Luke 11
1 And it was don, whanne he was preiynge in a place, as he ceesside, oon of hise disciplis seide to hym, Lord, teche vs to preye, as Joon tauyte hise disciplis.
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 seide to hem, Whanne ye preien, seie ye, Fadir, halewid be thi name. Thi kyngdom come to.
So he said to them. "When you pray, say, "Father, hallowed be thy name; May thy kingdom come,
3 Yyue `to vs to dai oure ech daies breed.
"Give us day by day our bread for the coming day;
4 And foryyue to vs oure synnes, as we foryyuen to ech man that owith to vs. And lede vs not in to temptacioun.
"Forgive us our sins; for we also forgive everyone who has offended us; "And bring us not into temptation."
5 And he seide to hem, Who of you schal haue a freend, and schal go to hym at mydnyyt, and schal seie to hym, Freend, leene to me thre looues;
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 my freend cometh to me fro the weie, and Y haue not what Y schal sette bifor hym.
"for a friend of mine is come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.’
7 And he with ynforth answere and seie, Nyle thou be heuy to me; the dore is now schit, and my children ben with me in bed; Y may not rise, and yyue to thee.
"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 And if he schal dwelle stil knockynge, Y seie to you, thouy he schal not rise, and yyue to him, for that that he is his freend, netheles for his contynuel axyng he schal ryse, and yyue to hym, as many as he hath nede to.
"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 Y seie to you, axe ye, and it schal be youun to you; seke ye, and ye schulen fynde; knocke ye, and it schal be openyd 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 ech that axith, takith, and he that sekith, fyndith; and to a man that knockith, it schal be openyd.
"For he that asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks the door shall be opened.
11 Therfor who of you axith his fadir breed, whether he schal yyue hym a stoon? or if he axith fisch, whether he schal yyue hym a serpent for the fisch?
"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 axe an eye, whether he schal a reche hym a scorpioun?
"Or if he asks for an egg, will offer him a scorpion?
13 Therfor if ye, whanne ye ben yuel, kunnen yyue good yiftis to youre children, hou myche more youre fadir of heuene schal yyue a good spirit to men that axith 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 Jhesus was castynge out a feend, and he was doumbe. And whanne he hadde cast out the feend, the doumbe man spak; and the puple wondride.
Once he was casting out a dumb demon, and when the demon was gone out, the dumb man spoke, and the people wondered.
15 And sum of hem seiden, In Belsabub, prince of deuelis, he castith out deuelis.
But some of them said, "It is by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, that he cast out demons."
16 And othir temptinge axiden of hym a tokene fro heuene.
Others, tempting him, kept seeking from him a sign from heaven.
17 And as he saiy the thouytis of hem, he seide to hem, Euery rewme departid ayens it silf, schal be desolat, and an hous schal falle on an hous.
He knew their intentions and said to them. "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste and house falls upon house.
18 And if Sathanas be departid ayens hym silf, hou schal his rewme stonde? For ye seien, that Y caste out feendis in Belsabub.
"And if Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand?
19 And if Y in Belsabub caste out fendis, in whom casten out youre sones? Therfor thei schulen be youre domesmen.
"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 Y caste out fendis in the fyngir of God, thanne the rewme of God is comun among 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 Whanne a strong armed man kepith his hous, alle thingis that he weldith ben in pees.
"When the strong man fully aroused keeps guard over his homestead, his property is undisturbed;
22 But if a stronger than he come vpon hym, and ouercome hym, he schal take awei al his armere, in which he tristide, and schal dele abrood his robries.
"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 ayens me; and he that gederith not togidir with me, scaterith abrood.
"He who is not for me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me is scattering.
24 Whanne an vnclene spirit goith out of a man, he wandrith bi drie placis, and sekith reste; and he fyndynge not, seith, Y schal turne ayen in to myn hous, fro whannes Y cam 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 whanne he cometh, he fyndith it clansid with besyms, and fayre arayed.
When it comes and finds the house completely swept and garnished.
26 Thanne he goith, and takith with hym seuene othere spirits worse than hym silf, and thei entren, and dwellen there. And the laste thingis of that man ben maad worse than the formere.
"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 was don, whanne he hadde seid these thingis, a womman of the cumpanye reride hir vois, and seide to hym, Blessid be the wombe that bare thee, and blessid be the tetis that thou hast soken.
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 seide, But yhe blessid be thei, that heren the word of God, and kepen it.
