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King James Bible

 

King James Bible

Youngs Literal Translation


11:1 And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. And it came to pass, in his being in a certain place praying, as he ceased, a certain one of his disciples said unto him, `Sir, teach us to pray, as also John taught his disciples.'
11:2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. And he said to them, `When ye may pray, say ye: Our Father who art in the heavens; hallowed be Thy name: Thy reign come; Thy will come to pass, as in heaven also on earth;
11:3 Give us day by day our daily bread. our appointed bread be giving us daily;
11:4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. and forgive us our sins, for also we ourselves forgive every one indebted to us; and mayest Thou not bring us into temptation; but do Thou deliver us from the evil.'
11:5 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; And he said unto them, `Who of you shall have a friend, and shall go on unto him at midnight, and may say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves,
11:6 For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him? seeing a friend of mine came out of the way unto me, and I have not what I shall set before him,
11:7 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. and he from within answering may say, Do not give me trouble, already the door hath been shut, and my children with me are in the bed, I am not able, having risen, to give to thee.
11:8 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. `I say to you, even if he will not give to him, having risen, because of his being his friend, yet because of his importunity, having risen, he will give him as many as he doth need;
11:9 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. and I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;
11:10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. for every one who is asking doth receive; and he who is seeking doth find; and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.
11:11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? `And of which of you -- the father -- if the son shall ask a loaf, a stone will he present to him? and if a fish, will he instead of a fish, a serpent present to him?
11:12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? and if he may ask an egg, will he present to him a scorpion?
11:13 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? If, then, ye, being evil, have known good gifts to be giving to your children, how much more shall the Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those asking Him!'
11:14 And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered. And he was casting forth a demon, and it was dumb, and it came to pass, the demon having gone forth, the dumb man spake, and the multitudes wondered,
11:15 But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils. and certain of them said, `By Beelzeboul, ruler of the demons, he doth cast forth the demons;'
11:16 And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven. and others, tempting, a sign out of heaven from him were asking.
11:17 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. And he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, `Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated; and house against house doth fall;
11:18 If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub. and if also the Adversary against himself was divided, how shall his kingdom be made to stand? for ye say, by Beelzeboul is my casting forth the demons.
11:19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. `But if I by Beelzeboul cast forth the demons -- your sons, by whom do they cast forth? because of this your judges they shall be;
11:20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you. but if by the finger of God I cast forth the demons, then come unawares upon you did the reign of God.
11:21 When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: `When the strong man armed may keep his hall, in peace are his goods;
11:22 But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils. but when the stronger than he, having come upon `him', may overcome him, his whole-armour he doth take away in which he had trusted, and his spoils he distributeth;
11:23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth. he who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me doth scatter.
11:24 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out. `When the unclean spirit may go forth from the man it walketh through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding, it saith, I will turn back to my house whence I came forth;
11:25 And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. and having come, it findeth `it' swept and adorned;
11:26 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. then doth it go, and take to it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having entered, they dwell there, and the last of that man becometh worst than the first.'
11:27 And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. And it came to pass, in his saying these things, a certain woman having lifted up the voice out of the multitude, said to him, `Happy the womb that carried thee, and the paps that thou didst suck!'
11:28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. And he said, `Yea, rather, happy those hearing the word of God, and keeping `it'!'
11:29 And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. And the multitudes crowding together upon him, he began to say, `This generation is evil, a sign it doth seek after, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet,
11:30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation. for as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall the Son of Man be to this generation.
11:31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. `A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and lo, greater than Solomon here!
11:32 The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. `Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, because they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah; and lo, greater than Jonah here!
11:33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. `And no one having lighted a lamp, doth put `it' in a secret place, nor under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, that those coming in may behold the light.
11:34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. `The lamp of the body is the eye, when then thine eye may be simple, thy whole body also is lightened; and when it may be evil, thy body also is darkened;
11:35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. take heed, then, lest the light that `is' in thee be darkness;
11:36 If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light. if then thy whole body is lightened, not having any part darkened, the whole shall be lightened, as when the lamp by the brightness may give thee light.'
11:37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. And in `his' speaking, a certain Pharisee was asking him that he might dine with him, and having gone in, he reclined (at meat),
11:38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. and the Pharisee having seen, did wonder that he did not first baptize himself before the dinner.
11:39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. And the Lord said unto him, `Now do ye, the Pharisees, the outside of the cup and of the plate make clean, but your inward part is full of rapine and wickedness;
11:40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also? unthinking! did not He who made the outside also the inside make?
11:41 But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. But what ye have give ye `as' alms, and, lo, all things are clean to you.
11:42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. `But wo to you, the Pharisees, because ye tithe the mint, and the rue, and every herb, and ye pass by the judgment, and the love of God; these things it behoveth to do, and those not to be neglecting.
11:43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets. `Wo to you, the Pharisees, because ye love the first seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the market-places.
11:44 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them. `Wo to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because ye are as the unseen tombs, and the men walking above have not known.'
11:45 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also. And one of the lawyers answering, saith to him, `Teacher, these things saying, us also thou dost insult;'
11:46 And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. and he said, `And to you, the lawyers, wo! because ye burden men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves with one of your fingers do not touch the burdens.
11:47 Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. `Wo to you, because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
11:48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. Then do ye testify, and are well pleased with the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and ye do build their tombs;
11:49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute: because of this also the wisdom of God said: I will send to them prophets, and apostles, and some of them they shall kill and persecute,
11:50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; that the blood of all the prophets, that is being poured forth from the foundation of the world, may be required from this generation;
11:51 From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation. from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the house; yes, I say to you, It shall be required from this generation.
11:52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered. `Wo to you, the lawyers, because ye took away the key of the knowledge; yourselves ye did not enter; and those coming in, ye did hinder.'
11:53 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: And in his speaking these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began fearfully to urge and to press him to speak about many things,
11:54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him. laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.