Lukas 11

1 Og det begav sig, der han var paa et Sted og bad, at en af hans Disciple sagde til ham, der han lod af: Herre! lær os at bede, som Johannes og lærte sine Disciple.2 Da sagde han til dem: naar I bede da siger: Vor Fader, du som er i Himlene! helliget vorde dit Navn; komme dit Rige; skee din Villie, som i Himmelen, saa og paa Jorden;3 giv os hver Dag vort daglige Brød;4 og forlad os vore Synder, thi og vi forlade hver, som os er skyldig; og led os ikke i Fristelse; men fri os fra det Onde.5 Og han sagde til dem: om Nogen af Eder har en Ven og vilde gaae til ham om Midnat og sige til ham: Kjære! laan mig tre Brød,6 efterdi min Ven er kommen til mig fra Reisen, og jeg har Intet at sætte for ham;7 og han derinde skulde svare og sige: gjør mig ikke Uro; Døren er nu tillukt, og mine Børn ere med mig i Senge, jeg kan ikke staae op og give dig:8 da siger jeg Eder, dersom han og ikke staaer op og giver ham, fordi han er hans Ven, saa staaer han dog op for hans Ubluheds Skyld og giver ham saa mange, som han har behov.9 Og jeg siger Eder: beder, saa skal Eder gives; leder, saa skulle I finde; banker, saa skal Eder oplades.10 Thi hver den, som beder, han faaer, og hvo som leder, han finder, og den, som banker paa, ham skal oplades.11 Men dersom iblandt Eder en Søn beder sin Fader om et Brød, monne han da give ham en Steen? og dersom han beder om en Fisk, monne han for Fisken give ham en slange?12 Eller og dersom han beder om et Æg, monne han give ham en Skorpion?13 Dersom da I, som ere onde, vide at give Eders Børn gode Gaver, hvor meget mere skal den himmelske Fader give dem den Hellig Aand, som han bede?14 Og han uddrev en Djævel, og den var stum; men det skete, der Djævelen var udfaren, talede den Stumme, og Folket forundrede sig.15 Men Nogle af dem sagde: han uddriver Djævle ved Beelzebul, Djævelenes Øverste.16 Men Andre fristede ham og begjerede Tegn af ham fra Himmelen.17 Men der han fornam deres Tanker, sagde ham til dem: hvert Rige, som er splidagtigt med sig selv, bliver øde, og et Huus, som er splidagtigt med sig selv, falder.18 Men er og Satanas bleven splidagtig med sig selv, hvorledes skal hans Rige da blive bestandigt? Thi I sige, jeg uddriver Djævle ved Beelzebul.19 Men om jeg uddriver Djævle ved Beelzebul, ved hvem uddrive da Eders Sønner dem? Derfor skulle de vare Eders Dommere.20 Men dersom jeg uddriver Djævle ved Guds Finger, da er jo Guds Rige kommet til Eder.21 Naar den Stærke bevæbnet vogter sit Palads, bliver det, han har, med Fred.22 Men naar en Stærkere end han kommer over ham og overvinder ham, da borttager han hans fulde Rustning, som han forlod sig paa, og uddeler hans Bytte.23 Hvo som ikke er med mig, er imod mig; og hvo som ikke sanker med mig, adspreder.24 Naar den urene Aand udfarer af Mennesket, vandrer han igjennem tørre Steder og sæger Hvile; og Naar han ikke finder den, da siger han: jeg vil vende om til mit Huus, som jeg gik ud af.25 Og naar han kommer, finder han det feiet og prydet.26 Da gaaer han bort og tager syv andre Aander med sig, som ere værre end han selv, og naar de komme ind, boe de der; og det Sidste bliver værre med dette Menneske end det Første.27 Men det begav sig, der han sagde disse Ting, opløftede en Kvinde af Folket Røsten og sagde til ham: saligt er det Liv, som bar