"No, rather," he answered, "blessed are those who listen to the word of God, and keep it."
29 And whanne the puple runnen togidere, he bigan to seie, This generacioun is a weiward generacioun; it sekith a token, and a tokene schal not be youun to it, but the tokene of Jonas, the profete.
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 Jonas was a tokene to men of Nynyue, so mannus sone schal be to this generacioun.
"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 schal rise in doom with men of this generacioun, and schal condempne hem; for sche cam fro the endis of the erthe, for to here the wisdom of Salomon, and lo! here is a gretter than Salomon.
"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 Men of Nynyue schulen rise in doom with this generacioun, and schulen condempne it; for thei diden penaunce in the prechyng of Jonas, and lo! here is a gretter than Jonas.
"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 man tendith a lanterne, and puttith in hidils, nether vndur a buyschel, but on a candilstike, that thei that goen in, se liyt.
"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 lanterne of thi bodi is thin iye; if thin iye be symple, al thi bodi schal be liyti; but if it be weyward, al thi bodi schal be derkful.
"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 Therfor se thou, lest the liyt that is in thee, be derknessis.
"Look carefully! Perhaps that very light of yours is darkness.
36 Therfor if al thi bodi be briyt, and haue no part of derknessis, it schal be al briyt, and as a lanterne of briytnesse it schal yyue liyt to thee.
"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 whanne he spak, a Farisee preiede him, that he schulde ete with hym. And he entride, and sat to the meete.
When he had finished speaking a Pharisee asked him to dine with him; so he went in with him and reclined.
38 And the Farisee bigan to seie, gessynge with ynne hym silf, whi he was not waschen bifor mete.
And the Pharisee noticed, to his amazement, that he did not wash his hands before eating,
39 And the Lord seide to hym, Now ye Farisees clensen that that is with outenforth of the cuppe and the plater; but that thing that is with ynne of you, is ful of raueyn and wickidnesse.
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 Foolis, whether he that made that that is withoutenforth, made not also that that is with ynne?
"Foolish men! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also?
41 Netheles that that is ouer plus, yyue ye almes, and lo! alle thingis ben cleene to you.
"Better cleanse what is within, and nothing will be unclean for you.
42 But wo to you, Farisees, that tithen mynte, and rue, and ech eerbe, and leeuen doom and the charite of God. For it bihofte to do these thingis, and not leeue tho.
"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 Wo to you, Farisees, that louen the firste chaieris in synagogis, and salutaciouns in chepyng.
"Woe unto you Pharisee! for you delight in the best seats in the synagogue, and in the salutation in the market-places.
44 Wo to you, that ben as sepulcris, that ben not seyn, and men walkynge aboue witen not.
"Woe unto you! for you are like the tombs which are hidden, and men walk over them unsuspecting."
45 But oon of the wise men of the lawe answeride, and seide to hym, Maystir, thou seiynge these thingis, also to vs doist dispit.
Hereupon one of the lawyers exclaimed, "But teacher, in saying such things you are also reproaching us also."
46 And he seide, Also wo to you, wise men of lawe, for ye chargen men with birthuns which thei moun not bere, and ye you silf with youre o fyngur touchen not the heuynessis.
"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 Wo to you, that bilden toumbis of profetis; and youre fadris slowen hem.
"Woe to you! for you are building the tombs of the prophets whom you ancestors killed.
48 Treuli ye witnessen, that ye consenten to the werkis of youre fadris; for thei slowen hem, but ye bilden her sepulcris.
"So you are witnesses, and you consent to the actions of your ancestors. for they killed them, and you build their tombs.
49 Therfor the wisdom of God seide, Y schal sende to hem profetis and apostlis, and of hem thei schulen sle and pursue,
"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 alle prophetis, that was sched fro the making of the world, be souyt of this generacioun;
"so that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required from this generation,
51 fro the blood of the iust Abel to the blood of Zacharie, that was slayn bitwixe the auter and the hous. So Y seie to you, it schal be souyt of this generacioun.
"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 Wo to you, wise men of the lawe, for ye han takun awei the keye of kunnyng; and ye yow silf entriden not, and ye han forbeden hem that entriden.
"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 whanne he seide these thingis to hem, the Farisees and wise men of lawe bigunnen greuousli to ayenstonde, and stoppe his mouth of many thingis,
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 aspiynge hym, and sekynge to take sum thing of his mouth, to accuse hym.
laying in wait for him, in order to catch a word from his lips.
