Luke 11:1-36

He was praying  in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.”  He said to them, “Whenever you pray, say,   Father,   , your name   be honored as holy.   Your kingdom come.   , Give us each day our daily bread.   , And forgive us our sins,   for we ourselves also forgive everyone in debt to us.   , And do not bring us into temptation.”   , He also said to them, “Suppose one of you   has a friend and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, because a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I don’t have anything to offer him.’ Then he will answer from inside and say, ‘Don’t bother me! The door is already locked, and my children and I have gone to bed. I can’t get up to give you anything.’ I tell you, even though he won’t get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his friend’s shameless boldness,   he will get up and give him as much as he needs.   “So   I say to you, ask,   and it will be given to you. Seek,   and you will find. Knock,   and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. What father among you, if his son   asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, who are evil,   know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father   give the Holy Spirit   to those who ask him? ” Now  he was driving out a demon  that was mute.  When the demon came out, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowds were amazed. But some of them said, “He drives out demons by Beelzebul,  the ruler  of the demons.”  And others, as a test,  were demanding of him a sign  from heaven. Knowing their thoughts,  he told them, “Every kingdom divided   against itself is headed for destruction, and a house divided against itself falls. If Satan   also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom   stand? For you say I drive out demons by Beelzebul. And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons   drive them out? For this reason they will be your judges. If I drive out demons by the finger of God,   then the kingdom of God   has come upon you. When a strong man, fully armed, guards his estate, his possessions are secure. But when one stronger than he attacks and overpowers   him, he takes from him all his weapons   , he trusted   in, and divides up his plunder.   Anyone who is not with me is against me,   and anyone who does not gather with me scatters. “When   an unclean spirit   comes out of a person, it roams through waterless places looking for rest,   and not finding rest, it then   says, ‘I’ll go back to my house that I came from.’ Returning, it finds the house swept and put in order. Then it goes and brings seven other spirits   more evil than itself, and they enter and settle down there. As a result, that person’s last condition is worse than the first.”   As he was saying these things, a woman from the crowd  raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you and the one who nursed you! ”  He said, “Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God   and keep it.”   As the crowds were increasing, he began saying, “This generation   is an evil generation.   It demands a sign,   but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.   , For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so also the Son of Man   will be to this generation. The queen of the south   will rise up at the judgment   with the men of this generation and condemn   them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon,   and look — something greater than Solomon is here. The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at Jonah’s preaching, and look — something greater than Jonah is here. “No   one lights a lamp   and puts it in the cellar or under a basket,   but on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see its light. Your eye is the lamp of the body.   When your eye is healthy, your whole body is also full of light. But when it is bad,   your body is also full of darkness. Take care, then, that the light in you is not darkness. If, therefore, your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, it will be entirely illuminated, as when a lamp shines its light on you.”