Luke 11
1 Then it happened, when He finished praying in a certain place, that one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just 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 So He said to them: “Whenever you pray, say: Our Father who is in the heavens, your name must be reverenced. Your Kingdom must come. Your will must be done on earth as it is in heaven.
So he said to them. "When you pray, say, "Father, hallowed be thy name; May thy kingdom come,
3 Give us day by day our daily bread.
"Give us day by day our bread for the coming day;
4 Also, forgive us our sins, because we also forgive everyone indebted to us. And, do not lead us into testing, but deliver us from the malignant one.”
"Forgive us our sins; for we also forgive everyone who has offended us; "And bring us not into temptation."
5 Then He said to them: “Who among you will have a friend and 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 because a friend has come to me from 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 he will answer from within and say, ‘Don't bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and give to 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, even if he will not get up and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will get up 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 “So I say to you: ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it 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 Because everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
"For he that asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks the door shall be opened.
11 And which father among you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if a fish, will he give him a snake instead of a fish?
"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 he give him a scorpion?
"Or if he asks for an egg, will offer him a scorpion?
13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father 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 Then He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. As a result, when the demon had gone out the mute spoke! And the crowds marveled.
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's by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons, that he casts out demons.”
But some of them said, "It is by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, that he cast out demons."
16 While others kept asking Him for a sign from heaven, testing.
Others, tempting him, kept seeking from him a sign from heaven.
17 But He, knowing their thoughts, said to them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and a house divided against itself falls.
He knew their intentions and said to them. "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste and house falls upon house.
18 So if Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand?—since you say I cast out demons by Beelzebul!
"And if Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand?
19 Further, if I am casting out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore 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 cast out demons by the finger of God, surely 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 own dwelling, his possessions are safe.
"When the strong man fully aroused keeps guard over his homestead, his property is undisturbed;
22 But when someone stronger than he attacks, he overcomes him, takes away all his armor in which he trusted, and distributes 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 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 “Whenever an unclean spirit goes out from a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest; and not finding any it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came out.’
"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 coming it finds it swept and put in order.
When it comes and finds the house completely swept and garnished.
26 Then it goes and picks up seven other spirits, more malignant than itself, and they go in and live there; so the last state of that man becomes 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 then, as He was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts that you sucked!”
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 said, “More than that, blessed 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 Now as the crowds were increasing, He began to say: “This is a malignant generation. It keeps wanting a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet 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 Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of the Man 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 will be raised up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and she will condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and indeed a 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 rise up in the judgment with this generation, and they will condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and indeed a 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, having lit a lamp, puts it in hiding or under a basket, but on its stand, so 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. Therefore, whenever your ‘eye’ is good, your whole body is illuminated. But when it is malignant, your body also is darkened.
"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 So see to it that the ‘light’ in you not be darkness.
"Look carefully! Perhaps that very light of yours is darkness.
36 If then your whole body is full of light, not having any part dark, the whole will be illuminated, as when the bright shining of a lamp 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 Now as He spoke, a certain Pharisee invited Him to eat with him. So He went in and reclined.
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, noticing that He did not first wash before the meal, was critical.
And the Pharisee noticed, to his amazement, that he did not wash his hands before eating,
39 So the Lord said to him: “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but your inside is full of greed and malignancy.
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 Fools! Did not He who made the outside also make the inside?
"Foolish men! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also?
41 Nevertheless, give what is possible as alms; then indeed all things are clean to you.
"Better cleanse what is within, and nothing will be unclean for you.
42 “But woe to you Pharisees! You tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you ignore justice and the love of God. These it was necessary to do, without leaving those 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 Woe to you Pharisees! You love the best seat in the synagogues, and 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, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like unperceived graves, that people walk on without knowing it.”
"Woe unto you! for you are like the tombs which are hidden, and men walk over them unsuspecting."
45 Then one of the lawyers reacted and said to him, “Teacher, by saying these things you insult us also!”
Hereupon one of the lawyers exclaimed, "But teacher, in saying such things you are also reproaching us also."
46 So He said: “Woe to you lawyers also! You load men down with burdens hard to carry, but you yourselves do not touch 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 Woe to you! You restore the tombs of the prophets, it being your fathers who killed them.
"Woe to you! for you are building the tombs of the prophets whom you ancestors killed.
48 Thereby you witness to and approve of the deeds of your fathers; because they indeed killed them, while you restore 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 Also, because of this ‘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 so that the blood of all the prophets which was 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 Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. 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 Woe to you lawyers! You have taken away the key of 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 Well when He had said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge Him on vehemently and to cross-examine 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 lying in wait for Him, trying to catch Him in something He might say, so that they might accuse Him.
laying in wait for him, in order to catch a word from his lips.
