Luke 11

1 One day in a place where Jesus had just finished praying, one of His disciples requested, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”

2 So Jesus told them, “When you pray, say: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

3 Give us each day our daily bread.

4 And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’”

5 Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you goes to his friend at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

6 because a friend has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.’

7 And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Do not bother me. My door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’

8 I tell you, even though he will not get up to provide for him because of his friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

9 So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

10 For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

11 What father among you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?

12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

13 So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”

14 One day Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. And when the demon was gone, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed,

15 but some of them said, “It is by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons, that He drives out demons.”

16 And others tested Him by demanding a sign from heaven.

17 Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and a house divided against a house will fall.

18 If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? After all, you say that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.

19 And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.

20 But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

21 When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure.

22 But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted, and then he divides up his plunder.

23 He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.

24 When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’

25 On its return, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.

26 Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first.”

27 As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You!”

28 But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

29 As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It seeks a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah the prophet.

30 For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.

31 The Queen of the South will rise 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 now One greater than Solomon is here.

32 The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.

33 No one lights a lamp and puts it in a cellar or under a basket. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.

34 The eye is the lamp of the body. So when your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness.

35 Be careful, then, that the light within you is not darkness.

36 So if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, you will be radiant, as though a lamp were shining on you.”

37 As Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee invited Him to dine with him; so He went in and reclined at the table.

38 But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.

39 Then the Lord said, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

40 You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well?

41 But give as alms the things that are within you, and behold, everything will be clean for you.

42 Woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.

43 Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the chief seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.

44 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”

45 One of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.”

46 “Woe to you as well, experts in the law!” He replied. “For you weigh men down with heavy burdens, but you yourselves will not lift a finger to lighten their load.

47 Woe to you! For you build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.

48 So you bear witness and consent to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.

49 Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’

50 As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,

51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.

52 Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”

53 As Jesus said these things to them, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things,

54 lying in wait for Him and seeking to catch Him in something He might say, so that they might accuse Him.

1 ¶ And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

2 And he said unto them, ‹When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.›

3 ‹Give us day by day our daily bread.›

4 ‹And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.›

5 And he said unto them, ‹Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;›

6 ‹For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?›

7 ‹And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.›

8 ‹I say unto you, Though 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 needeth.›

9 ‹And I say unto 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 that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.›

11 ‹If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if› [he ask] ‹a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?›

12 ‹Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?›

13 ‹If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall› [your] ‹heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?›

14 ¶ And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered.

15 But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils.

16 And others, tempting [him], sought of him a sign from heaven.

17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, ‹Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house› [divided] ‹against a house falleth.›

18 ‹If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.›

19 ‹And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast› [them] ‹out? therefore shall they be your judges.›

20 ‹But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.›

21 ‹When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:›

22 ‹But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.›

23 ‹He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.›

24 ‹When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.›

25 ‹And when he cometh, he findeth› [it] ‹swept and garnished.›

26 ‹Then goeth he, and taketh› [to him] ‹seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last› [state] ‹of that man is worse than the first.›

27 ¶ And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed [is] the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.

28 But he said, ‹Yea rather, blessed› [are] ‹they that hear the word of God, and keep it.›

29 ¶ And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, ‹This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.›

30 ‹For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.›

31 ‹The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon› [is] ‹here.›

32 ‹The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas› [is] ‹here.›

33 ‹No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth› [it] ‹in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.›

34 ‹The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when› [thine eye] ‹is evil, thy body also› [is] ‹full of darkness.›

35 ‹Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.›

36 ‹If thy whole body therefore› [be] ‹full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.›

37 ¶ And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.

38 And when the Pharisee saw [it], he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.

39 And the Lord said unto him, ‹Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.›

40 [Ye] ‹fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?›

41 ‹But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.›

42 ‹But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.›

43 ‹Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.›

44 ‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over› [them] ‹are not aware› [of them].

45 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.

46 And he said, ‹Woe unto you also,› [ye] ‹lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.›

47 ‹Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.›

48 ‹Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.›

49 ‹Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and› [some] ‹of them they shall slay and persecute:›

50 ‹That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;›

51 ‹From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.›

52 ‹Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.›

53 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge [him] vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:

54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

1 And it came to pass, that he was in a certain place praying. And when he had ceased, one of his disciples saith unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

2 And he said unto them: When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

3 Give us our daily bread for evermore.

4 And forgive us our sins: for we also forgive all that are indebted unto us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

5 And he said unto them: What man is there among you that hath a friend, and goeth unto him at midnight, and saith unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves?

