Luke 11
1 And it came to pass, in his being in a certain place praying, as he ceased, a certain one of his disciples said unto him, 'Sir, teach us to pray, as also John taught his disciples.'
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.”
2 And he said to them, 'When ye may pray, say ye: Our Father who art in the heavens; hallowed be Thy name: Thy reign come; Thy will come to pass, as in heaven also on earth;
Jesus said to them, “When you pray say, 'Father, may your name be sanctified. May your kingdom come.
3 our appointed bread be giving us daily;
Give us our daily bread each day.
4 and forgive us our sins, for also we ourselves forgive every one indebted to us; and mayest Thou not bring us into temptation; but do Thou deliver us from the evil.'
Forgive us our sins, as we forgive everyone who is in debt to us. Do not lead us into temptation.'”
5 And he said unto them, 'Who of you shall have a friend, and shall go on unto him at midnight, and may say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves,
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,
6 seeing a friend of mine came out of the way unto me, and I have not what I shall set before him,
since a friend of mine just came in from the road, and I do not have anything to set before him'?
7 and he from within answering may say, Do not give me trouble, already the door hath been shut, and my children with me are in the bed, I am not able, having risen, to give to thee.
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.'
8 'I say to you, even if he will not give to him, having risen, because of his being his friend, yet because of his importunity, having risen, he will give him as many as he doth need;
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.
9 and 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;
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.
10 for every one who is asking doth receive; and he who is seeking doth find; and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.
For every asking person receives; and the seeking person finds; and to the person who knocks, it will be opened.
11 'And of which of you — the father — if the son shall ask a loaf, a stone will he present to him? and if a fish, will he instead of a fish, a serpent present to him?
Which father among you, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?
12 and if he may ask an egg, will he present to him a scorpion?
Or if he asks for an egg, will you give a scorpion to him?
13 If, then, ye, being evil, have known good gifts to be giving to your children, how much more shall the Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those asking Him!'
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?”
14 And he was casting forth a demon, and it was dumb, and it came to pass, the demon having gone forth, the dumb man spake, and the multitudes wondered,
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.
15 and certain of them said, 'By Beelzeboul, ruler of the demons, he doth cast forth the demons;'
But some of the people said, “By Beelzebul, the ruler of demons, he is driving out demons.”
16 and others, tempting, a sign out of heaven from him were asking.
Others tested him and sought from him a sign from heaven.
17 And he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, 'Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated; and house against house doth fall;
But Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is made desolate, and a house divided against itself falls.
18 and if also the Adversary against himself was divided, how shall his kingdom be made to stand? for ye say, by Beelzeboul is my casting forth the demons.
If Satan is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say I cast out demons by Beelzebul.
19 'But if I by Beelzeboul cast forth the demons — your sons, by whom do they cast forth? because of this your judges they shall be;
If I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your followers drive them out? Because of this, they will be your judges.
20 but if by the finger of God I cast forth the demons, then come unawares upon you did the reign of God.
But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come to you.
21 'When the strong man armed may keep his hall, in peace are his goods;
When a strong man who is fully armed guards his own house, his goods are safe,
22 but when the stronger than he, having come upon [him], may overcome him, his whole-armour he doth take away in which he had trusted, and his spoils he distributeth;
but when a stronger man overcomes him, the stronger man takes away the armor from the man, and plunders the man's possessions.
23 he who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me doth scatter.
The one who is not with me is against me, and the one who does not gather with me scatters.
24 'When the unclean spirit may go forth from the man it walketh through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding, it saith, I will turn back to my house whence I came forth;
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.'
25 and having come, it findeth [it] swept and adorned;
Having returned, it finds that house swept out and put in order.
26 then doth it go, and take to it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having entered, they dwell there, and the last of that man becometh worst than the first.'
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.”
27 And it came to pass, in his saying these things, a certain woman having lifted up the voice out of the multitude, said to him, 'Happy the womb that carried thee, and the paps that thou didst suck!'
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.”
28 And he said, 'Yea, rather, happy those hearing the word of God, and keeping [it]!'
But he said, “Rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God and keep it.”
29 And the multitudes crowding together upon him, he began to say, 'This generation is evil, a sign it doth seek after, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet,
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.
30 for as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall the Son of Man be to this generation.
For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so too the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.
31 'A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and lo, greater than Solomon here!
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.
32 'Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, because they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah; and lo, greater than Jonah here!
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.
33 'And no one having lighted a lamp, doth put [it] in a secret place, nor under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, that those coming in may behold the light.
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.
34 'The lamp of the body is the eye, when then thine eye may be simple, thy whole body also is lightened; and when it may be evil, thy body also is darkened;
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.
35 take heed, then, lest the light that [is] in thee be darkness;
Therefore, be careful that the light in you is not darkness.
36 if then thy whole body is lightened, not having any part darkened, the whole shall be lightened, as when the lamp by the brightness may give thee light.'
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.”
37 And in [his] speaking, a certain Pharisee was asking him that he might dine with him, and having gone in, he reclined (at meat),
When he had finished speaking, a Pharisee asked him to eat with him at his house, so Jesus went in and reclined.
38 and the Pharisee having seen, did wonder that he did not first baptize himself before the dinner.
The Pharisee was surprised that Jesus first did not wash before dinner.
39 And the Lord said unto him, 'Now do ye, the Pharisees, the outside of the cup and of the plate make clean, but your inward part is full of rapine and wickedness;
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.
40 unthinking! did not He who made the outside also the inside make?
You senseless men! Did not the one who made the outside also make the inside?
41 But what ye have give ye [as] alms, and, lo, all things are clean to you.
Give to the poor what is inside, and then all things will be clean for you.
42 'But woe to you, the Pharisees, because ye tithe the mint, and the rue, and every herb, and ye pass by the judgment, and the love of God; these things it behoveth to do, and those not to be neglecting.
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.
43 'Woe to you, the Pharisees, because ye love the first seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the market-places.
Woe to you Pharisees, for you love the front seats in the synagogues and respectful greetings in the marketplaces.
44 'Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because ye are as the unseen tombs, and the men walking above have not known.'
Woe to you, for you are like unmarked graves that people walk over without knowing it.”
45 And one of the lawyers answering, saith to him, 'Teacher, these things saying, us also thou dost insult;'
One of the teachers of the law said to him, “Teacher, what you say insults us too.”
46 and he said, 'And to you, the lawyers, woe! because ye burden men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves with one of your fingers do not touch the burdens.
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.
47 'Woe to you, because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
Woe to you, because you build tombs for the prophets, and it was your ancestors who killed them.
48 Then do ye testify, and are well pleased with the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and ye do build their tombs;
So you are witnesses and you consent to the works of your ancestors, for they indeed killed them and you build their tombs.
49 because of this also the wisdom of God said: I will send to them prophets, and apostles, and some of them they shall kill and persecute,
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.'
50 that the blood of all the prophets, that is being poured forth from the foundation of the world, may be required from this generation;
This generation, then, will be held responsible for all the blood of the prophets shed since the world began,
51 from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the house; yes, I say to you, It shall be required from this generation.
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.
52 'Woe to you, the lawyers, because ye took away the key of the knowledge; yourselves ye did not enter; and those coming in, ye did hinder.'
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.”
53 And in his speaking these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began fearfully to urge and to press him to speak about many things,
After Jesus left there, the scribes and the Pharisees opposed him and argued with him about many things,
54 laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
trying to trap him in his own words.
