Luke 11
1 At one place where He was praying, when He rose from His knees one of His disciples said to Him, "Master, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples."
And as He was praying in a certain retired place, as soon as He had done, one of his disciples said to Him, Lord, teach us to pray as John also taught his disciples.
2 So He said to them, "When you pray, say, 'Father may Thy name be kept holy; let Thy Kingdom come;
And He said unto them, when ye pray, say, "Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done as in heaven so also upon earth;
3 give us day after day our bread for the day;
give us day by day our daily bread; and forgive us our sins,
4 and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive every one who fails in his duty to us; and bring us not into temptation.'"
for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one."
5 And He said to them, "Which of you shall have a friend and shall go to him in the middle of the night and say, "'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread;
And He said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight, and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine on his journey is come to me,
6 for a friend of mine has just come to my house from a distance, and I have nothing for him to eat'?
and I have nothing to set before him:
7 "And he from indoors shall answer, "'Do not pester me. The door is now barred, and I am here in bed with my children. I cannot get up and give you bread.'
and he from within shall answer and say, Do not be troublesome; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed, I cannot rise to give thee.
8 "I tell you that even if he will not rise and give him the loaves because he is his friend, at any rate because of his persistency he will rouse himself and give him as many as he requires.
I tell you, tho' he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend: yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he wants.
9 "So I say to you, 'Ask, and what you ask for shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you.'
And so I tell you, Ask and it shall be given you, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you.
10 For every one who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, the door shall be opened.
For every one that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
11 And what father is there among you, who, if his son asks for a slice of bread, will offer him a stone? or if he asks for a fish, will instead of a fish offer him a snake?
If a son ask bread of any father among you, will he give him a stone? and if he ask for a fish, will he instead of a fish give him a serpent? or if he ask for an egg,
12 or if he asks for an egg, will offer him a scorpion?
will he give him a scorpion?
13 If you then, with all your human frailty, know how to give your children gifts that are good for them, how much more certainly will your Father who is in Heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!"
If ye then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the holy Spirit to them that ask Him?
14 On once occasion He was expelling a dumb demon; and when the demon was gone out the dumb man could speak, and the people were astonished.
And He was casting out a demon, and it was dumb: and when the demon was gone out, the dumb man spake; and the people wondered.
15 But some among them said, "It is by the power of Baal-zebul, the Prince of the demons, that he expels the demons."
But some of them said, He casteth out demons by Beelzebub the prince of demons:
16 Others, to put Him to the test, asked Him for a sign in the sky.
and others, to try Him, desired of Him a sign from heaven.
17 And, knowing their thoughts, He said to them, "Every kingdom in which civil war rages goes to ruin: family attacks family and is overthrown.
But He who well knew their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself becomes desolate, and a house against a house falleth: if Satan also be divided against himself,
18 And if Satan really has engaged in fierce conflict with himself, how shall his kingdom stand?--because you say that I expel demons by the power of Baal-zebul.
how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say, that I cast out demons by Beelzebub.
19 And if it is by the power of Baal-zebul that I expel the demons, by whom do your disciples expel them? They therefore shall be your judges.
And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your own people cast them out? wherefore they shall be your judges.
20 But if it is by the power of God that I drive out the demons, it is evident that the Kingdom of God has come upon you.
But if I cast out demons by the power of God, you may be sure the kingdom of God is come unto you:
21 "Whenever a strong man, fully armed and equipped, is guarding his own castle, he enjoys peaceful possession of his property;
for when a strong man well-armed defends his palace, his substance is secure:
22 but as soon as another stronger than he attacks him and overcomes him, he takes away that complete armour of his in which he trusted, and distributes the plunder he has collected.
but when a stronger than he cometh upon him and conquers him, he taketh away his armour, wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
23 Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever is not gathering with me is scattering abroad.
He, that is not with me, is against me; and he, that gathereth not with me, scattereth.
24 "When a foul spirit has left a man, it roams about in the Desert, seeking a resting-place; but, unable to find any, it says, 'I will return to the house I have left;"
When an impure spirit is gone out of a man, he wanders through dry desert places, seeking rest: and finding none he saith, I will return into my house, that I came out of;
25 and when it comes, it finds the house swept clean and in good order.
and when he cometh he findeth it swept and set in order.
26 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more malignant than itself, and they enter and dwell there; and in the end that man's condition becomes worse than it was at first.
Then he goeth and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and so the last state of that man is worse than the first.
27 As He thus spoke a woman in the crowd called out in a loud voice, "Blessed is the mother who carried you, and the breasts that you have sucked."
As He was speaking these things, a certain woman lifted up her voice from amidst the croud, and said, Happy is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts which thou didst suck!
28 "Nay rather," He replied, "they are blessed who hear God's Message and carefully keep it."
but He replied, Yea rather happy are they, that hear the word of God and keep it.
29 Now when the crowds came thronging upon Him, He proceeded to say, "The present generation is a wicked generation: it requires some sign, but no sign shall be given to it except that of Jonah.
