Luke 11
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1When he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.”
1Et factum est: cum esset in quodam loco orans, ut cessavit, dixit unus ex discipulis ejus ad eum: Domine, doce nos orare, sicut docuit et Joannes discipulos suos.
2He said to them, “When you pray, say, ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.
2Et ait illis: Cum oratis, dicite: Pater, sanctificetur nomen tuum. Adveniat regnum tuum.
3Give us day by day our daily bread.
3Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie.
4Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’”
4Et dimitte nobis peccata nostra, siquidem et ipsi dimittimus omni debenti nobis. Et ne nos inducas in tentationem.
5He said to them, “Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight and tell him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
5Et ait ad illos: Quis vestrum habebit amicum, et ibit ad illum media nocte, et dicet illi: Amice, commoda mihi tres panes,
6for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him,’
6quoniam amicus meus venit de via ad me, et non habeo quod ponam ante illum,
7and he from within will answer and say, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I can’t get up and give it to you’?
7et ille de intus respondens dicat: Noli mihi molestus esse, jam ostium clausum est, et pueri mei mecum sunt in cubili: non possum surgere, et dare tibi.
8I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.
8Et si ille perseveraverit pulsans: dico vobis, etsi non dabit illi surgens eo quod amicus ejus sit, propter improbitatem tamen ejus surget, et dabit illi quotquot habet necessarios.
9“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.
9Et ego dico vobis: Petite, et dabitur vobis; quærite, et invenietis; pulsate, et aperietur vobis.
10For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
10Omnis enim qui petit, accipit: et qui quærit, invenit: et pulsanti aperietur.
11“Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won’t give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?
11Quis autem ex vobis patrem petit panem, numquid lapidem dabit illi? aut piscem, numquid pro pisce serpentem dabit illi?
12Or if he asks for an egg, he won’t give him a scorpion, will he?
12aut si petierit ovum, numquid porriget illi scorpionem?
13If you then, being evil, 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?”
13Si ergo vos, cum sitis mali, nostis bona data dare filiis vestris: quanto magis Pater vester de cælo dabit spiritum bonum petentibus se?
14He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marveled.
14Et erat ejiciens dæmonium, et illud erat mutum. Et cum ejecisset dæmonium, locutus est mutus, et admiratæ sunt turbæ.
15But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.”
15Quidam autem ex eis dixerunt: In Beelzebub principe dæmoniorum ejicit dæmonia.
16Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.
16Et alii tentantes, signum de cælo quærebant ab eo.
17But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. A house divided against itself falls.
17Ipse autem ut vidit cogitationes eorum, dixit eis: Omne regnum in seipsum divisum desolabitur, et domus supra domum cadet.
18If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.
18Si autem et Satanas in seipsum divisus est, quomodo stabit regnum ejus? quia dicitis in Beelzebub me ejicere dæmonia.
19But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
19Si autem ego in Beelzebub ejicio dæmonia: filii vestri in quo ejiciunt? ideo ipsi judices vestri erunt.
20But if I by God’s finger cast out demons, then God’s Kingdom has come to you.
20Porro si in digito Dei ejicio dæmonia: profecto pervenit in vos regnum Dei.
21“When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe.
21Cum fortis armatus custodit atrium suum, in pace sunt ea quæ possidet.
22But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armor in which he trusted, and divides his plunder.
22Si autem fortior eo superveniens vicerit eum, universa arma ejus auferet, in quibus confidebat, et spolia ejus distribuet.
23“He who is not with me is against me. He who doesn’t gather with me scatters.
23Qui non est mecum, contra me est: et qui non colligit mecum, dispergit.
24The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, passes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, ‘I will turn back to my house from which I came out.’
24Cum immundus spiritus exierit de homine, ambulat per loca inaquosa, quærens requiem: et non inveniens dicit: Revertar in domum meam unde exivi.
25When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order.
25Et cum venerit, invenit eam scopis mundatam, et ornatam.
26Then he goes and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first.”
26Tunc vadit, et assumit septem alios spiritus secum, nequiores se, et ingressi habitant ibi. Et fiunt novissima hominis illius pejora prioribus.
27It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!”
27Factum est autem, cum hæc diceret: extollens vocem quædam mulier de turba dixit illi: Beatus venter qui te portavit, et ubera quæ suxisti.
