Luke 11 And it came to pass as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, that one of His disciples said to Him, "Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples."

TKJU⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ And it came to pass as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, that one of His disciples said to Him, "Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples." ² And He said to them, "When you pray, say: Our Father which is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, as in heaven, so also on earth. ³ Give us day by day our daily bread. ⁴ And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil." ⁵ And He said to them, "Which of you having a friend, will go to him at midnight, and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves; ⁶ For a friend of mine on his journey has come to me, and I have nothing to set before him'? ⁷ And from within he shall answer and say, 'Do not trouble me: The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give to you.' ⁸ I say to you, Though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his pressing requests he will rise and give him as much as he needs. ⁹ So I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. ¹⁰ For everyone that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened. ¹¹ If a son shall ask for bread from any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? ¹² Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? ¹³ If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children: How much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?" ¹⁴ And He was casting out a devil, and it was mute. And it came to pass, when the devil had gone out, the mute spoke; and the people wondered. ¹⁵ But some of them said, "He casts out devils through Beelzebub, the chief of the devils." ¹⁶ And others, tempting Him, sought from Him a sign from heaven. ¹⁷ But He, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and a house divided against a house falls. ¹⁸ If Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? Because you say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub. ¹⁹ And if I cast out devils through Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. ²⁰ But if I cast out devils with the finger of God, no doubt the kingdom of God has come upon you. ²¹ When a strong and armed man keeps his palace, his goods are in peace: ²² But when one stronger than he comes upon him, and overcomes him, he takes from him all his armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils. ²³ He who is not with Me is against Me: And he that does not gather with Me scatters. ²⁴ When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, 'I will return to my house from which I came out.' ²⁵ And when he comes, he finds it swept and furnished. ²⁶ Then he goes, and takes with 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 spoke these things, a certain woman from the multitude lifted up her voice, and said to Him, "Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the nipples which You have sucked." ²⁸ But He said, "Rather, blessed are those who hear the Word of God, and keep it." ²⁹ And when the people were gathered thickly together, He began to say, "This is an evil generation: They seek a sign; and no sign shall be given it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet. ³⁰ For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall 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, one greater than Solomon is here. ³² The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: For they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, one greater than Jonah is here. ³³ No man, when he has lit a candle, puts it in a secret place, nor under a basket, but on a candlestick, that those who come in may see the light. ³⁴ The light of the body is the eye: Therefore when your eye is single, your whole body is also full of light; but when your eye is evil, your body is also full of darkness. ³⁵ Therefore take heed that the light which is in you is not darkness. ³⁶ If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, the complete whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle gives you light." ³⁷ And as He spoke, a certain Pharisee implored Him to dine with him: And He went in, and sat down to eat. ³⁸ And when the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that He had not first washed before dinner. ³⁹ And the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. ⁴⁰ You fools, did not He that made that which is outside make that which is inside also? ⁴¹ But rather give alms of such things as you have; and behold, all things are clean to you. ⁴² But woe to you, Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: These you ought to have done, and not left the others undone. ⁴³ Woe to you, Pharisees! For you love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets. ⁴⁴ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are as graves which are not visible, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them." ⁴⁵ Then one of the lawyers answered, and said to Him, "Master, in this saying You reproach us also." ⁴⁶ And He said, "Woe to you also, you lawyers! For you load men with burdens grievous to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers. ⁴⁷ Woe to you! For you build the sepulchers of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. ⁴⁸ Truly you bear witness that you allow the deeds of your fathers: For they indeed killed them, and you build their sepulchers. ⁴⁹ Therefore the wisdom of God also said, '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 to the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the temple: Truly I say to you, It shall be required of this generation. ⁵² Woe to you, lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge: You did not enter in yourselves, and you hindered those that were entering in." ⁵³ And as He said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to quarrel against Him vehemently, and to provoke Him to speak of many things: ⁵⁴ Lying in wait for Him, and seeking to catch something out of His mouth, that they might accuse Him.