The Lord’s Prayer
for we ourselves also forgive everyone
And do not bring us into temptation.”
11:4
Other mss add But deliver us from the evil one
11:4
Mt 26:41; Lk 4:13; 22:40,46; 1Co 10:13
Ask, Search, Knock
5He also said to them, “Suppose one of you11:5 Lit Who of you has a friend and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
6because a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I don’t have anything to offer him.’
7Then he will answer from inside and say, ‘Don’t bother me! The door is already locked, and my children and I have gone to bed. I can’t get up to give you anything.’
9
“So
11:9–13
Mt 7:7–11; Jn 14:13–14; 15:7; 16:24
I say to you, ask,11:9 Mt 18:19; 21:22; Mk 11:24; Jms 1:5–6,17; 1Jn 3:22; 5:14–15 and it will be given to you. Seek,11:9 Dt 4:29; 1Ch 28:9; 2Ch 15:2; Pr 8:17; Is 55:6; Jr 29:13 and you will find. Knock,11:9 Lk 11:10; 12:36; 13:25; Ac 12:13,16; Rv 3:20 and the door will be opened to you.
10For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
11What father among you, if his son11:11 Other mss read son asks for bread, would give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?
12Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
A House Divided
14Now11:14–23 Mt 9:32–34; 12:22–30; Mk 3:22–27; Jn 7:20; 8:48,52; 10:20 he was driving out a demon11:14 Mk 7:26 that was mute.11:14 Mk 7:37; 9:15–25; Lk 7:22 When the demon came out, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowds were amazed.
17Knowing their thoughts,11:17 Lk 5:22; Php 2:6 he told them, “Every kingdom divided11:17 Dn 5:28; 11:4; Lk 12:52–53 against itself is headed for destruction, and a house divided against itself falls.
18If Satan11:18 Mt 4:1,10; Ac 13:10 also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom11:18 Lk 4:5 stand? For you say I drive out demons by Beelzebul.
19And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons11:19 Gl 3:7; 1Pt 5:13 drive them out? For this reason they will be your judges.
20If I drive out demons by the finger of God,11:20 Ex 8:19; 31:18; Dt 9:10; Ps 8:3 then the kingdom of God11:20 Mt 19:24; 21:31,43; Lk 17:21 has come upon you.
21When a strong man, fully armed, guards his estate, his possessions are secure.
An Unclean Spirit’s Return
24
“When
11:24–26
Mt 12:43–45
an unclean spirit11:24 Mk 1:23–27; Lk 8:29; 9:42; Rv 18:2 comes out of a person, it roams through waterless places looking for rest,11:24 Mt 11:29; Rv 4:8; 14:11 and not finding rest, it then11:24 Other mss omit then says, ‘I’ll go back to my house that I came from.’
25Returning, it finds the house swept and put in order.
26Then it goes and brings seven other spirits11:26 Lv 26:18–28; Dt 7:1; Pr 6:31; 26:25; Lk 8:2 more evil than itself, and they enter and settle down there. As a result, that person’s last condition is worse than the first.”11:26 Jn 5:14; 2Pt 2:20–22
True Blessedness
The Sign of Jonah
29As the crowds were increasing, he began saying, “This generation11:29 Lk 7:31; 17:25; 21:32 is an evil generation.11:29–32 Mt 12:39–42; Mk 8:12 It demands a sign,11:29 Lk 11:16 but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.11:29 Other mss add the prophet11:29 Jnh 1:1–4:9; Mt 16:4
30For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so also the Son of Man11:30 Mk 2:10; Lk 5:24 will be to this generation.
31The queen of the south11:31 1Kg 10:1; 2Ch 9:1 will rise up at the judgment11:31 Lk 10:14 with the men of this generation and condemn11:31 Heb 11:7 them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon,11:31 1Kg 4:34; Pr 1:1 and look — something greater than Solomon is here.
32The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at Jonah’s preaching, and look — something greater than Jonah is here.
The Lamp of the Body
33
“No
11:33
Mt 5:15; Mk 4:21
one lights a lamp11:33 Lk 8:16 and puts it in the cellar or under a basket,11:33 Other mss omit or under a basket but on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see its light.
34Your eye is the lamp of the body.11:34–36 Mt 6:22–23 When your eye is healthy, your whole body is also full of light. But when it is bad,11:34 Jr 24:8; Mt 7:17 your body is also full of darkness.
35Take care, then, that the light in you is not darkness.
36If, therefore, your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, it will be entirely illuminated, as when a lamp shines its light on you.”
Religious Hypocrisy Denounced
37As he was speaking, a Pharisee11:37 Lk 7:36 asked him to dine with him. So he went in and reclined at the table.
38When the Pharisee saw this, he was amazed that he did not first perform the ritual washing11:38 Lit he did not first wash11:38 Heb 6:2 before dinner.11:38 Mt 15:2; Mk 7:2–5
42
“But woe
11:42
Lk 10:13
to you Pharisees! You give a tenth11:42 Or a tithe11:42 Dt 14:22; Lk 18:12 of mint, rue, and every kind of herb, and you bypass11:42 Or neglect justice11:42 Mc 6:8; Zch 7:9; Mt 12:18,20; Jn 7:24; Ac 8:33 and love for God.11:42 Lit the justice and the love of God11:42 Dt 6:5; Lk 10:27; Jn 5:42; 2Th 3:5 These things you should have done without neglecting the others.
47
“Woe to you! You build tombs
11:47
Or graves
for the prophets,11:47 Mt 2:23; Ac 7:52 and your fathers killed11:47 Lk 20:15 them.
48Therefore, you are witnesses11:48 Mt 23:31 that you approve11:48 Lit witnesses and approve11:48 Ac 22:20; Rm 1:32 the deeds of your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their monuments.11:48 Other mss omit their monuments
49Because of this, the wisdom of God11:49 Pr 1:20–33; 8:1–36; Mt 23:34 said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles,11:49 Lk 11:27; 13:1; 15:32; 21:9–10; Jn 13:16; Ac 1:2 and some of them they will kill and persecute,’11:49 1Th 2:15; 2Tm 3:12
50so that this generation11:50 Lk 11:29 may be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world11:50 Lit so that the blood of all... world may be required of this generation,11:50 Heb 9:26; Rv 18:24 —
51from the blood of Abel11:51 Gn 4:9–10; Heb 12:24; 1Jn 3:12 to the blood of Zechariah,11:51 2Ch 24:20–22 who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.
“Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible.
11:51
Lit you, it will be required of this generation
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