6 for it is my friend come to me from the street, and I have not what I set before him;

7 And he within would answer and say: Trouble me not: for the door is shut, and my children are with me in the chamber; I cannot rise up to give thee.

8 I say unto you, Though he rise not up, and give him, because he is his friend, yet will he rise up, and give him as much as he hath need, for the sake of his unseemly lust.

9 And I say also unto 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 that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

11 Where shall a son ask bread of his father, and he shall offer him a stone for it? and shall he ask a fish, and he shall offer him a serpent for the fish?

12 or so he asks for an egg, who offers him a scorpion for it?.

13 If ye then, being evil, are able to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall the Father which is in heaven give the Holy Ghost to them that ask him?

14 And he cast out a devil that was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, that the dumb man spake. And the people marvelled.

15 And some of them said: He casteth out devils by Beelzebub, the chief of the devils.

16 And the rest tempted him, and desired a sign of him from heaven.

17 And he heard their thoughts, and said unto them: Every kingdom, if it be divided against itself, shall be desolate; and one house shall fall upon another.

18 If Satan also be at variance with himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say, I cast out devils by Beelzebub.

19 But if I cast out devils by Beelzebub, by whom do they cast out your children? Therefore they shall be your judges.

20 But if I by the fingers of God cast out devils, the kingdom of God will ever come to you.

21 If a strong man keep his palace, his own shall be in peace.

22 And if a stronger man come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh away his armour, whereon he trusted, and divideth the spoil.

23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

24 When the unclean spirit departeth from a man, it walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth it not: so saith it: I will return to my house from whence I came.

25 And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and decked with besomes.

26 Then he goeth and seeth seven spirits worse than himself, and when they are come in, they dwell there: and afterward he is worse with the same man than before.

27 And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the people lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts which thou hast sucked.

28 And he said, Yea, blessed are they that hear the word of GOD, and keep it].

29 And the people pressed in. And he began to say, This is a wicked kind; it desireth a sign, and no sign is given unto it, save the sign of Jonas the prophet.

30 For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so shall the Son of man be to this generation.

31 The queen of the south shall appear before the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon. And, behold, here is more than Solomon. 32; The people of Nineveh shall appear before the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn them: for they repented after the preaching of Jonah. And, behold, here is more than Jonah.

33 No man kindleth a light, and putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that whosoever entereth in may see the light.

34 The eye is the light of the body. If therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body is light. But if thine eye be evil, thy body also is dark.

35 Take heed therefore, lest the light in thee be darkness.

36 If therefore thy body be altogether light, that it have no part of darkness; it shall be altogether light, and shall lighten thee as the brightness of a flash.

37 And while he was speaking, one of the Pharisees besought him that he would eat the noon supper with him all. And he went in, and sat down to meat.

38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not washed before he did eat.

39 And the LORD said unto him, Ye Pharisees keep the vessels and the bowls clean by heart; but your inward parts are full of robbery and wickedness.

40 Ye fools, think ye that the inward parts are clean, when the outward parts are clean?

41 But give alms of that which is, behold, all is clean unto you.

42 . But woe unto you Pharisees, that ye should despise mint, and rue, and all manner of cabbage, and pass by the judgment and love of God! You should do this and not leave that.

43 Woe unto you Pharisees, because ye love to sit up in the synagogues, and to be saluted in the marketplace!

44 Woe unto you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, that ye are as the hidden grave-diggers, over which men walk, and know them not!

45 And one of the scribes answered and said unto him, Master, with these words thou also revileest us.

46 And he said, And woe also unto you scribes! For ye load men with burdens unbearable, and ye touch them not with a finger.

47 Woe unto you! For ye build the graves of the prophets: but your fathers slew them.

48 Ye do indeed bear witness, and give your consent of the work of your fathers: for they slew them, and ye build their graves.

49 Therefore thus saith the wisdom of God; I will send prophets and apostles unto them, and they shall kill and persecute some of them,

50 That the blood of this generation of all the prophets might be required, which is shed since the foundation of the world,

51 From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple. Yea, I say unto you, it shall be required of this generation.

52 Woe unto you scribes! for ye have the key of knowledge. Ye shall not enter in, and ye shall hinder them that enter in.

53 And when he had said these things unto them, the scribes and Pharisees began to press hard upon him, and to stop his mouth with many questions,

54 And lay wait for him, seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might have a cause against him.