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Luke 11
New Century Version
Luke 11
New Century Version
Jesus Teaches About Prayer
11 One time Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his followers said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray as John taught his followers.”
2 Jesus said to them, “When you pray, say:
‘Father, may your name always be kept holy.
May your kingdom come.
3 Give us the food we need for each day.
4 Forgive us for our sins,
because we forgive everyone who has done wrong to us.
And do not cause us to be tempted.’”[a]
Continue to Ask
5 Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you went to your friend’s house at midnight and said to him, ‘Friend, loan me three loaves of bread. 6 A friend of mine has come into town to visit me, but I have nothing for him to eat.’ 7 Your friend inside the house answers, ‘Don’t bother me! The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything.’ 8 I tell you, if friendship is not enough to make him get up to give you the bread, your boldness will make him get up and give you whatever you need. 9 So I tell you, ask, and God will give to you. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will open for you. 10 Yes, everyone who asks will receive. The one who searches will find. And everyone who knocks will have the door opened. 11 If your children ask for[b] a fish, which of you would give them a snake instead? 12 Or, if your children ask for an egg, would you give them a scorpion? 13 Even though you are bad, you know how to give good things to your children. How much more your heavenly Father will give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
Jesus’ Power Is from God
14 One time Jesus was sending out a demon who could not talk. When the demon came out, the man who had been unable to speak, then spoke. The people were amazed. 15 But some of them said, “Jesus uses the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons, to force demons out of people.”
16 Other people, wanting to test Jesus, asked him to give them a sign from heaven. 17 But knowing their thoughts, he said to them, “Every kingdom that is divided against itself will be destroyed. And a family that is divided against itself will not continue. 18 So if Satan is divided against himself, his kingdom will not continue. You say that I use the power of Beelzebul to force out demons. 19 But if I use the power of Beelzebul to force out demons, what power do your people use to force demons out? So they will be your judges. 20 But if I use the power of God to force out demons, then the kingdom of God has come to you.
21 “When a strong person with many weapons guards his own house, his possessions are safe. 22 But when someone stronger comes and defeats him, the stronger one will take away the weapons the first man trusted and will give away the possessions.
23 “Anyone who is not with me is against me, and anyone who does not work with me is working against me.
The Empty Person
24 “When an evil spirit comes out of a person, it travels through dry places, looking for a place to rest. But when it finds no place, it says, ‘I will go back to the house I left.’ 25 And when it comes back, it finds that house swept clean and made neat. 26 Then the evil spirit goes out and brings seven other spirits more evil than it is, and they go in and live there. So the person has even more trouble than before.”
People Who Are Truly Blessed
27 As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out to Jesus, “Blessed is the mother who gave birth to you and nursed you.”
28 But Jesus said, “No, blessed are those who hear the teaching of God and obey it.”
The People Want a Miracle
29 As the crowd grew larger, Jesus said, “The people who live today are evil. They want to see a miracle for a sign, but no sign will be given them, except the sign of Jonah.[c] 30 As Jonah was a sign for those people who lived in Nineveh, the Son of Man will be a sign for the people of this time. 31 On the Judgment Day the Queen of the South[d] will stand up with the people who live now. She will show they are guilty, because she came from far away to listen to Solomon’s wise teaching. And I tell you that someone greater than Solomon is here. 32 On the Judgment Day the people of Nineveh will stand up with the people who live now, and they will show that you are guilty. When Jonah preached to them, they were sorry and changed their lives. And I tell you that someone greater than Jonah is here.
Be a Light for the World
33 “No one lights a lamp and puts it in a secret place or under a bowl, but on a lampstand so the people who come in can see. 34 Your eye is a light for the body. When your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. But when your eyes are evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. 35 So be careful not to let the light in you become darkness. 36 If your whole body is full of light, and none of it is dark, then you will shine bright, as when a lamp shines on you.”
Jesus Accuses the Pharisees
37 After Jesus had finished speaking, a Pharisee asked Jesus to eat with him. So Jesus went in and sat at the table. 38 But the Pharisee was surprised when he saw that Jesus did not wash his hands[e] before the meal. 39 The Lord said to him, “You Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are full of greed and evil. 40 You foolish people! The same one who made what is outside also made what is inside. 41 So give what is in your dishes to the poor, and then you will be fully clean. 42 How terrible for you Pharisees! You give God one-tenth of even your mint, your rue, and every other plant in your garden. But you fail to be fair to others and to love God. These are the things you should do while continuing to do those other things. 43 How terrible for you Pharisees, because you love to have the most important seats in the synagogues, and you love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces. 44 How terrible for you, because you are like hidden graves, which people walk on without knowing.”
