Luke 11
1 It happened when Jesus was praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, “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 Jesus said to them, “When you pray say, 'Father, may your name be sanctified. May your kingdom come.
So he said to them. "When you pray, say, "Father, hallowed be thy name; May thy kingdom come,
3 Give us our daily bread each day.
"Give us day by day our bread for the coming day;
4 Forgive us our sins, as we forgive everyone who is in debt to us. Do not lead us into temptation.'”
"Forgive us our sins; for we also forgive everyone who has offended us; "And bring us not into temptation."
5 Jesus said to them, “Which of you will have a friend, and will go to him at midnight, and say to him, 'Friend, lend to 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 since a friend of mine just came in from the road, and I do not have anything 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 Then the one inside who answered him may say, 'Do not bother me. The door is already shut, and my children, along with me, are in bed. I am not able to get up and give bread 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 does not get up and give bread to you because you are his friend, yet because of your shameless persistence, he will get up and give you as many loaves of bread as you need.
"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 I also 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 For every asking person receives; and the seeking person finds; and to the person 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 Which father among you, if your son asks for a fish, will 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 you give a scorpion to him?
"Or if he asks for an egg, will offer him a scorpion?
13 Therefore, if you 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 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 Now Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowd was 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 the people said, “By Beelzebul, the ruler of demons, he is driving out demons.”
But some of them said, "It is by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, that he cast out demons."
16 Others tested him and sought from him a sign from heaven.
Others, tempting him, kept seeking from him a sign from heaven.
17 But Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is made desolate, 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 If Satan is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say I cast out demons by Beelzebul.
"And if Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand?
19 If I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your followers drive them out? Because of this, 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 to 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 who is fully armed guards his own house, his goods are safe,
"When the strong man fully aroused keeps guard over his homestead, his property is undisturbed;
22 but when a stronger man overcomes him, the stronger man takes away the armor from the man, and plunders the man's possessions.
"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 The one who is not with me is against me, and the one 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 has gone away from a man, it passes through waterless places and looks for rest. Finding none, it says, 'I will return to my house from 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 Having returned, it finds that house swept out and put in order.
When it comes and finds the house completely swept and garnished.
26 Then it goes and takes along with it seven other spirits more evil than itself and they all come in to live there. Then the final condition 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 It happened that, as he said these things, a certain woman raised her voice above the crowd and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you and 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 said, “Rather, blessed are they who 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 As the crowds were increasing, Jesus began to say, “This generation is an evil generation. It seeks a sign, though no sign will be given to 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 just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so too 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 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 see, someone 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 up at the judgment with this generation of people and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and see, someone 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, after lighting a lamp, puts it in a hidden place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who enter 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 Your eye is the lamp of the body. When your eye is good, the whole body is filled with light. But when your eye is 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 Therefore, be careful that the light in you is not darkness.
"Look carefully! Perhaps that very light of yours is darkness.
36 If then your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, then your whole body will be like when a lamp shines its brightness 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 When he had finished speaking, a Pharisee asked him to eat with him at his house, so Jesus 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 The Pharisee was surprised that Jesus first did not wash before dinner.
And the Pharisee noticed, to his amazement, that he did not wash his hands before eating,
39 But the Lord said to him, “Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of cups and bowls, but the inside of you is filled with greed and evil.
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 senseless men! Did not the one who made the outside also make the inside?
"Foolish men! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also?
41 Give to the poor what is inside, and then all things will be clean for you.
"Better cleanse what is within, and nothing will be unclean for you.
42 But woe to you Pharisees, because you tithe mint and rue and every other garden herb, but you neglect justice and the love of God. It is necessary to act justly and love God, without failing to do the other things also.
"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, for you love the front seats in the synagogues and respectful 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 that people walk over without knowing it.”
"Woe unto you! for you are like the tombs which are hidden, and men walk over them unsuspecting."
45 One of the teachers of the law said to him, “Teacher, what you say insults us too.”
Hereupon one of the lawyers exclaimed, "But teacher, in saying such things you are also reproaching us also."
46 Jesus said, “Woe to you, teachers of the law! For you put people under burdens that are hard to carry, but you do not touch the burdens with one of your own 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, because you build tombs for the prophets, and it was your ancestors who killed them.
"Woe to you! for you are building the tombs of the prophets whom you ancestors killed.
48 So you are witnesses and you consent to the works of your ancestors, for they indeed killed them 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 For this reason also, God's wisdom said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles, and they will persecute and kill some of them.'
"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 This generation, then, will be held responsible for all the blood of the prophets shed since the world began,
"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 Abel's blood to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I say to you, this generation will be held responsible.
"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 teachers of Jewish laws, because you have taken away the key of knowledge; you do not enter in yourselves, and you hinder those who are 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 After Jesus left there, the scribes and the Pharisees opposed him and argued with 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 trap him in his own words.
laying in wait for him, in order to catch a word from his lips.
