Luke 11
1 One day Jesus was at a certain place praying, and, when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Master, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.”
And as he was praying in a certain place, it occurred, that when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him: Our Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
2 “When you pray,” Jesus answered, “say – ‘Father, may your name be held holy, your kingdom come.
Jesus said to them: When ye pray, thus speak ye: Our Father who art in heaven, hallow be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy pleasure be done, as in heaven, so on earth;
3 Give us each day the bread that we will need;
give us daily the bread we need;
4 and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who wrongs us; and take us not into temptation.’”
and remit to us our sins, for we also remit to all that are indebted to us; and bring us not into trials, but deliver us from evil.
5 Jesus also said to them, “Suppose that one of you who has a friend were to go to him in the middle of the night and say ‘Friend, lend me three loaves,
And he said to them: Which of you shall have a friend, that shall come to him at midnight and say to him, My friend, lend me three cakes;
6 for a friend of mine has arrived at my house after a journey, and I have nothing to offer him;’
for a friend hath come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him?
7 And suppose that the other should answer from inside ‘Do not trouble me; the door is already fastened, and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything’;
And his friend within shall answer, and say to him: Do not disturb me, for lo, the door is closed, and my children with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
8 I tell you that, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is a friend, yet because of his persistence he will rouse himself and give him what he wants.
I say to you: If he give him not, on account of friendship, yet on account of his importunity, he will arise and give him as much as he asketh.
9 “And so I say to you – Ask, and your prayer will be granted, search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
I say also to you: Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and ye will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
10 For the person who asks receives, everyone who searches finds, and to the person who knocks the door will be opened.
For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it is opened.
11 What father among you, if his son asks him for a fish, will give him a snake instead,
For which of you being a father, if his son shall ask him for bread, will he reach to him a stone? Or, if he ask of him a fish, will he, instead of a fish, reach to him a serpent?
12 or, if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
Or, if he ask of him an egg, will he reach to him a scorpion?
13 If you, then, naturally wicked though you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
And if ye, 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 them that ask him?
14 Once Jesus was driving out a mute demon, and, when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke. The people were amazed at this;
And as he was casting out a demon that was dumb, it occurred, that when the demon had gone out, the dumb man conversed: and the multitudes admired.
15 but some of them said, “He drives out demons by the help of Beelzebul, the chief of the demons”;
But some of them said: It is by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, that he casteth out demons.
16 while others, to test him, asked him for some sign from the heavens.
And others, to tempt him, asked of him a sign from heaven.
17 Jesus himself, however, was aware of what they were thinking, and said to them, “Any kingdom wholly divided against itself becomes a desolation; and a divided house falls.
But Jesus, as he knew their thoughts, said to them: Every kingdom that is divided against itself, will become a desolation: and a house that is divided against itself, will fall.
18 So, too, if Satan is wholly divided against himself, how can his kingdom last? Yet you say that I drive out demons by the help of Beelzebul.
And if Satan be divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? since ye say, that I by Beelzebub cast out demons.
19 But, if it is by Beelzebul’s help that I drive out demons, by whose help is it that your own sons drive them out? Therefore they will themselves be your judges.
And if I, by Beelzebub, cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore will they be to you judges.
20 But, if it is by the hand of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God must already be upon you.
But if I, by the finger of God, cast out demons, the kingdom of God hath come near to you.
21 When a strong man is keeping guard, fully armed, over his own mansion, his property is in safety;
When a strong man armed keepeth his doorway, his property rests securely.
22 but, when one still stronger has attacked and overpowered him, he takes away all the weapons on which the other had relied, and divides his spoil.
But if a stronger than he come and overpower him, he taketh away all his arms on which he relied, and divideth the spoil of him.
23 Whoever is not with me is against me, and the person who does not help me to gather is scattering.
He that is not for me, is against me; and he that gathereth not with me, actually scattereth.
24 No sooner does a foul spirit leave someone, than it passes through places where there is no water, in search of rest; and finding none, it says ‘I will go back to the home which I left’;
An unclean spirit, when he goeth out of a man, goeth wandering in places where no water is, in order to find rest; and, as he cannot find it he saith: I will return to my habitation, from which I came.
25 but, on coming there, it finds it unoccupied, swept, and put in order.
And when he cometh, he findeth it swept clean and set in order.
26 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in, and make their home there; and the last state of that person proves to be worse than the first.”
Then he goeth and taketh seven other spirits, worse than himself, and they enter in and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first.
27 As Jesus was saying this, a woman in the crowd, raising her voice, exclaimed, “Happy was the mother who bore you and nursed you!”
And while he was saying these things, a certain woman from the crowd, lifted up her voice, and said to him: Blessed is the womb that carried thee, and the breasts that nursed thee.
28 But Jesus replied, “Rather, happy are those who listen to God’s message and keep it.”
He said to her: Blessed are they who hear the word of God, and keep it.
29 As the crowds increased, Jesus began to speak, “This generation is a wicked generation. It is asking a sign, but no sign will be given it except the sign of Jonah.
