Lucas 11

1 When 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."

2 He 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.

3 Give us day by day our daily bread.

4 Forgive 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.’"

5 He said to them, "Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight and tell him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, 6 for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him,’ 7 and 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’? 8 I 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.

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. 10 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

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? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, he won’t give him a scorpion, will he? 13 If 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?"

14 He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marveled. 15 But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons." 16 Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven. 17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. A house divided against itself falls. 18 If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul. 19 But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. 20 But if I by God’s finger cast out demons, then God’s Kingdom has come to you.

21 "When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe. 22 But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armor in which he trusted, and divides his plunder.

23 "He who is not with me is against me. He who doesn’t gather with me scatters.

24 The 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.’ 25 When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order. 26 Then 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."

27 It 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!"

28 But he said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it."

29 When 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. 30 For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will also be to this generation. 31 The 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. 32 The 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.

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. 34 The 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. 35 Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn’t darkness. 36 If 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."

37 Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in and sat at the table. 38 When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner. 39 The 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. 40 You foolish ones, didn’t he who made the outside make the inside also? 41 But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you. 42 But 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. 43 Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces. 44 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don’t know it."

45 One of the lawyers answered him, "Teacher, in saying this you insult us also."

46 He 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. 47 Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 48 So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs. 49 Therefore also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute, 50 that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation, 51 from 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. 52 Woe 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."

53 As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him, 54 lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.

Te Īnoi o te Ariki

1 Ā, i a ia e īnoi ana i tētahi wāhi, ā, ka mutu, ka kī atu tētahi o āna ākonga ki a ia, "E te Ariki, whakaakona mātou ki te īnoi, me Hoani hoki i whakaako rā i āna ākonga."

2 Ka mea ia ki a rātou, "Ka īnoi koutou, mea atu:

‘E tō mātou Matua i te rangi,

kia tapu tōu ingoa.

Kia tae mai tōu rangatiratanga,

kia meatia tāu e pai ai ki runga ki te whenua,

kia rite anō ki tō te rangi.

3 Hōmai tā mātou taro ki a mātou, tō tēnei rā, tō tēnei rā.

4 Murua ō mātou hara;

e murua ana hoki e mātou o ngā tāngata katoa

e hara ana ki a mātou.

Aua hoki mātou e kawea kia whakawaia.’ "

5 I mea anō ia ki a rātou, "Ko wai o koutou ki te mea he hoa tōna, ā, ka tae atu ki a ia i waenganui pō, ka mea ki a ia, ‘E hoa, hōmai ki ahau ētahi taro, kia toru. 6 Kua tae mai hoki tōku hoa ki ahau i te ara, kāhore āku mea e whakatakoto ai ahau māna.’

7 "Ā, ka whakahoki tērā i roto, ka mea, ‘Hōhā kī! Kāti rā; kua tūtakina noatia ake te tatau, kei te moenga mātou ko āku tamariki; e kore e āhei kia whakatika atu ahau ki te hoatu ki a koe.’ 8 Ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koutou, ahakoa kāhore ia i whakatika ki te hoatu ki a ia, nō te mea he hoa nōna, mā tāna tohe anō ka ara ake ai ia, ka hoatu ai ki a ia i ngā mea i tonoa e ia.

9 "Ko tāku kupu anō tēnei ki a koutou; īnoi, ā, ka hoatu ki a koutou; e rapu, ā, ka kite koutou; pātukia, ā, ka uakina ki a koutou. 10 Ka whiwhi hoki ngā tāngata katoa ina īnoi; ka kite ina rapu; ka uakina ki te tangata e pātuki ana.

11 "Ko tēhea matua o koutou ki te īnoia e tāna tama tētahi taro, e hoatu rānei ki a ia he kāmaka? Ki te īnoia he ika, e hoatu rānei ki a ia he nākahi hei ika? 12 Ki te īnoia he hua manu, e hoatu rānei ki a ia he kopiona? 13 Ki te mea ko koutou, hunga kino nei, e mātau ana ki te hoatu mea papai ki ā koutou tamariki; tērā noa ake te hōmaitanga o te Wairua Tapu e tō koutou Matua i te rangi ki te hunga e īnoi ana ki a ia."

