ULT LUKE chapter 11

11 And it happened that, when 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 And he said to them, “When you pray, say,

5 And he said to them, “Which of you will have a friend and will go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend three loaves to me, 6 since my friend has come to me from the road, and I do not have anything to serve to him’? 7 And answering from inside, he may say, ‘Do not cause me trouble. The door has already been shut, and my children are in the bed with me. I am not able to get up to give to you.’ 8 I say to you, even if he does not get up to give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, rising up, he will give to him as much as he needs. 9 I also 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 among you, his son will ask for a fish, and instead of a fish, he will give him a snake?[fn] 12 Or also he will ask for an egg, he will give him a scorpion? 13 Therefore, if you being evil know to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father from heaven give the Holy Spirit to the ones asking him?”

14 And he was casting out a mute demon. And it happened that, the demon having gone out, the mute man spoke, and the crowds marveled. 15 But some of them said, “By Beelzebul, the ruler of demons, he casts out the demons.” 16 And others tested him, seeking from him a sign from heaven. 17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is made desolate, and house against house falls. 18 But if Satan is also divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say I cast out the demons by Beelzebul. 19 But 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 who has been fully armed is guarding his own courtyard, his possessions are at peace, 22 but when a stronger than he attacks him, he will overcome him, take away his armor in which he trusted, and divide his spoils. 23 The one not being with me is against me, and the one not gathering with me scatters. 24 When the unclean spirit has gone out from the man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding any, it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came out.’ 25 And having come, it finds it having been swept out and put in order. 26 Then it goes and takes along seven other spirits more evil than itself and they having entered, it resides there. And the last things of that man become worse than the first things.”

27 And it happened that, as he was saying these things, a certain woman from the crowd, lifting up her voice, said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you and the breasts that you nursed at.” 28 But he said, “Rather, blessed are the ones hearing the word of God and keeping it.”

29 And as the crowds were increasing, he began to say, “This generation is an evil generation. It seeks a sign, but a sign will not be given to it except the sign of Jonah. 30 For as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation. 31 The Queen of the South will stand up in the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here. 32 The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

33 No one, having lit a lamp, puts it in a hidden place, nor under the measure, but on the lampstand, so that the ones entering may see the light. 34 The lamp of the body is your eye. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is also illuminated. But when it is evil, your body is also dark. 35 Therefore, beware that the light that is in you is not darkness. 36 If therefore your whole body is illuminated, not having any part dark, it will all be illuminated, as when the lamp with its brightness illuminates you.”

37 And when he had spoken, a Pharisee asks him that he would dine with him. And having gone in, he reclined to eat. 38 And the Pharisee, having seen this, marveled that he did not first wash before the meal. 39 But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the bowl, but the inside of you is full of greed and evil. 40 You foolish ones! Did not the one having made the outside also make the inside? 41 But give as charity what is inside, and behold, all things are clean to you.

42 But woe to you Pharisees, because you tithe the mint and the rue and every garden herb, but you neglect the justice and the love of God. But it was necessary to do these and those not to neglect. 43 Woe to you Pharisees, for you love the first seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces. 44 Woe to you, for you are like the unseen graves, and the men walking over them do not know it.”

45 Then answering, one of the lawyers says to him, “Teacher, saying these things, you insult us too.” 46 But he said, “Woe also to you lawyers! For you burden men with burdens difficult to carry, but you yourselves do not touch the 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 testify and consent to the works of your fathers, for they indeed killed them, but you are building. 49 Because of this, the wisdom of God also said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute’ 50 that the blood of all the prophets having been shed from the foundation of the world may be required from this generation, 51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the one having perished between the altar and the house. Yes, I say to you, it will be required from this generation. 52 Woe to you lawyers, because you have taken away the key of knowledge; you have not entered yourselves, and you have hindered the ones entering.”

53 After he went out from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to oppose him fiercely and to argue against him about many things, 54 lying in wait for him to trap something from his mouth.

Some ancient manuscripts have a longer reading here, which also is found in Matthew 7:9: Which father among you, if your son asks for a loaf of bread, will give him a stone? Or a fish, will give him a snake?

ULT LUKE Chapter 11