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Themes in Luke 11
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Themes in Luke 11

Luke 11:1

And it happened that while he was in a certain place praying, when he stopped a certain one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples."

Luke 11:2

And he said to them, "When you pray, say, "Father, may your name be treated as holy. May your kingdom come.

Luke 11:3

Give us each day our daily bread.

Luke 11:4

And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And do not lead us into temptation."

Luke 11:5

And he said to them, "Who of you will have a friend, and will go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves,

Luke 11:6

because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I do not have anything to set before him.'

Luke 11:7

And that one will answer from inside [and] say, 'Do not cause me trouble! The door has already been shut and my children are with me in bed! I am not able to get up to give you [anything].'

Luke 11:8

I tell you, even if he does not give him [anything] [after he] gets up because [he] is his friend, at any rate because of his impudence he will get up [and] give him whatever he needs.

Luke 11:9

And I tell you, ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened for you.

Luke 11:10

For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.

Luke 11:11

But what father from among you, [if his] son will ask for a fish, instead of a fish will give him a snake?

Luke 11:12

Or also, [if] he will ask for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

Luke 11:13

Therefore if you, [although you] are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"

Luke 11:14

And he was expelling a mute demon. Now it happened that [when] the demon came out, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowds were astonished.

Luke 11:15

But some of them said, "By Beelzebul the ruler of demons he expels demons!"

Luke 11:16

And others, [in order to] test [him], were demanding from him a sign from heaven.

Luke 11:17

But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and {a divided household} falls.

Luke 11:18

So if Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say [that] I expel demons by Beelzebul.

Luke 11:19

But if I expel demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons expel [them]? For this [reason] they will be your judges!

Luke 11:20

But if I expel demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you!

Luke 11:21

When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his possessions are {safe}.

Luke 11:22

But when a stronger man attacks him [and] conquers him, he takes away his full armor in which he trusted and distributes his plunder.

Luke 11:23

The one who is not with me is against me, and the one who does not gather with me scatters.

Luke 11:24

"Whenever an unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it travels through waterless places searching for rest, and does not find [it]. It says, 'I will return to my house from which I came out.'

Luke 11:25

And [when it] arrives it finds [the house] swept and put in order.

Luke 11:26

Then it goes and brings along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and [they] go in [and] live there. And the last [state] of that person becomes worse than the first!"

Luke 11:27

Now it happened that as he said these [things], a certain woman from the crowd raised [her] voice [and] said to him, "Blessed [is] the womb that bore you, and [the] breasts [at] which you nursed!"

Luke 11:28

But he said, "On the contrary, blessed [are] those who hear the word of God and follow [it]!"

Luke 11:29

And [as] the crowds were increasing, he began to say, "This generation is an evil generation! It demands a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah!

Luke 11:30

For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also the Son of Man will be to this generation.

Luke 11:31

The queen of the south will rise up at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, [something] greater than Solomon [is] here!

Luke 11:32

The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah, and behold, [something] greater than Jonah [is] here!

Luke 11:33

"No one [after] lighting a lamp puts [it] in a cellar or under a bushel basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.

Luke 11:34

Your eye is the lamp of the body. When your eye is sincere, your whole body is full of light also. But when it is evil, your body [is] dark also.

Luke 11:35

Therefore pay careful attention [that] the light in you is not darkness!

Luke 11:36

If therefore your whole body [is] full of light, not having any part dark, it will be completely full of light, as when the lamp with [its] light gives light to you."

Luke 11:37

And as he was speaking, a Pharisee asked him {to have a meal} with him, and he went in [and] reclined at table.

Luke 11:38

And the Pharisee, [when he] saw [it], was astonished that he did not first wash before the meal.

Luke 11:39

But the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but your inside is full of greediness and wickedness.

Luke 11:40

Fools! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also?

Luke 11:41

But give [as] charitable giving the things that are within, and behold, everything is clean for you.

Luke 11:42

"But woe to you, Pharisees, because you pay a tenth of mint and rue and every garden herb, and neglect justice and love for God! But it was necessary to do these [things] without neglecting those things also.

Luke 11:43

Woe to you, Pharisees, because you love the best seat in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces!

Luke 11:44

Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves, and the people who walk over [them] do not know [it]!

Luke 11:45

And one of the legal experts answered [and] said to him, "Teacher, [when you] say these [things], you insult us also!"

Luke 11:46

So he said, "Woe to you also, legal experts, because you load people [with] burdens hard to bear, and [you] yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers!

Luke 11:47

Woe to you, because you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them!

Luke 11:48

As a result you are witnesses, and you approve of the deeds of your fathers, because they killed them and you build [their tombs]!

Luke 11:49

For this [reason] also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles, and [some] of them they will kill and persecute,'

Luke 11:50

so that the blood of all the prophets that has been shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,

Luke 11:51

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the temple building. Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation!

Luke 11:52

Woe to you, legal experts, because you have taken away the key to knowledge! You did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering!"

Luke 11:53

And [when] he departed from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly hostile, and to question him closely about many [things],

Luke 11:54

plotting to catch him with reference to something {he might say}.
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