祷告的典范

11 有一次,耶稣在一个地方祷告。祷告完了,他的一个门徒对他说:“主啊,求你教我们祷告,就像约翰教导他的门徒们那样。”

耶稣就对他们说:“你们祷告的时候,要说:

‘父[a]啊,
愿你的名被尊为圣,
愿你的国度来临[b]
我们日用的食粮,愿你天天赐给我们。
愿你饶恕我们的罪,
因为我们也饶恕所有亏欠我们的人。
不要让我们陷入试探[c]。’”

不断祈求

耶稣又对他们说:“假如你们当中谁有一个朋友,就半夜到朋友那里去,对他说:‘朋友,请借给我三个饼, 因为有一个朋友旅途中来到我这里,我没有什么可以招待他。’ 那个人从里面回答说:‘请不要烦扰我。门已经关上了,我与孩子们也已经上了床,不能起来拿给你。’ 我告诉你们:即使不因着是朋友而起来拿给他,还是会因着他毫无羞愧地求,就起来把他所要的拿给他。

“我还告诉你们:不断祈求吧,就会给你们;不断寻找吧,就会找到;不断敲门吧,就会为你们开门。 10 因为凡祈求的,就得到;寻找的,就找到;敲门的,就为他开门。 11 你们当中有哪个做父亲的,儿子要鱼[d],反而拿蛇当做[e]鱼给他呢[f] 12 儿子要鸡蛋,却给他蝎子呢[g] 13 所以,如果你们做为恶人也知道把好的东西给自己的儿女,更何况天上的父要赐圣灵给求他的人呢!”

自相纷争

14 有一次,耶稣正在驱赶一个使人成为哑巴的鬼魔。鬼魔一出去,哑巴就说出话来,众人都感到惊奇。 15 但其中有些人却说:“他是靠鬼魔的王别西卜驱赶鬼魔的。” 16 另有些人试探耶稣,向他要求一个从天上来的神迹。

17 耶稣知道他们的想法,就对他们说:“任何一个国家,如果自相分裂就成为荒芜;一个家庭,如果自相分裂也会败落。 18 同样,如果撒旦自相纷争[h],它的国怎么能站立得住呢?尽管这样,你们竟然说我是靠别西卜驱赶鬼魔的。 19 如果我是靠别西卜驱赶鬼魔,那么,你们的子弟是靠谁驱赶鬼魔呢?为此,你们的子弟就将要成为你们的审判者了。 20 可是,如果我藉着神的能力[i]驱赶鬼魔,那么,神的国就已经临到你们了。 21 当一个壮士全副武装地看守自己家园的时候,他所拥有的就平安无事。 22 可是比他更强的人一旦来到,并且胜过了他,就会夺走他所依靠的盔甲兵器,又把掠夺物分给别人。 23 不与我在一起的,就是在反对我;不与我一起收集的,就是在拆散。

污灵返回

24 “有个污灵从一个人身上出来以后,走遍无水之地,寻找安歇的地方,却找不到,就说:‘我要回到我离开的那屋里去。’ 25 于是它回去,发现那里已被打扫干净,摆设整齐, 26 就去带了另外七个比自己更邪恶的灵,进去住在那里。那个人最后的情况就比先前更坏了。”

真正的福气

27 耶稣正说这些话的时候,人群中有一个妇人高声对他说:“那怀你胎又哺育你的是蒙福的!”

28 耶稣说:“那听了神的话语[j]又遵守的人,才真是蒙福的!”

约拿的神迹

29 那时,人群越聚越多,耶稣就开始说:“这世代是个邪恶的世代[k],它在寻求神迹;可是除了约拿[l]的神迹以外,不会有神迹赐给它了。 30 就是说,约拿怎样成了对尼尼微人的一个神迹[m],人子也将照样成为对这世代的一个神迹。 31 在审判的时候,南方的女王[n]将要与这世代的人一起复活[o],并且要定他们的罪,因为她从极远的地方来,要听所罗门智慧的话语。看,比所罗门更大的就在这里! 32 在审判的时候,尼尼微人将要与这世代一起复活[p],并且要定这世代的罪,因为尼尼微人因着约拿的传道就悔改了。看,比约拿更大的就在这里!