Jesus Talks to Experts on the Law
45 One of the experts on the law said to Jesus, “Teacher, when you say these things, you are insulting us, too.”
46 Jesus answered, “How terrible for you, you experts on the law! You make strict rules that are very hard for people to obey, but you yourselves don’t even try to follow those rules. 47 How terrible for you, because you build tombs for the prophets whom your ancestors killed! 48 And now you show that you approve of what your ancestors did. They killed the prophets, and you build tombs for them! 49 This is why in his wisdom God said, ‘I will send prophets and apostles to them. They will kill some, and they will treat others cruelly.’ 50 So you who live now will be punished for the deaths of all the prophets who were killed since the beginning of the world— 51 from the killing of Abel to the killing of Zechariah,[f] who died between the altar and the Temple. Yes, I tell you that you who are alive now will be punished for them all.
52 “How terrible for you, you experts on the law. You have taken away the key to learning about God. You yourselves would not learn, and you stopped others from learning, too.”
53 When Jesus left, the teachers of the law and the Pharisees began to give him trouble, asking him questions about many things, 54 trying to catch him saying something wrong.
Footnotes
- 11:2–4 ‘Father . . . tempted.’ Some Greek copies include phrases from Matthew’s version of this prayer (Matthew 6:9–13).
- 11:11 for Some Greek copies include the phrase “for bread, which of you would give them a stone, or if they ask for . . . ”
- 11:29 sign of Jonah Jonah’s three days in the fish are like Jesus’ three days in the tomb. See Matthew 12:40.
- 11:31 Queen of the South The Queen of Sheba. She traveled a thousand miles to learn God’s wisdom from Solomon. Read 1 Kings 10:1–3.
- 11:38 wash his hands This was a Jewish religious custom that the Pharisees thought was very important.
- 11:51 Abel . . . Zechariah In the Hebrew Old Testament, the first and last men to be murdered.
Luke 11
New International Version
Luke 11
New International Version
Jesus’ Teaching on Prayer(A)(B)
11 One day Jesus was praying(C) in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord,(D) teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
2 He said to them, “When you pray, say:
“‘Father,[a]
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom(E) come.[b]
3 Give us each day our daily bread.
4 Forgive us our sins,
for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.[c](F)
And lead us not into temptation.[d]’”(G)
5 Then 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; 6 a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’ 7 And 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.’ 8 I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity[e] he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.(H)
9 “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you;(I) seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
11 “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for[f] a fish, will give him a snake instead? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If 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(J)(K)
14 Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon left, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowd was amazed.(L) 15 But some of them said, “By Beelzebul,(M) the prince of demons, he is driving out demons.”(N) 16 Others tested him by asking for a sign from heaven.(O)
17 Jesus knew their thoughts(P) and said to them: “Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall. 18 If Satan(Q) is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? I say this because you claim that I drive out demons by Beelzebul. 19 Now if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your followers drive them out? So then, they will be your judges. 20 But if I drive out demons by the finger of God,(R) then the kingdom of God(S) has come upon you.
21 “When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe. 22 But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up his plunder.
23 “Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.(T)
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.’ 25 When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order. 26 Then 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.”(U)
27 As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.”(V)
28 He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God(W) and obey it.”(X)
The Sign of Jonah(Y)
29 As the crowds increased, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It asks for a sign,(Z) but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.(AA) 30 For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation. 31 The 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;(AB) and now something greater than Solomon is here. 32 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah;(AC) and now something greater than Jonah is here.
The Lamp of the Body(AD)
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.(AE) 34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are healthy,[g] your whole body also is full of light. But when they are unhealthy,[h] your body also is full of darkness. 35 See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness. 36 Therefore, 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
37 When Jesus had finished speaking, a Pharisee invited him to eat with him; so he went in and reclined at the table.(AF) 38 But the Pharisee was surprised when he noticed that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.(AG)
39 Then the Lord(AH) said to him, “Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.(AI) 40 You foolish people!(AJ) Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also? 41 But now as for what is inside you—be generous to the poor,(AK) and everything will be clean for you.(AL)
42 “Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth(AM) of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God.(AN) You should have practiced the latter without leaving the former undone.(AO)
43 “Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the most important seats in the synagogues and respectful greetings in the marketplaces.(AP)
44 “Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves,(AQ) which people walk over without knowing it.”