dig, og de Byrster, som du diede.28 Men han sagde: ja, salige ere de, som høre Guds Ord, og bevare det.29 Men der Folket forsamledes til ham, begyndte han at sige: denne Slægt er ond, den begjerer et Tegn, og den skal intet Tegn gives, uden Jonas' Prophetens Tegn.30 Thi ligesom Jonas var de Niniviter et Tegn, saa skal og Menneskens Søn være for denne Slægt.31 Dronningen fra Sønden skal opstaae ved Dommen imod Mændene af denne Slægt og skal fordømme den; thi hun kom fra Jordens Grændser, at høre Salomons Viisdom; og see, her er mere end Salomon.32 De Mænd af Ninive skulle opstaae ved Dommen imod denne Slægt, og fordømme den; thi de omvendte sig ved Jonas' Prædiken; og see, her er mere end Jonas.33 Ingen tænder et Lys og sætter det i Skjul, ei heller under en Skjeppe, men paa en Lysestage, at de, som gaae ind, kunne see dets Skin.34 Øiet er Legemets Lys; naar dit Øie derfor er sundt, er og dit ganske Legeme lyst, men dersom det er ondt, er og dit Legeme mørkt.35 See derfor til, at det Lys, der er i dig, ikke er Mørke.36 Dersom da dit ganske Legeme er lyst, saa at ingen Deel deraf er mørkt, bliver det hele lyst, son naar Lyset med sin Glans bestraaler dig.37 Men idet han talede, bad en Pharisæer ham, at han vilde æde Middagsmaaltid med ham; og han gik ind og satte sig tilbords.38 Men Pharisæeren forundrede sig, da han saae, at han ikke toede sig først, før Maaltid.39 Men Herren sagde til ham: I Pharisæer rense nu Bægere og Fade udvortes, men det Indvortes i Eder er fuldt af Rov og Ondskab.40 I Daarer! den, som gjorde det Udvortes, gjorde han ikke ogsaa det Indvortes?41 Men af det Indvortes giver Almisse; see, saa ere alle Ting Eder rene.42 Men vee Eder, i Pharisæer at I give Tiende af Mynte og Rude og allehaande Urter og forbigaae Dom og Guds Kjærlighed; disse Ting burde man at gjøre og ikke forsømme de andre.43 Vee Eder, I Pharisæer! at I ville gjerne sidde paa det fornemste Sæde i Synagogerne og være hilsede paa Torvene.44 Vee Eder, I skriftkloge og Pharisæer, i Øienskalke! at I ere som ukjendelige Grave, og Menneskene, som gaae over dem, vide det ikke.45 Men en af de Lovkyndige svarede og sagde til ham: Mester! idet du siger saadant, forhaaner du og os.46 Men han sagde: vee og Eder, I Lovkyndige! thi I besvære Menneskene med Byrder, vanskelige at bære, og selv røre I Byrderne ikke med en een af Eders Fingre.47 Vee Eder! at I bygge Pharisæernes Grave, men Eders Fædre sloge dem ihjel.48 Saaledes vidne I med Eders Fædres Gjerninger og samtykke dem; thi de sloge dem ihjel, og I bygge deres Grave.49 Derfor har og Guds Viisdom sagt: jeg vil sende Propheter og Apostler til dem, og nogle af dem skulle de slaae ihjel og forfølge andre.50 paa det at alle Propheternes Blod, som er udøst fra Verdens Begyndelse, skal kræves af denne Slægt,51 fra Abels Blod indtil Zacharias' Blod, som blev omkommet imellem Alteret og Templet; ja, jeg siger Eder: det skal kræves af denne Slægt,52 Vee Eder, I lovkyndige! at I have taget Kundskabens Nøgle; selv gaae I ikke ind, og dem, som ville gaae ind, formene I det.53 Men der han sagde dette til dem, begyndte de Skriftkloge og Pharisæerne at trænge hardt ind paa ham og at lokke ord af hans Mund om mange Ting.54 Thi de lurede paa ham, og søgte at opfange Noget af hans Mund, at de kunde anklage ham.

