Luke 11:1-22 ▼

1 And it came to pass, in His being in a certain place praying, as He ceased, a certain one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as also John taught his disciples.”

2 And He said to them, “When you may pray, say: Our Father who is in the heavens, hallowed be Your Name; Your kingdom come, Your will come to pass, as in Heaven also on earth;

3 be giving us daily our appointed bread;

4 and forgive us our sins, for we also ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us; and may You not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil [one].”

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

6 seeing a friend of mine came out of the way to me, and I have not what I will set before him,

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

8 I say to you, even if he will not give to him, having risen, because of his being his friend, yet because of his persistence, having risen, he will give him as many 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 who is asking receives; and he who is seeking finds; and to him who is knocking it will be opened.

11 And of which of you—the father—[if] the son will ask [for] a loaf, will present to him a stone? And [if] a fish, instead of a fish, will present to him a serpent?

12 And [if] he may ask [for] an egg, will present to him a scorpion?

13 If, then, you, being evil, have known to be giving 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 forth a demon, and it was mute, and it came to pass, the demon having gone forth, the mute man spoke, and the multitudes wondered,

15 and certain of them said, “By Beelzebul, ruler of the demons, He casts forth the demons”;

16 and others, tempting, were asking [for] a sign out of Heaven from Him.

17 And He, knowing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated; and house against house falls;

18 and if Satan was also divided against himself, how will his kingdom be made to stand? For you say by Beelzebul is My casting forth the demons,

19 but if I, by Beelzebul, cast forth the demons—your sons, by whom do they cast forth? Because of this they will be your judges;

20 but if by the finger of God I cast forth the demons, then the Kingdom of God came unaware on you.

21 When the strong man may keep his hall armed, his goods are in peace;

22 but when the stronger than he, having come on [him], may overcome him, he takes away his whole armor in which he had trusted, and he distributes his spoils;