Luke 11 :: New International Version (NIV)

Jesus’ Teaching on Prayer

(Mat 6:9–15 )

Luk 11:1One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”

Luk 11:2

Luk 11:2He said to them, “When you pray, say: “ ‘Father,[fn] hallowed be your name, your kingdom come.[fn]

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Luk 11:3Give us each day our daily bread.

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Luk 11:4Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.[fn] And lead us not into temptation.[fn]’ ”

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Luk 11:5Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread;

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Luk 11:6a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’

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Luk 11:7And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’

Luk 11:8

Luk 11:8I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity[fn] he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.

(Mat 7:7–11 )

Luk 11:9

Luk 11:9“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

Luk 11:10

Luk 11:10For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

Luk 11:11

Luk 11:11“Which of you fathers, if your son asks for[fn] a fish, will give him a snake instead?

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Luk 11:12Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

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Luk 11:13If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

Jesus and Beelzebul

(Mat 12:22–30; Mar 3:22–27 )

Luk 11:14

Luk 11:14Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon left, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowd was amazed.

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Luk 11:15But some of them said, “By Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he is driving out demons.”

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Luk 11:16Others tested him by asking for a sign from heaven.

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Luk 11:17Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them: “Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall.

Luk 11:18

Luk 11:18If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? I say this because you claim that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.

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Luk 11:19Now if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your followers drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.

Luk 11:20

Luk 11:20But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

Luk 11:21

Luk 11:21“When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe.

Luk 11:22

Luk 11:22But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up his plunder.

Luk 11:23

Luk 11:23“Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

(Mat 12:43–45 )

Luk 11:24

Luk 11:24“When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’

Luk 11:25

Luk 11:25When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.

Luk 11:26

Luk 11:26Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first.”

Luk 11:27

Luk 11:27As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.”

Luk 11:28

Luk 11:28He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

The Sign of Jonah

(Mat 12:38–42 )

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Luk 11:29As the crowds increased, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It asks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.

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Luk 11:30For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation.

Luk 11:31

Luk 11:31The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom; and now something greater than Solomon is here.

Luk 11:32

Luk 11:32The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and now something greater than Jonah is here.

The Lamp of the Body

(Mat 6:22, 23 )

Luk 11:33

Luk 11:33“No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light.

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Luk 11:34Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are healthy,[fn] your whole body also is full of light. But when they are unhealthy,[fn] your body also is full of darkness.

Luk 11:35

Luk 11:35See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness.

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Luk 11:36Therefore, if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it dark, it will be just as full of light as when a lamp shines its light on you.”

Woes on the Pharisees and the Experts in the Law

Luk 11:37

Luk 11:37When Jesus had finished speaking, a Pharisee invited him to eat with him; so he went in and reclined at the table.

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Luk 11:38But the Pharisee was surprised when he noticed that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.

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Luk 11:39Then the Lord said to him, “Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

Luk 11:40

Luk 11:40You foolish people! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also?

Luk 11:41

Luk 11:41But now as for what is inside you—be generous to the poor, and everything will be clean for you.

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Luk 11:42“Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without leaving the former undone.

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Luk 11:43“Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the most important seats in the synagogues and respectful greetings in the marketplaces.

Luk 11:44

Luk 11:44“Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves, which people walk over without knowing it.”

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Luk 11:45One of the experts in the law answered him, “Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us also.”

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Luk 11:46Jesus replied, “And you experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them.

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Luk 11:47“Woe to you, because you build tombs for the prophets, and it was your ancestors who killed them.

Luk 11:48

Luk 11:48So you testify that you approve of what your ancestors did; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.

Luk 11:49

Luk 11:49Because of this, God in his wisdom said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and others they will persecute.’

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Luk 11:50Therefore this generation will be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world,

Luk 11:51

Luk 11:51from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible for it all.

Luk 11:52

Luk 11:52“Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”

Luk 11:53

Luk 11:53When Jesus went outside, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law began to oppose him fiercely and to besiege him with questions,

Luk 11:54

Luk 11:54waiting to catch him in something he might say.

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NIV Footnotes

(11:2)

Some manuscripts Our Father in heaven

(11:2)

Some manuscripts come. May your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

(11:4)

Greek everyone who is indebted to us

(11:4)

Some manuscripts temptation, but deliver us from the evil one

(11:8)

Or yet to preserve his good name

(11:11)

Some manuscripts for bread, will give him a stone?Or if he asks for

(11:34)

The Greek for healthy here implies generous.

(11:34)

The Greek for unhealthy here implies stingy.

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