Luke 11

Instructions on Prayer

1 Nowt Jesust was praying in a certain place. Whent he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as Johns taughts his disciples.”

2 So he said to them, “When you pray,s say:
Father,ss may your name be honored;t
may your kingdom come.ss

3 Give us each day our daily bread,t

4 and forgive us our sins,
for we also forgive everyone who sinst against us.
And do not lead us into temptation.”sts
5 Thent he said to them, “Suppose one of yout has a friend, and you go to himt at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,t6 because a friend of mine has stopped here while on a journey,t and I have nothing to set befores him.’7 Thent he will replyt from inside, ‘Do not bother me. The door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed.t I cannot get up and give you anything.’t

8 I tell you, even though the man insidet will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of the first man’st sheer persistencet he will get up and give him whatever he needs.
9 “Sot I tell you: Ask,s and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the doort will be opened for you.10 For everyone who askss receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the doort will be opened.11 What father among you, if yourt son asks fors a fish, will give him a snakes instead of a fish?12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?s

13 If you then, although you aret evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirits to those who ask him!”

Jesus and Beelzebul

14 Nowt he was casting out a demon that was mute.t Whent the demon had gone out, the man who had been mute began to speak,s and the crowds were amazed.15 But some of them said, “By the power of Beelzebul,ts the rulert of demons, he casts out demons.”16 Others, to testt him,t began asking fort a signs from heaven.17 But Jesus,t realizing their thoughts, said to them,s “Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed,t and a divided household falls.t18 Sot ift Satan too is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? I ask you this becauset you claim that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.19 Now if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sonss cast themt out? Therefore they will be your judges.20 But if I cast out demons by the fingers of God, then the kingdom of Gods has already overtakent you.21 When a strong man,t fully armed, guards his own palace,t his possessions are safe.t22 Butt when a stronger mant attackst and conquers him, he takes away the first man’st armor on which the man reliedt and divides upt his plunder.s

23 Whoever is not with me is against me,s and whoever does not gather with me scatters.s

Response to Jesus’ Work

24 “When an unclean spirits goes out of a person,t it passes through waterless placess looking for rest butt not finding any. Thens it says, ‘I will return to the home I left.’t25 When it returns,t it finds the houset swept clean and put in order.s

26 Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, sot the last state of that persont is worse than the first.”s
27 Ast he said these things, a woman in the crowd spoke outt to him, “Blessed is the wombt that bore you and the breasts at which you nursed!”s

28 But he replied,t “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obeys it!”

The Sign of Jonah

29 Ast the crowds were increasing, Jesust began to say, “This generation is a wicked generation; it looks for a sign,s but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.s30 For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh,t so the Son of Man will be a signt to this generation.s31 The queen of the Souths will rise up at the judgments with the peoplet of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon – and now,t something greaters than Solomon is here!

32 The peoplet of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to themts – and now,t something greater than Jonah is here!

Internal Light

33 “No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden placet or under a basket,st but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy,t your whole body is full of light, but when it is diseased,ts your body is full of darkness.35 Therefore see to itt that the light in yous is not darkness.

36 Ift thent your whole body is full of light, with no part in the dark,t it will be as full of light as when the light of a lamp shines on you.”t

Rebuking the Pharisees and Experts in the Law

37 As he spoke,t a Pharisees invited Jesust to have a meal with him, so he went in and took his place at the table.t38 Thet Pharisee was astonished when he saw that Jesust did not first wash his handsts before the meal.39 But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleans the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.t40 You fools!s Didn’t the one who made the outside make the inside as well?t

41 But give from your heart to those in need,ts andt then everything will be clean for you.s
42 “But woe to you Pharisees!t You give a tentht of your mint,s rue,ts and every herb, yet you neglect justices and love for God! But you should have done these things without neglecting the others.t43 Woe to you Pharisees! You love the best seatst in the synagoguess and elaborate greetingsts in the marketplaces!

44 Woe to you!s You are like unmarked graves, and peoplet walk over them without realizing it!”s
45 One of the experts in religious laws answered him, “Teacher, when you say these things you insultt us too.”46 But Jesust replied,t “Woe to you experts in religious law as well!t You load peoplet down with burdens difficult to bear, yet you yourselves refuse to toucht the burdens with even one of your fingers!47 Woe to you! You builds the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestorst killed.48 So you testify that you approve oft the deeds of your ancestors,t because they killed the prophetst and you build theirt tombs!s49 For this reason also the wisdoms of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’50 so that this generation may be held accountablet for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginningt of the world,t51 from the blood of Abels to the blood of Zechariah,s who was killedt between the altar and the sanctuary.t Yes, I tell you, it will be charged againstt this generation.

52 Woe to you experts in religious law! You have taken aways the key to knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you hinderedt those who were going in.”
53 When he went out from there, the experts in the lawt and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly,t and to ask him hostile questionst about many things,

54 plotting againstt him, to catcht him in something he might say.