身体的灯

33 “没有人点上油灯,放在隐藏的地方[q]或斗[r]底下[s],而是放在灯台上,好让进来的人能看见光。 34 你的眼睛是身体的灯。当你的眼睛纯净[t]的时候,你的全身就光明;你的眼睛一旦污浊,你的全身就黑暗。 35 所以你要留心,免得你里面的光成为黑暗。 36 因此,如果你全身光明,没有任何黑暗的部分,你就全然光明,好像明灯照亮着你。”

谴责宗教的伪善

37 耶稣说话的时候,有一个法利赛人请耶稣到他家里吃饭,于是耶稣进去坐席。 38 那个法利赛人看见耶稣午餐之前不行洗净礼,感到惊奇。 39 主就对他说:“如今你们法利赛人洗净杯子、盘子的外面,但你们里面却充满着贪心和恶意。 40 你们这些愚妄的人!那位造了外面的,不也造了里面吗? 41 不过你们当把里面的施舍给人,看哪,对你们来说一切就都洁净了。

42 “你们法利赛人有祸了!因为你们奉献薄荷、芸香和各种蔬菜的十分之一,却废弃了公义和属神的爱。这些事是你们应该做的,至于前者也不可忽略。

43 “你们法利赛人有祸了!因为你们喜爱会堂里的首位,喜爱街市上的致敬问候。

44 “你们有祸了[u]!因为你们好像没有标志的坟墓,人走在上面也不知道。”

45 有一个律法师对耶稣说:“老师,你说这些话,把我们也侮辱了。”

46 耶稣说:“你们这些律法师也有祸了!因为你们使人背负难挑的重担[v],但自己却连一根指头也不肯碰它们一下。

47 “你们有祸了!因为你们建造先知的坟墓[w],而你们的祖先是杀害他们的。 48 因此对你们祖先的行为,你们是见证人,你们也赞同,因为他们杀害了先知们,你们就建造先知的坟墓[x] 49 为此,神的智慧也曾说:‘我将要差派先知和使徒到他们那里去。有些他们要杀害,有些他们要逼迫。’ 50 这是为要向这世代追讨那从创世以来所流的众先知的血, 51 就是从亚伯的血起,直到在祭坛和圣所[y]之间被杀的撒迦利亚的血为止。

“是的,我告诉你们:这世代将要为此被追讨。

52 “你们这些律法师有祸了!因为你们拿去了知识的钥匙,你们自己不进去,还阻止正要进去的人。”

53 耶稣从那里出来[z]法利赛人和经文士们就开始激烈地敌视他,还盘问他许多问题, 54 暗中等机会,要从他的口中抓住把柄[aa]

Footnotes

  1. 路加福音 11:2 父——有古抄本作“我们在天上的父”。
  2. 路加福音 11:2 有古抄本附“愿你的旨意行在地上,如同行在天上”。
  3. 路加福音 11:4 有古抄本附“救我们脱离那恶者”。
  4. 路加福音 11:11 儿子要鱼——有古抄本作“儿子要饼,却给他石头呢?如果要鱼”。
  5. 路加福音 11:11 当做——或译作“替换”。
  6. 路加福音 11:11 反而拿蛇当做鱼给他呢——或译作“不会拿蛇当做鱼给他吧”。
  7. 路加福音 11:12 儿子要鸡蛋,却给他蝎子呢——有古抄本作“他如果要鸡蛋,也不会给他蝎子吧”。
  8. 路加福音 11:18 纷争——原文直译“分裂”。
  9. 路加福音 11:20 神的能力——原文直译“神的指头”。
  10. 路加福音 11:28 神的话语——或译作“神的道”。
  11. 路加福音 11:29 是个邪恶的世代——有古抄本作“是邪恶的”。
  12. 路加福音 11:29 约拿——有古抄本作“先知约拿”。
  13. 路加福音 11:30 神迹——或译作“征兆”。
  14. 路加福音 11:31 南方的女王——指“示巴女王”。
  15. 路加福音 11:31 复活——或译作“起来”。
  16. 路加福音 11:32 复活——或译作“起来”。
  17. 路加福音 11:33 隐藏的地方——或译作“地窖”。
  18. 路加福音 11:33 斗——指“一种度量谷物的量器”;容量约为9升。
  19. 路加福音 11:33 有古抄本没有“或斗底下”。
  20. 路加福音 11:34 纯净——原文直译“合一”;或译作“健康”。
  21. 路加福音 11:44 你们有祸了——有古抄本作“经文士和法利赛人哪,你们这些伪善的人有祸了”。
  22. 路加福音 11:46 使人背负难挑的重担——或译作“把难挑的担子放在人们肩上”。
  23. 路加福音 11:47 坟墓——或译作“墓碑”。
  24. 路加福音 11:48 有古抄本没有“先知的坟墓”。
  25. 路加福音 11:51 圣所——原文直译“(神的)家”。
  26. 路加福音 11:53 耶稣从那里出来——有古抄本作“耶稣对他们说这些话的时候”。
  27. 路加福音 11:54 要从他的口中抓住把柄——有古抄本作“要从他的口中抓住把柄,好控告他”。