And when multitudes were assembled, he began to say: This evil generation seeketh a sign; and no sign will be given it, but the sign of Jonah the prophet.
30 For, as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.
For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of man be a sign to this generation.
31 At the judgment the Queen of the South will rise up with the people of this generation, and will condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon; and here is more than a Solomon!
The queen of the south will stand up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them; for she came from the other side of the earth, to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and lo, one superior to Solomon is here.
32 At the judgment the men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation, and will condemn it, because they repented at Jonah’s proclamation; and here is more than a Jonah!
The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and lo, one superior to Jonah is here.
33 No one lights a lamp, and then puts it in the cellar or under a basket, but he puts it on the lamp-stand, so that anyone who comes in may see the light.
No one lighteth a lamp, and putteth it in a secret place, or under a bushel, but upon a light-stand; that they who come in, may see its light.
34 The lamp of the body is your eye. When your eye is unclouded, your whole body, also, is lit up; but, as soon as your eye is diseased, your body, also, is darkened.
The lamp of thy body is thy eye. Therefore, when thy eye is sound, thy whole body will be enlightened; but if it be bad, thy body also will be dark.
35 Take care, therefore, that the inner light is not darkness.
See to it, therefore, lest the light that is in thee, be darkness.
36 If, then, your whole body is lit up, and no corner of it darkened, the whole will be lit up, just as when a lamp gives you light by its brilliance.”
For if thy whole body be enlightened, and no part in it be dark, the whole will be luminous, as if a lamp enlightened thee by its radiance.
37 As Jesus finished speaking, a Pharisee asked him to breakfast with him, and Jesus went in and took his place at the table.
And while he was speaking, a certain Pharisee requested him to dine with him: and he went in, and reclined.
38 The Pharisee noticed, to his astonishment, that Jesus omitted the ceremonial washing before breakfast.
And the Pharisee noticing him, wondered that he did not previously baptize before dinner.
39 But the Master said to him, “You Pharisees do, it is true, clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside you yourselves are filled with greed and wickedness.
And Jesus said to him: Now ye Pharisees make clean the exterior of the cup and the dish; but your interior is full of extortion and wickedness.
40 Fools! Did not the maker of the outside make the inside too?
Ye deficient in understanding! did not he who made the exterior, make also the interior?
41 Only give away what is in them in charity, and at once you have the whole clean.
But, give ye alms from what ye possess; and lo, every thing will be clean to you.
42 But alas for you Pharisees! You pay tithes on mint, rue, and herbs of all kinds, and pass over justice and love to God. These last you ought to have put into practice without neglecting the first.
But woe to you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue, and every pot-herb; but pass over justice and the love of God. Now ye ought to do these things, and not to omit those.
43 Alas for you Pharisees! You delight to have the front seat in the synagogues, and to be greeted in the markets with respect.
Woe to you, Pharisees! who love the chief seats in the synagogues, and a salutation in the streets.
44 Alas for you! You are like unsuspected graves, over which men walk unawares.”
Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like graves that are unknown, and men walk over them and do not know it.
45 Here one of the students of the Law interrupted him by saying, “Teacher, when you say this, you are insulting us also.”
And one of the Scribes replied, and said to him: Teacher, while saying these things, thou reproachest us also.
46 But Jesus went on, “Alas for you, too, you students of the Law! You load people with loads that are too heavy to carry, but do not, yourselves, touch them with one of your fingers.
And he said: Woe to you also! ye Scribes, who lade men with heavy burdens; yet ye yourselves will not touch those burdens with one of your fingers
47 Alas for you! You build the monuments of the prophets whom your ancestors killed.
Woe to you! who build the sepulchres of the prophets, whom your fathers slew.
48 You are actually witnesses to your ancestors’ acts and show your approval of them, because, while they killed the prophets, you build tombs for them.
Thus ye testify, that ye acquiesce in the deeds of your fathers; for they slew them, and ye build their sepulchres.
49 That is why the wisdom of God said – ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles,
Therefore hath wisdom said: Lo, I will send to them prophets and legates; and some of them they will persecute and slay;
50 some of whom they will persecute and kill, in order that the blood of all the prophets that has been spilt since the creation of the world may be exacted from this generation –
that from this generation may be required, the blood of all the prophets, which hath been shed since the world was created;
51 from the blood of Abel down to the blood of Zechariah, who was slain between the altar and the house of God.’ Yes, I tell you, it will be exacted from this generation.
from the blood of Abel, to the blood of Zachariah who was slain between the temple and the altar. Yea, say I to you: It will be required of this generation.
52 Alas for you students of the Law! You have taken away the key of the door of knowledge. You have not gone in yourselves and you have hindered those who try to go in.”
Woe to you, Scribes; for ye have taken away the keys of knowledge: ye yourselves enter not, and them that are entering ye hinder.
53 When Jesus left the house, the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees began to press him hard and question him closely on many subjects,
And when he had said these things to them, the Scribes and Pharisees began to be offended, and became angry, and carped at his discourses,
54 laying traps for him, so as to seize on anything that he might say.
and practised many wiles upon him, seeking to catch some thing from his lips, that they might accuse him.