28But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”
28At ille dixit: Quinimmo beati, qui audiunt verbum Dei et custodiunt illud.
29When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, “This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.
29Turbis autem concurrentibus cœpit dicere: Generatio hæc, generatio nequam est: signum quærit, et signum non dabitur ei, nisi signum Jonæ prophetæ.
30For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will also be to this generation.
30Nam sicut fuit Jonas signum Ninivitis, ita erit et Filius hominis generationi isti.
31The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation and will condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, one greater than Solomon is here.
31Regina austri surget in judicio cum viris generationis hujus, et condemnabit illos: quia venit a finibus terræ audire sapientiam Salomonis: et ecce plus quam Salomon hic.
32The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, one greater than Jonah is here.
32Viri Ninivitæ surgent in judicio cum generatione hac, et condemnabunt illam: quia pœnitentiam egerunt ad prædicationem Jonæ, et ecce plus quam Jonas hic.
33“No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light.
33Nemo lucernam accendit, et in abscondito ponit, neque sub modio: sed supra candelabrum, ut qui ingrediuntur, lumen videant.
34The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.
34Lucerna corporis tui est oculus tuus. Si oculus tuus fuerit simplex, totum corpus tuum lucidum erit: si autem nequam fuerit, etiam corpus tuum tenebrosum erit.
35Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn’t darkness.
35Vide ergo ne lumen quod in te est, tenebræ sint.
36If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light.”
36Si ergo corpus tuum totum lucidum fuerit, non habens aliquam partem tenebrarum, erit lucidum totum, et sicut lucerna fulgoris illuminabit te.
37Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in and sat at the table.
37Et cum loqueretur, rogavit illum quidam pharisæus ut pranderet apud se. Et ingressus recubuit.
38When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner.
38Pharisæus autem cœpit intra se reputans dicere, quare non baptizatus esset ante prandium.
39The Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
39Et ait Dominus ad illum: Nunc vos pharisæi, quod deforis est calicis et catini, mundatis: quod autem intus est vestrum, plenum est rapina et iniquitate.
40You foolish ones, didn’t he who made the outside make the inside also?
40Stulti ! nonne qui fecit quod deforis est, etiam id quod deintus est fecit?
41But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.
41Verumtamen quod superest, date eleemosynam: et ecce omnia munda sunt vobis.
42But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and God’s love. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
42Sed væ vobis, pharisæis, quia decimatis mentham, et rutam, et omne olus, et præteritis judicium et caritatem Dei: hæc autem oportuit facere, et illa non omittere.
43Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.
43Væ vobis, pharisæis, quia diligitis primas cathedras in synagogis, et salutationes in foro.
44Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don’t know it.”
44Væ vobis, quia estis ut monumenta, quæ non apparent, et homines ambulantes supra, nesciunt.
45One of the lawyers answered him, “Teacher, in saying this you insult us also.”
45Respondens autem quidam ex legisperitis, ait illi: Magister, hæc dicens etiam contumeliam nobis facis.
46He said, “Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won’t even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.
46At ille ait: Et vobis legisperitis væ: quia oneratis homines oneribus, quæ portare non possunt, et ipsi uno digito vestro non tangitis sarcinas.
47Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
47Væ vobis, qui ædificatis monumenta prophetarum: patres autem vestri occiderunt illos.
48So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.
48Profecto testificamini quod consentitis operibus patrum vestrorum: quoniam ipsi quidem eos occiderunt, vos autem ædificatis eorum sepulchra.
49Therefore also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute,
49Propterea et sapientia Dei dixit: Mittam ad illos prophetas, et apostolos, et ex illis occident, et persequentur:
50that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation,
50ut inquiratur sanguis omnium prophetarum, qui effusus est a constitutione mundi a generatione ista,
51from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.’ Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.
51a sanguine Abel, usque ad sanguinem Zachariæ, qui periit inter altare et ædem. Ita dico vobis, requiretur ab hac generatione.
52Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn’t enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered.”
52Væ vobis, legisperitis, quia tulistis clavem scientiæ: ipsi non introistis, et eos qui introibant, prohibuistis.
53As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him,
53Cum autem hæc ad illos diceret, cœperunt pharisæi et legisperiti graviter insistere, et os ejus opprimere de multis,
54lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.
54insidiantes ei, et quærentes aliquid capere de ore ejus, ut accusarent eum.
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