And when the multitudes were gathering thick together He began to say, This is a wicked generation: they demand a sign, but no sign shall be given them, except that of the prophet Jonah:
30 For just as Jonah became a sign to the men of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a token to the present generation.
for as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
31 The Queen of the South will awake at the Judgement together with the men of the present generation, and will condemn them; because she came from the extremity of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; but mark! One greater than Solomon is here.
The queen of the south shall rise up in the day of judgement against the men of this generation and condemn them: for she came from the remote parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold a greater than Solomon is here.
32 There will stand up men of Nineveh at the Judgement together with the present generation, and will condemn it; because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and mark! One greater than Jonah is here.
And the men of Nineveh shall rise up in the judgement against this generation, and condemn it; for they repented upon the preaching of Jonas, and behold a greater than Jonas is here.
33 "When any one lights a lamp, he never puts it in the cellar or under the bushel, but on the lampstand, that people who come in may see the light.
But yet no one having lighted a candle putteth it into a secret place, nor under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they who come in may see the light.
34 The lamp of the body is the eye. When your eyesight is good, your whole body also is lighted up; but when it is defective, your body is darkened.
The eye is the candle of the body: therefore when thine eye is clear, thy whole body also is light; but when it is bad, thy body also is dark.
35 Consider therefore whether the light that is in you is anything but mere darkness.
Take heed therefore least the light which is in thee be darkness.
36 If, however, your whole body is penetrated with light, and has no part dark, it will be so lighted, all of it, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light."
For if thy whole body be light, having no part dark, it will be (when all enlightened) as when a candle giveth thee light by its brightness.
37 When He had thus spoken, a Pharisee invited Him to breakfast at his house; so He entered and took His place at table.
And as He spake, a certain pharisee asked Him to dine with him: and He went in and sat down at table.
38 Now the Pharisee saw to his surprise that He did not wash His hands before breakfasting.
And when the pharisee saw it he wondered that He did not wash first, before dinner.
39 The Master however said to him, "Here we see how you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup or plate, while your secret hearts are full of greed and selfishness.
But the Lord said unto him, ye pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of rapine and wickedness.
40 Foolish men! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also?
Senseless creatures! Did not He who made the outside, make also that which is within? give alms rather according to your ability:
41 But as to what is within, give alms, and instantly all is clean in you.
and behold all things are clean to you.
42 "But alas for you Pharisees! for you pay tithes on your mint and rue and every kind of garden vegetable, and are indifferent to justice and the love of God. These are the things you ought to have attended to, while not neglecting the others.
But wo unto you pharisees, who tithe even your mint, and rue, and all your herbs, and pass by judgement and the love of God: these ought ye to practise and not to omit the others.
43 Alas for you Pharisees! for you love the best seats in the synagogues, and you like to be bowed to in places of public resort.
Wo unto you pharisees; for ye love the chief seat in synagogues, and salutations in public places.
44 Alas for you! for you are like the tombs which lie hidden, and the people who walk over them are not aware of their existence."
Wo unto you scribes and pharisees, hypocrites; for ye are like graves that do not appear, and those that walk over them are not aware of them.
45 Hereupon one of the expounders of the Law exclaimed, "Rabbi, in saying such things you reproach us also."
And one of the doctors of the law answered and said unto Him, Master, in saying these things thou reproachest us also.
46 "Alas too for you expounders of the Law!" replied Jesus, "for you load men with cumbrous burdens which you yourselves will not touch with one of your fingers.
And He said, Wo unto you also, ye interpreters of the law, for ye load men with insupportable burthens, and ye yourselves touch not the burthens with one of your fingers.
47 Alas for you! for you repair the tombs of the Prophets, whom your forefathers killed.
Wo unto you; who build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
48 It follows that you bear testimony to the actions of your forefathers and that you fully approve thereof. They slew, you build.
Thus ye testify that ye approve of the deeds of your fathers; for they put them to death, and ye build their sepulchres.
49 "For this reason also the Wisdom of God has said, 'I will send Prophets and Apostles to them, of whom they will kill some and persecute others,'
And therefore the wisdom of God hath said, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute:
50 so that the blood of all the Prophets, that is being shed from the creation of the world onwards, may be required from the present generation.
that the blood of all the prophets which has been shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah,
51 Yes, I tell you that, from the blood of Abel down to the blood of Zechariah who perished between the altar and the House, it shall all be required from the present generation.
who perished between the altar and the temple. Verily I tell you, it shall be required of this generation.
52 "Alas for you expounders of the Law! for you have taken away the key of knowledge: you yourselves have not entered, and those who wanted to enter you have hindered."
Wo unto you interpreters of the law; for ye have taken away the key of knowledge, ye entered not in yourselves, and those that were entering in, ye hindered.
53 After He had left the house, the Scribes and Pharisees commenced a vehement attempt to entangle Him and make Him give off-hand answers on numerous points,
As He was saying these things unto them the scribes and pharisees began vehemently to attack Him, and urge Him to speak of many things,
54 lying in wait to catch some unguarded expression from His lips.
laying snares for Him, and endeavouring to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse Him.
