# Luke 11

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/luke/11

Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. As he was praying in a certain place, when he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples."
2. He said to them, "When you pray, say: 'Father, let your name be hallowed. Let your kingdom come.'"
3. Give us each day our daily bread.
4. And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us. And do not lead us into temptation.
5. He said to them, "Which of you will have a friend and go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves'?"
6. Because my friend came to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.
7. And he from within will answer, "Do not trouble me; the door is already shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you."
8. I tell you, even though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his shamelessness he will get up and give him as many as he needs.
9. And I say to you, ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
10. For everyone who asks receives, and whoever seeks finds, and it will be opened to whoever knocks.
11. Which of you fathers will give his son a serpent instead of a fish if he asks for a fish?
12. Or even if he asks for an egg, will he give him a scorpion?
13. If you then, evil though you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?
14. He was driving out a mute demon. When the demon had departed, the mute man spoke, and the crowds marveled.
15. But some of them said, "By Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons, he casts out the demons."
16. But others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.
17. But he, perceiving their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and a house divided against a house falls."
18. If Satan is also divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? Because you say I cast out demons by Beelzebul.
19. But if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
20. But if by the finger of God I cast out the demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
21. When the strong man, armed, guards his own palace, his possessions are at peace.
22. But when one stronger than he comes upon him and overcomes him, he takes away his full armor in which he had trusted, and distributes his spoils.
23. Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
24. When the unclean spirit departs from a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none, it says, “I will return to my house from which I left.”
25. And when it comes, it finds it swept and adorned.
26. Then he went and took seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they entered and dwelt there. That man's final condition became worse than the first.
27. As he said these things, a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts that you nursed!"
28. But he said, "Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it."
29. As the crowds gathered thickly to him, he began to say, "This generation is an evil generation. It seeks a sign, and no sign will be given it except the sign of Jonah."
30. For as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation also.
31. The queen of the south will rise in the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and see, something greater than Solomon is here.
32. The men of Nineveh will rise in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at Jonah's proclamation; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
33. No one lights a lamp and puts it in a hidden place, nor under a bushel, but on the lampstand, so that those entering may see the light.
34. The lamp of the body is your eye; when your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is evil, your body is full of darkness.
35. Therefore take care that the light in you is not darkness.
36. If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark at all, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp by its bright shining illuminates you.
37. While he was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to eat with him; and entering, he reclined.
38. When the Pharisee saw that he had not first washed before dinner, he marveled.
39. The Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and platter, but what is inside you is full of extortion and wickedness.”
40. Foolish ones, did not the one who made the outside also make the inside?
41. But give alms from what lies within, and behold, all things are clean for you.
42. But woe to you Pharisees, for you tithe mint and rue and every herb, yet neglect justice and the love of God. These you needed to practice, without overlooking those others.
43. Woe to you, Pharisees, because you love the chief seat in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.
44. Woe to you, for you are like unseen graves, and the men who walk over them do not know it.
45. One of the lawyers answered him, "Teacher, by saying these things you also reproach us."
46. But he said, “Woe to you lawyers as well, for you load people with burdens hard to bear, while you yourselves do not touch those burdens with one of your fingers.”
47. Woe to you, because you build the tombs of the prophets, but your fathers killed them.
48. So you are witnesses and approve your fathers' deeds, because they indeed killed them, but you build their tombs.
49. For this reason God's wisdom also said, "I will send prophets and apostles to them, and some of them they will kill and persecute."
50. so that the blood of all the prophets, poured out from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation.
51. From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah who perished between the altar and the temple—yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.
52. Woe to you lawyers, because you removed the key to knowledge. You yourselves did not enter, and those entering you hindered.
53. And when he departed from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to press him fiercely and to provoke him to speak about many things.
54. They were lying in ambush for him to catch something from his mouth.

## Nearby chapters

[Luke 10](https://www.lumin.faith/read/luke/10.md)
[Luke 12](https://www.lumin.faith/read/luke/12.md)

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