LU-11:1 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.
LU-11:2 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.
LU-11:3 Give us day by day our daily bread.
LU-11:4 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.
LU-11:5 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;
LU-11:6 For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and
I have nothing
to set before him?
LU-11:7 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.
LU-11:8 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.
LU-11:9 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.
LU-11:10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that
seeketh findeth; and
to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
LU-11:11 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?
LU-11:12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a
scorpion?
LU-11:13 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?
LU-11:14 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.
LU-11:15 But some of them said, He casteth out devils through
Beelzebub the
chief of the devils.
LU-11:16 And others, tempting [him], sought of him a sign from
heaven.
LU-11:17 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.
LU-11:18 If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall
his kingdom
stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.
LU-11:19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your
sons cast
[them] out? therefore shall they be your judges.
LU-11:20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no
doubt the kingdom
of God is come upon you.
LU-11:21 When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods
are in peace:
LU-11:22 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.
LU-11:23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that
gathereth not with
me scattereth.
LU-11:24 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.
LU-11:25 And when he cometh, he findeth [it] swept and
garnished.
LU-11:26 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.
LU-11:27 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.
LU-11:28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed [are] they that hear
the word of
God, and keep it.
LU-11:29 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.
LU-11:30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall
also the Son of
man be to this generation.
LU-11:31 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.
LU-11:32 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.
LU-11:33 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.
LU-11:34 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.
LU-11:35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be
not darkness.
LU-11:36 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.
LU-11:37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to
dine with him:
and he went in, and sat down to meat.
LU-11:38 And when the Pharisee saw [it], he marvelled that he
had not first
washed before dinner.
LU-11:39 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.
LU-11:40 [Ye] fools, did not he that made that which is without
make that
which is within also?
LU-11:41 But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and,
behold, all
things are clean unto you.
LU-11:42 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.
LU-11:43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost
seats in the
synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
LU-11:44 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].
LU-11:45 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him,
Master, thus
saying thou reproachest us also.
LU-11:46 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.
LU-11:47 Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the
prophets, and your
fathers killed them.
LU-11:48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your
fathers: for
they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
LU-11:49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send
them prophets and
apostles, and [some] of them they shall slay and persecute:
LU-11:50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed
from the
foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
LU-11:51 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.
LU-11:52 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.
LU-11:53 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:
LU-11:54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something
out of his mouth,
that they might accuse him.
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