45 One of the experts in the law(AR) answered him, “Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us also.”
46 Jesus 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.(AS)
47 “Woe to you, because you build tombs for the prophets, and it was your ancestors who killed them. 48 So you testify that you approve of what your ancestors did; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.(AT) 49 Because of this, God in his wisdom(AU) said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and others they will persecute.’(AV) 50 Therefore this generation will be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world, 51 from the blood of Abel(AW) to the blood of Zechariah,(AX) who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible for it all.(AY)
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.”(AZ)
53 When Jesus went outside, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law began to oppose him fiercely and to besiege him with questions, 54 waiting to catch him in something he might say.(BA)
Footnotes
- Luke 11:2 Some manuscripts Our Father in heaven
- Luke 11:2 Some manuscripts come. May your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
- Luke 11:4 Greek everyone who is indebted to us
- Luke 11:4 Some manuscripts temptation, but deliver us from the evil one
- Luke 11:8 Or yet to preserve his good name
- Luke 11:11 Some manuscripts for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for
- Luke 11:34 The Greek for healthy here implies generous.
- Luke 11:34 The Greek for unhealthy here implies stingy.
Lukas 11
Svenska 1917
Lukas 11
Svenska 1917
11 När han en gång uppehöll sig på ett ställe för att bedja och hade slutat sin bön, sade en av hans lärjungar till honom: »Herre, lär oss att bedja, såsom ock Johannes lärde sina lärjungar.»
2 Då sade han till dem: »När I bedjen, skolen I säga så: 'Fader, helgat varde ditt namn; tillkomme ditt rike;
3 vårt dagliga bröd giv oss var dag;
4 och förlåt oss våra synder, ty också vi förlåta var och en som är oss något skyldig; och inled oss icke i frestelse.'»
5 Ytterligare sade han till dem: »Om någon av eder har en vän och mitt i natten kommer till denne och säger till honom: 'Käre vän, låna mig tre bröd;
6 ty en av mina vänner har kommit resande till mig, och jag har intet att sätta fram åt honom'
7 så svarar kanske den andre inifrån huset och säger: 'Gör mig icke omak; dörren är redan stängd, och både jag och mina barn hava gått till sängs; jag kan icke stå upp och göra dig något.'
8 Men jag säger eder: Om han än icke, av det skälet att han är hans vän, vill stå upp och giva honom något, så kommer han likväl, därför att den andre är så påträngande, att stå upp och giva honom så mycket han behöver.
9 Likaså säger jag till eder: Bedjen, och eder skall varda givet; söken, och I skolen finna; klappen, och för eder skall varda upplåtet.
10 Ty var och en som beder, han får; och den som söker, han finner; och för den som klappar skall varda upplåtet.
11 Finnes bland eder någon fader, som när hans son beder honom om en fisk, i stallet för en fisk räcker honom en orm,
12 eller som räcker honom en skorpion, när han beder om ett ägg?
13 Om nu I, som ären onda, förstån att giva edra barn goda gåvor, huru mycket mer skall icke då den himmelske Fadern giva helig ande åt dem som bedja honom!»
14 Och han drev ut en ond ande som var dövstum. Och när den onde anden hade blivit utdriven, talade den dövstumme; och folket förundrade sig.
15 Men några av dem sade: »Det är med Beelsebul, de onda andarnas furste, som han driver ut de onda andarna.»
16 Och några andra ville sätta honom på prov och begärde av honom ett tecken från himmelen.
17 Men han förstod deras tankar och sade till dem: »Vart rike som har kommit i strid med sig självt bliver förött, så att hus faller på hus.
18 Om nu Satan har kommit i strid med sig själv, huru kan då hans rike hava bestånd? I sägen ju att det är med Beelsebul som jag driver ut de onda andarna.
19 Men om det är med Beelsebul som jag driver ut de onda andarna, med vem driva då edra egna anhängare ut dem? De skola alltså vara edra domare.
20 Om det åter är med Guds finger som jag driver ut de onda andarna, så har ju Guds rike kommit till eder. --
21 När en stark man, fullt väpnad, bevakar sin gård, då äro hans ägodelar fredade.
22 Men om någon som är starkare än han angriper honom och övervinner honom, så tager denne ifrån honom alla vapnen, som han förtröstade på, och skiftar ut bytet efter honom.
