Luke 11:1-22 ▼

1 And it came to pass in His being in a certain place praying, that when He ceased, 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: ‘Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.

3 Give us each day our necessary bread.

4 And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.’”

5 And He said to them, “Who of you? will have a friend and will go to him at midnight and would say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves,

6 since a friend of mine came to me from a journey, and I have nothing that I will set before him.’?

7 And he, answering from within, may say, ‘Do not cause me trouble; already the door has been shut, and my children are with me in the bed. I am not able, having risen up, to give to you.’

8 I say to you?, even if he will not give to him, having risen up because of being his friend, yet because of his persistence, having risen, he will give him as much as he needs.

9 And I say to you?: Ask, and it will be given to you?; seek, and you? will find; knock, and it will be opened to you?.

10 For everyone asking receives; and the one seeking finds; and to the one knocking, it will be opened.

11 And which father of you?, if the son will ask for a fish, instead of even a fish, will give to him a serpent?

12 Or also, if he will ask for an egg, will give to him a scorpion?

13 Therefore if you?, being evil, know to give good gifts to your? children, how much more will the Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those asking Him!”

14 And He was casting out a demon, and it was mute; and it came to pass, on the demon having gone out, that the mute man spoke. And the crowds marveled.

15 And some of them said, “By Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons, He casts out the demons.”

16 And others, testing, were seeking from Him a sign out of heaven.

17 But He, knowing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom having been divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house against a house falls.

18 And if Satan also was divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you? say I cast out the demons by Beelzebul.

19 And if I cast out the demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your? sons cast them out? Because of this, they will be your? judges.

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

21 When the strong man, being armed, might guard his house, his possessions are in peace.

22 But when one stronger than he, having come upon him, might overcome him, he takes away his full armor in which he had trusted, and he divides his plunder.