Teaching about Prayer

11 Once Jesus was in a certain place praying. As he finished, one of his disciples came to him and said, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”

Jesus said, “This is how you should pray:[a]

“Father, may your name be kept holy.
    May your Kingdom come soon.
Give us each day the food we need,[b]
and forgive us our sins,
    as we forgive those who sin against us.
And don’t let us yield to temptation.[c]

Then, teaching them more about prayer, he used this story: “Suppose you went to a friend’s house at midnight, wanting to borrow three loaves of bread. You say to him, ‘A friend of mine has just arrived for a visit, and I have nothing for him to eat.’ And suppose he calls out from his bedroom, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is locked for the night, and my family and I are all in bed. I can’t help you.’ But I tell you this—though he won’t do it for friendship’s sake, if you keep knocking long enough, he will get up and give you whatever you need because of your shameless persistence.[d]

“And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.

11 “You fathers—if your children ask[e] for a fish, do you give them a snake instead? 12 Or if they ask for an egg, do you give them a scorpion? Of course not! 13 So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him.”

Jesus and the Prince of Demons

14 One day Jesus cast out a demon from a man who couldn’t speak, and when the demon was gone, the man began to speak. The crowds were amazed, 15 but some of them said, “No wonder he can cast out demons. He gets his power from Satan,[f] the prince of demons.” 16 Others, trying to test Jesus, demanded that he show them a miraculous sign from heaven to prove his authority.

17 He knew their thoughts, so he said, “Any kingdom divided by civil war is doomed. A family splintered by feuding will fall apart. 18 You say I am empowered by Satan. But if Satan is divided and fighting against himself, how can his kingdom survive? 19 And if I am empowered by Satan, what about your own exorcists? They cast out demons, too, so they will condemn you for what you have said. 20 But if I am casting out demons by the power of God,[g] then the Kingdom of God has arrived among you. 21 For when a strong man is fully armed and guards his palace, his possessions are safe— 22 until someone even stronger attacks and overpowers him, strips him of his weapons, and carries off his belongings.

23 “Anyone who isn’t with me opposes me, and anyone who isn’t working with me is actually working against me.

24 “When an evil[h] spirit leaves a person, it goes into the desert, searching for rest. But when it finds none, it says, ‘I will return to the person I came from.’ 25 So it returns and finds that its former home is all swept and in order. 26 Then the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they all enter the person and live there. And so that person is worse off than before.”

27 As he was speaking, a woman in the crowd called out, “God bless your mother—the womb from which you came, and the breasts that nursed you!”

28 Jesus replied, “But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice.”

The Sign of Jonah

29 As the crowd pressed in on Jesus, he said, “This evil generation keeps asking me to show them a miraculous sign. But the only sign I will give them is the sign of Jonah. 30 What happened to him was a sign to the people of Nineveh that God had sent him. What happens to the Son of Man[i] will be a sign to these people that he was sent by God.

31 “The queen of Sheba[j] will stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for she came from a distant land to hear the wisdom of Solomon. Now someone greater than Solomon is here—but you refuse to listen. 32 The people of Nineveh will also stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for they repented of their sins at the preaching of Jonah. Now someone greater than Jonah is here—but you refuse to repent.

