not for me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me is scattering.
24 When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’
"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 On its return, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.
When it comes and finds the house completely swept and garnished.
26 Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight 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 As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You!”
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 But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
"No, rather," he answered, "blessed are those who listen to the word of God, and keep it."
29 As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.
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 will be a sign 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 will rise 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 now One 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 will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One 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 lights a lamp and puts it in a cellar or under a basket. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can 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 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness.
"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 Be careful, then, that the light within you is not darkness.
"Look carefully! Perhaps that very light of yours is darkness.
36 So if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, you will be radiant, as though a lamp were shining on you.”
"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 As Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee invited Him to dine with him; so He went in and reclined at the table.
When he had finished speaking a Pharisee asked him to dine with him; so he went in with him and reclined.
38 But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.
And the Pharisee noticed, to his amazement, that he did not wash his hands before eating,
39 “Now then,” said the Lord, “you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed 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 You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well?
"Foolish men! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also?
41 But give as alms the things that are within you, and you will see that everything is clean for you.
"Better cleanse what is within, and nothing will be unclean for you.
42 Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.
"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 Woe to you Pharisees! You love the chief seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.
"Woe unto you Pharisee! for you delight in the best seats in the synagogue, and in the salutation in the market-places.
44 Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”
"Woe unto you! for you are like the tombs which are hidden, and men walk over them unsuspecting."
45 One of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.”
Hereupon one of the lawyers exclaimed, "But teacher, in saying such things you are also reproaching us also."
46 “Woe to you as well, experts in the law!” He replied. “You weigh men down with heavy burdens, but you yourselves will not lift a finger to lighten their load.
"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 Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.
"Woe to you! for you are building the tombs of the prophets whom you ancestors killed.
48 So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.
"So you are witnesses, and you consent to the actions of your ancestors. for they killed them, and you build their tombs.
49 Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will 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 As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,
"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 Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to 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 Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”
"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 As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions 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 waiting to catch Him in something He might say.
laying in wait for him, in order to catch a word from his lips.
