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Thy kingdom come.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Give us day by day our daily bread.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And forgive us our sins; for we ourselves also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation.</p> <a name="5" id="5"></a><p class="hdg">Ask, Seek, Knock<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../matthew/7.htm#7">Matthew 7:7-12</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves; <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>for a friend of mine is come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him; <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>and he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee? <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will arise and give him as many as he needeth.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And of which of you that is a father shall his son ask a loaf, and he give him a stone? or a fish, and he for a fish give him a serpent? <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Or if he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion? <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?</p> <a name="14" id="14"></a><p class="hdg">A House Divided<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../matthew/12.htm#22">Matthew 12:22-30</a>; <a href="../mark/3.htm#20">Mark 3:20-27</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And he was casting out a devil which was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb man spake; and the multitudes marveled. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But some of them said, By Beelzebub the prince of the devils casteth he out devils. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And if Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils by Beelzebub. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But if I by the finger of God cast out devils, then is the kingdom of God come upon you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>When the strong man fully armed guardeth his own court, his goods are in peace: <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him his whole armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.</p> <a name="24" id="24"></a><p class="hdg">Return of an Unclean Spirit<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../matthew/12.htm#43">Matthew 12:43-45</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The unclean spirit when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will turn back unto my house whence I came out. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And when he is come, he findeth it swept and garnished. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more evil than himself; and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first.</p> <p class="hdg">True Blessedness</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And it came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts which thou didst suck. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.</p> <a name="29" id="29"></a><p class="hdg">The Sign of Jonah<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../matthew/12.htm#38">Matthew 12:38-42</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And when the multitudes were gathering together unto him, he began to say, This generation is an evil generation: it seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>For even as Jonah became a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.</p> <a name="33" id="33"></a><p class="hdg">The Lamp of the Body<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../matthew/6.htm#22">Matthew 6:22-24</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>No man, when he hath lighted a lamp, putteth it in a cellar, neither under the bushel, but on the stand, that they which enter in may see the light. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>The lamp of thy body is thine eye: when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when it is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>If therefore thy whole body be full of light, having no part dark, it shall be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining doth give thee light.</p> <a name="37" id="37"></a><p class="hdg">Woes to Pharisees and Experts in Law<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../matthew/23.htm">Matthew 23:1-36</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Now as he spake, a Pharisee asketh him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>And when the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed before dinner. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter; but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>Ye foolish ones, did not he that made the outside make the inside also? <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Howbeit give for alms those things which are within; and behold, all things are clean unto you.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>But woe unto you Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass over judgment and the love of God: but these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>Woe unto you Pharisees! for ye love the chief seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the marketplaces. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>Woe unto you! for ye are as the tombs which appear not, and the men that walk over them know it not.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>And one of the lawyers answering saith unto him, Master, in saying this thou reproachest us also. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>And he said, Woe unto you lawyers also! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>Woe unto you! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build their tombs. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send unto them prophets and apostles; and some of them they shall kill and persecute; <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary: yea, I say unto you, it shall be required of this generation. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span>Woe unto you lawyers! for ye took away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-53.htm"><b>53</b></a></span>And when he was come out from thence, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press upon him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things; <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/11-54.htm"><b>54</b></a></span>laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">English Revised Version, 1885<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../luke/10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Luke 10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Luke 10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../luke/12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Luke 12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Luke 12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/scan/luke/11-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></body></html>