Receiving the Light

33 “No one lights a lamp and then hides it or puts it under a basket.[k] Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where its light can be seen by all who enter the house.

34 “Your eye is like a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is filled with light. But when it is unhealthy, your body is filled with darkness. 35 Make sure that the light you think you have is not actually darkness. 36 If you are filled with light, with no dark corners, then your whole life will be radiant, as though a floodlight were filling you with light.”

Jesus Criticizes the Religious Leaders

37 As Jesus was speaking, one of the Pharisees invited him home for a meal. So he went in and took his place at the table.[l] 38 His host was amazed to see that he sat down to eat without first performing the hand-washing ceremony required by Jewish custom. 39 Then the Lord said to him, “You Pharisees are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are filthy—full of greed and wickedness! 40 Fools! Didn’t God make the inside as well as the outside? 41 So clean the inside by giving gifts to the poor, and you will be clean all over.

42 “What sorrow awaits you Pharisees! For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest income from your herb gardens,[m] but you ignore justice and the love of God. You should tithe, yes, but do not neglect the more important things.

43 “What sorrow awaits you Pharisees! For you love to sit in the seats of honor in the synagogues and receive respectful greetings as you walk in the marketplaces. 44 Yes, what sorrow awaits you! For you are like hidden graves in a field. People walk over them without knowing the corruption they are stepping on.”

45 “Teacher,” said an expert in religious law, “you have insulted us, too, in what you just said.”

46 “Yes,” said Jesus, “what sorrow also awaits you experts in religious law! For you crush people with unbearable religious demands, and you never lift a finger to ease the burden. 47 What sorrow awaits you! For you build monuments for the prophets your own ancestors killed long ago. 48 But in fact, you stand as witnesses who agree with what your ancestors did. They killed the prophets, and you join in their crime by building the monuments! 49 This is what God in his wisdom said about you:[n] ‘I will send prophets and apostles to them, but they will kill some and persecute the others.’

50 “As a result, this generation will be held responsible for the murder of all God’s prophets from the creation of the world— 51 from the murder of Abel to the murder of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, it will certainly be charged against this generation.

52 “What sorrow awaits you experts in religious law! For you remove the key to knowledge from the people. You don’t enter the Kingdom yourselves, and you prevent others from entering.”

53 As Jesus was leaving, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees became hostile and tried to provoke him with many questions. 54 They wanted to trap him into saying something they could use against him.

Footnotes

  1. 11:2 Some manuscripts add additional phrases from the Lord’s Prayer as it reads in Matt 6:9-13.
  2. 11:3 Or Give us each day our food for the day; or Give us each day our food for tomorrow.
  3. 11:4 Or And keep us from being tested.
  4. 11:8 Or in order to avoid shame, or so his reputation won’t be damaged.
  5. 11:11 Some manuscripts add for bread, do you give them a stone? Or [if they ask].
  6. 11:15 Greek Beelzeboul; also in 11:18, 19. Other manuscripts read Beezeboul; Latin version reads Beelzebub.
  7. 11:20 Greek by the finger of God.
  8. 11:24 Greek unclean.
  9. 11:30 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
  10. 11:31 Greek The queen of the south.
  11. 11:33 Some manuscripts do not include or puts it under a basket.
  12. 11:37 Or and reclined.
  13. 11:42 Greek tithe the mint, the rue, and every herb.
  14. 11:49 Greek Therefore, the wisdom of God said.

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.”

He said to them, “When you pray, say:

“‘Father,[a]
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom(E) come.[b]
Give us each day our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins,
    for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.[c](F)
And lead us not into temptation.[d]’”(G)

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; a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’ 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.’ 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)

“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

  1. Luke 11:2 Some manuscripts Our Father in heaven
  2. Luke 11:2 Some manuscripts come. May your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
  3. Luke 11:4 Greek everyone who is indebted to us
  4. Luke 11:4 Some manuscripts temptation, but deliver us from the evil one
  5. Luke 11:8 Or yet to preserve his good name
  6. Luke 11:11 Some manuscripts for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for
  7. Luke 11:34 The Greek for healthy here implies generous.
  8. Luke 11:34 The Greek for unhealthy here implies stingy.