23 Den som icke är med mig, han är emot mig, och den som icke församlar med mig, han förskingrar.
24 När en oren ande har farit ut ur en människa, vandrar han omkring i ökentrakter och söker efter ro. Men då han icke finner någon, säger han: 'Jag vill vända tillbaka till mitt hus, som jag gick ut ifrån.'
25 Och när han kommer dit och finner det fejat och prytt,
26 då går han åstad och tager med sig sju andra andar, som äro värre än han själv, och de gå ditin och bo där; och så bliver för den människan det sista värre än det första.»
27 När han sade detta, hov en kvinna in folkhopen upp sin röst och ropade till honom: »Saligt är det moderssköte som har burit dig, och de bröst som du har diat.»
28 Men han svarade: »Ja, saliga är de som höra Guds ord och gömma det.»
29 Men när folket strömmade till tog han till orda och sade: »Detta släkte är ett ont släkte Det begär ett tecken, men intet annat tecken skall givas det än Jonas' tecken.
30 Ty såsom Jonas blev ett tecken för nineviterna, så skall ock Människosonen vara ett tecken för detta släkte.
31 Drottningen av Söderlandet skall vid domen träda fram tillsammans med detta släktes män och bliva dem till dom. Ty hon kom från jordens ända för att höra Salomos visdom; och se, har är vad som är mer än Salomo.
32 Ninevitiska män skola vid domen träda fram tillsammans med detta släkte och bliva det till dom. Ty de gjorde bättring vid Jonas' predikan; och se, här är vad som är mer än Jonas.
33 Ingen tänder ett ljus och sätter det på en undangömd plats eller under skäppan, utan man sätter det på ljusstaken, för att de som komma in skola se skenet.
34 Ditt öga är kroppens lykta. När ditt öga är friskt, då har ock hela din kropp ljus; men när det är fördärvat, då är ock din kropp höljd i mörker.
35 Se därför till, att ljuset som du har i dig icke är mörker.
36 Om så hela din kropp får ljus och icke har någon del höljd i mörker, då har den ljus i sin helhet, såsom när en lykta lyser dig med sitt klara sken.»
37 Under det att han så talade, inbjöd en farisé honom till måltid hos sig; och han gick ditin och tog plats vid bordet.
38 Men när fariséen såg att han icke tvådde sig före måltiden, förundrade han sig.
39 Då sade Herren till honom: »I fariséer, I gören nu det yttre av bägaren och fatet rent, medan edert inre är fullt av rofferi och ondska.
40 I dårar, har icke han som har gjort det yttre också gjort det inre?
41 Given fastmer såsom allmosa vad inuti kärlet är; först då bliver allt hos eder rent.
42 Men ve eder, I fariséer, som given tionde av mynta och ruta och alla slags kryddväxter, men icke akten på rätten och på kärleken till Gud! Det ena borden I göra, men icke underlåta det andra.
43 Ve eder, I fariséer, som gärna viljen sitta främst i synagogorna och gärna viljen bliva hälsade på torgen!
44 Ve eder, I som ären lika gravar som ingen kan märka, och över vilka människorna gå fram utan att veta det!»
45 Då tog en av de lagkloke till orda och sade till honom: »Mästare, när du så talar, skymfar du också oss.»
46 Han svarade: »Ja, ve ock eder, I lagkloke, som på människorna läggen bördor, svåra att bära, men själva icke viljen med ett enda finger röra vid de bördorna!
47 Ve eder, I som byggen upp profeternas gravar, deras som edra fäder dräpte!
48 Så bären I då vittnesbörd om edra fäders gärningar och gillen dem; ty om de dräpte profeterna, så byggen I upp deras gravar.
49 Därför har ock Guds vishet sagt: 'Jag skall sända till dem profeter och apostlar, och somliga av dem skola de dräpa, och andra skola de förfölja.
50 Och så skall av detta släkte utkrävas alla profeters blod, allt det som är utgjutet från världens begynnelse,
51 ända ifrån Abels blod intill Sakarias' blod, hans som förgjordes mellan altaret och templet.' Ja, jag säger eder: Det skall utkrävas av detta släkte.
52 Ve eder, I lagkloke, som haven tagit bort nyckeln till kunskapen! Själva haven I icke kommit ditin och för dem som ville komma dit haven I lagt hinder.»
53 När han inför allt folket sade detta till dem, blevo fariséerna och de lagkloke mycket förbittrade och gåvo sig i strid med honom om många stycken;
54 de sökte nämligen efter tillfälle att kunna anklaga honom.
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Svenska 1917 (SV1917)