[Luke 11]

 

             {Luk 11:1-13:9; Probably Judea; no parallel.}

             {Similar: Mat 6:9-13; Luk 11:1-5}

             ^11:1 And it happened for him to be in a certain place praying, that as he ceased, a certain one of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray, just-as John also taught his disciples.

            {The example prayer. The Lord’s prayer is for unity in John 17. Luk 11:3, no one knows for sure what the original word means. It is only in the N.T. twice and nowhere else.}

             ^11:2 Now he said to them, Whenever you^° pray, say^°, Our Father, the one in the heavens, let your name be made holy. Let your kingdom come. Let your will happen as in heaven, also upon the earth. ^11:3 Give to us our needful bread every day. ^11:4 And forgive us our sins; for^* we ourselves also forgive everyone who is obligated to us. And do not bring us into temptation, but rescue us from the evil one.

 

             ^11:5 And he said to them, Who out-of you^° will have a friend, and will be traveling to him at midnight and might say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves, ^11:6 since a friend came^* to me from a journey and I have nothing as to what I will be placing beside him. ^11:7 And he who answered from inside, might say, Do not be harassing me. The door has already been locked and my children are in the bunk with me. I am not able to give to you bread, even if I stood up. ^11:8 I say to you^°, Even if he will not be giving to him, after he stood up, because to be staying his friend, and yet because of his irreverence, after he raised himself up, he will be giving him as many as he needs.

             {Similar: Mat 7:7-11, Luk 11:9-13}

             ^11:9 And I say to you^°, Ask^° and it will be given to you^°; seek^° and you^° will be finding; knock^° and it will be opened to you^°. ^11:10 For^* everyone who asks, receives; and he who is seeking, finds; and it will be opened to the one knocking. ^11:11 Now which father of you^° will the son ask for a loaf; he will not be giving him a stone, will he? Or even a fish, he will not be giving him a serpent instead of a fish, will he? ^11:12 Or if he also asks for an egg, he will not be giving him a scorpion, will he? ^11:13 Therefore, if you^°, being^* evil, know how to give good presents to your^° children, how-many things more will your^° Father from heaven give the Holy Spirit to the ones asking him?

 

             {Similar: Mat 12:22-37, Mar 3:22-26, Luk 11:14-23}

             ^11:14 Now he was casting forth a demon and it was mute. And it happened, after the demon went forth, the mute man spoke, and the crowds marveled. ^11:15 But some out-of them said, He is casting forth demons in Beelzebub the ruler of the demons. ^11:16 But others, testing him, were seeking a sign out-of heaven from him.

             ^11:17 But he himself, knowing their minds, said to them, Every kingdom which was divided against itself is made desolate, and a house divided against a house falls. ^11:18 But if the Adversary was also divided against himself, how will his kingdom be established? Because you^° say, For me to cast forth demons is in Beelzebub. ^11:19 But if I cast forth demons in Beelzebub, by whom do your^° sons cast them forth? Because of this, they themselves will be your^° judges. ^11:20 But if I cast forth demons by the finger of God; consequently^*, the kingdom of God has arrived-unexpectedly upon you^°.

             ^11:21 Whenever the strong man has been fully armed, he guards his own courtyard, the possessions are at peace {i.e. unharmed}. ^11:22 But whenever the one mightier than he came upon him and then overcame him, he takes his full-armor upon which he had confidence in, and distributes his various hauls. ^11:23 He who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me, scatters.

             {Similar: Mat 12:43-45, Luk 11:14-28}

             ^11:24 The unclean spirit, whenever it has gone forth from the man, it goes through waterless places, seeking rest, and is not finding any, it says, I will return to my house from where I came forth. ^11:25 And when it came back, it finds that it has been swept and has been adorned. ^11:26 Then it travels and takes with it seven other spirits more evil than itself. And after it came back, it is dwelling there and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first.

 

             ^11:27 Now it happened, while^* he was speaking these things, a certain woman out-of the crowd lifted up her voice and said to him, The womb in which you were born, and the breasts which you nursed, are fortunate.

             ^11:28 But he himself said, But-rather, the ones hearing the word of God and observing it, are fortunate.

 

             {Similar: Mat 12:38-42, Luk 11:29-32}

             ^11:29 Now after the crowds accumulated, he began to say, This generation is an evil generation. It is seeking after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet. ^11:30 For^* just-as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will also be to this generation. ^11:31 The queen of the south will be raised up with the men of this generation in the judgment, and will be condemning them, because she came from the limits of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, more-than Solomon is here. ^11:32 The men of Nineveh will rise^* up in the judgment with this generation, and will be condemning it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, more-than Jonah is here.

 

             {Similar: Mat 5:5, 6:22-23, Luk 11:33-36}

             ^11:33 No one who lit a lamp, places it in a cellar, nor under the peck-container, but upon the lamp-stand, in-order-that the ones who travel in may see the radiance of it. ^11:34 The lamp of the body is the eye; therefore, whenever your eye is clear, your whole body is also radiant, but whenever it is evil, your body is also dark. ^11:35 Therefore, note that the light which is in you is not darkness. ^11:36 Therefore, if your whole body is radiant, not having any part dark, it will be entirely radiant, as whenever the lamp illuminates you with its glow.

 

             {Similar: Mat 23:1-39, Luk 11:37-54}

             ^11:37 Now while^* he was speaking, a certain Pharisee was asking him, ^*that he might have a meal with him, and after he entered, he leaned-back at the table. ^11:38 Now after the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first immersed^* {i.e., bathed} himself before a meal. ^11:39 But the Lord said to him, Now you^°, the Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but the inside of you^° is full of ravening and wickedness. ^11:40 Fools, he who made^* the outside, did he not also make^* the inside? ^11:41 However, the things which are within you^°, give^° those as charity, and behold, all things are clean to you^°.

             ^11:42 But woe to you^° Pharisees! Because you^° tithe mint and the rue and every herb, and are transgressing the judgment and the love^* of God. It was essential to practice these things and to not leave those undone. ^11:43 Woe to you^° Pharisees! Because you^° love^* the foremost seat in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces. ^11:44 Woe to you^° scribes, and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you^° are like the indistinct tombs, and the men who are walking upon them do not know it.

 

             ^11:45 Now someone of the professors of the law, answered and says to him, Teacher, you are also insulting us saying these things.

             ^11:46 But he said, Woe also to you^° professors of the law! Because you^° are loading men down with unbearable loads, and you^° yourselves do not stroke the loads with one of your^° fingers {i.e., you don’t lift a finger to help}. ^11:47 Woe to you^°! Because you^° build the tombs of the prophets and your^° fathers killed them. ^11:48 Consequently^*, you^° are testifying and consenting to the works of your^° fathers, because they themselves indeed killed them, and you^° build their tombs. ^11:49 Because of this, the wisdom of God also said, I will be sending forth prophets and apostles to them, and some out-of them they will be killing and will be banishing; ^11:50 in-order-that the blood of all the prophets, being shed from the conception of the world, may be sought from this generation; ^11:51 from the blood of Abel {Gen 4:8} to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the House of the Lord. {2Ch 24:21} Yes, I say to you^°, It will be sought from this generation. ^11:52 Woe to you^° professors of the law! Because you^° took away the key of knowledge. You^° did not enter in yourselves, and you^° forbade the ones who were entering.

 

             ^11:53 Now while saying these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began terribly to hold everything against him, and to quiz him for unrehearsed answers concerning many things; ^11:54 plotting against him, seeking to trap him in something out-of his mouth, in-order-that they might accuse him.