Ko Īhu rāua ko Perehepura

14 Nā, e pei rēwera ana ia, he mea wahangū anō hoki. Ā, nō te putanga o te rēwera ki waho, ka kōrero te wahangū; ā, mīharo ana te mano. 15 Nā, ka mea ētahi o rātou, "Nā te rangatira o ngā rēwera, nā Perehepura, tāna peinga rēwera." 16 Nā, ka whakamātautau ētahi, ka mea ki tētahi tohu i a ia i te rangi.

17 Otiia, i mātau ia ki ō rātou whakaaro, ā, ka mea ki a rātou, "Ki te tahuri iho tētahi rangatiratanga ki a ia anō, ka kore; ki te tahuri hoki tētahi whare ki tētahi whare, ka hinga. 18 Ā, ki te tahuri iho a Hātana ki a ia anō, me pēhea e tū ai tōna rangatiratanga? E mea nā hoki koutou, nā Perehepura tāku peinga rēwera. 19 Nā, ki te mea nā Perehepura tāku peinga rēwera, nā wai te peinga a ā koutou tama? Mō konei hei kaiwhakawā rātou mō koutou. 20 Tēnā ki te mea nā te ringa o te Atua tāku peinga rēwera, inā, kua tae mai te rangatiratanga o te Atua ki a koutou.

21 "Ki te tiakina e te tangata kaha, he patu nei āna, tōna whare, ka āta takoto āna taonga. 22 Ki te puta mai ia te mea e kaha atu ana i a ia, ā, ka hinga tērā, nā, ka tangohia āna patu i whakamanawa ai ia, ka tuwhatuwhaia ōna taonga.

23 "Ko te tangata ehara i te hoa nōku, he hoariri ia ki ahau, ko te tangata kāhore e kohikohi tahi māua, e tītaritari ana."

Te Hokinga mai o te Wairua Poke

24 "Ka puta te wairua poke i roto i te tangata, ka hāereere ia rā ngā wāhi waikore rapu okiokinga ai; ā, kāhore e kitea, ka mea ia, ‘Ka hoki ahau ki tōku whare i puta mai ai ahau.’ 25 Ā, nō te taenga atu, rokohanga atu kua oti te tahitahi, te whakapaipai. 26 Nā, ka haere ia, ka tango i ētahi atu wairua tokowhitu, he kino atu i a ia; ā, ka tomo atu, ka noho i reira; ā, kino atu i te tīmatanga te whakamutunga o taua tangata."

Te Hari Pono

27 Ā, i a ia e kōrero ana i ēnei mea, ka karanga ake tētahi wahine i roto i te mano, ka mea ki a ia, "Koa tonu te kōpū i kawea ai koe, me ngā ū i ngotea e koe."

28 Anō rā hoki ko ia, "Engari rā, tino koa te hunga e whakarongo ana ki te kupu a te Atua, ā, e mahi ana."

Te Rapu mō tētahi Tohu

29 Ā, nō ka rūpeke te mano, ka anga ia ka kōrero, "He whakatupuranga kino tēnei; e rapu ana ki tētahi tohu, ā, e kore tētahi tohu e hoatu, ko te tohu anake o Hona poropiti. 30 I waiho nei hoki a Hona hei tohu ki ngā tāngata o Ninewe, ka pērā anō te Tama a te tangata ki tēnei whakatupuranga. 31 Ka whakatika ngātahi te kuīni o te tonga i te whakawākanga me ngā tāngata o tēnei whakatupuranga, ka whakatau i te hē ki a rātou; i haere hoki ia i ngā pito o te whenua ki te whakarongo ki te whakaaro nui o Horomona; ā, tēnei tētahi he nui kē atu i a Horomona. 32 Ka whakatika ngātahi ngā tāngata o Ninewe i te whakawākanga me tēnei whakatupuranga, ka whakatau i te hē ki a rātou, i rīpenetā hoki rātou i te kauwhautanga a Hona; ā, tēnei tētahi he nui kē atu i a Hona!"

Te Māramatanga o te Tinana

33 "Ka tahuna te rama, e kore e waiho e te tangata ki te wāhi ngaro, ki raro rānei i te pūhera, engari ki runga ki te tūranga, kia kitea ai te mārama e te hunga e tomo atu ana. 34 Ko te kanohi te rama o te tinana. Nā, ki te ātea tōu kanohi, ka mārama anō tōu tinana katoa; tēnā ki te kino, ka pōuri anō hoki tōu tinana. 35 Nā reira, kia āta titiro mehemea ehara i te pōuri te mārama i roto i a koe. 36 Nā, ki te mārama tōu tinana katoa, ā, ki te kore ōna wāhi pōuri, ka mārama katoa anō, me te mea ko te mura o te rama e whakamārama ana i a koe."

Ka Whakapae a Īhu i ngā Parihi me ngā Kaiako i te Ture

37 Nā, i a ia e kōrero ana, ka tono tētahi Parihi kia kai ia ki a ia; ā, haere ana ia ki roto, ka noho. 38 Ā, i te kitenga o te Parihi, ka mīharo nō te mea kāhore ia e horoi i mua o te kainga.

39 Ka mea te Ariki ki a ia, "Tēnei koutou, e ngā Parihi, te horoi nei i waho o te kapu, o te rīhi; ko roto ia o koutou e kī ana i te pāhua, i te kino. 40 E te hunga kūware, kīhai ianei i hangā a roto e te kaihanga o waho? 41 Engari, hoatu ngā mea o roto hei atawhainga mō ngā rawakore; ā, ka mā ngā mea katoa ki a koutou.

42 "Otirā, auē, te mate mō koutou, e ngā Parihi! E hoatu ana hoki e koutou te wāhi whakatekau, o te miniti, o te rū, o ngā otaota katoa, ā, kapea ake te whakarite whakawā me te aroha ki te Atua; he tika anō ko ēnei kia meatia kia kaua anō hoki ērā e kapea.

43 "Auē te mate mō koutou, e ngā Parihi! Ko tā koutou hoki e rawe ai ko ngā nohoanga rangatira i ngā whare karakia, me ngā ohatanga i ngā kāinga hokohoko.

44 "Auē te mate mō koutou, e ngā karaipi, e ngā Parihi, e te hunga tinihanga! E rite nā koutou ki ngā urupā ngaro, e kore e kitea e ngā tāngata e hāereere ana i runga."

45 Nā, ka whakahoki tētahi o ngā kaiwhakaako o te ture, ka mea ki a ia, "E te Kaiwhakaako, he whakahē anō hoki mō mātou ēnei kōrero āu."

46 Nā, ko tāna meatanga, "Auē te mate mō koutou hoki, e ngā kaiwhakaako o te ture! E whakawaha ana hoki koutou i ngā tāngata ki ngā kawenga taimaha rawa hei pīkaunga, ā, e kore tētahi o ō koutou matihao e pā atu ki aua kawenga.

47 "Auē te mate mō koutou! Ko koutou nei hoki hei hanga i ngā urupā o ngā poropiti, nā ō koutou mātua hoki rātou i whakamate. 48 Nā, he kaiwhakaatu koutou he kaiwhakaae ki ngā mahi a ō koutou mātua; nā rātou hoki rātou i whakamate, ko koutou hoki hei hanga i ō rātou urupā. 49 Nā konei anō te mātauranga o te Atua i mea ai, ‘Māku e tono he poropiti, he āpōtoro ki a rātou, ā, ka whakamate, ka tūkino rātou i ētahi o rātou.’ 50 Kia rapua ai he utu i tēnei whakapaparanga mō te toto o ngā poropiti katoa i ringihia nei nō te tīmatanga rā anō o te ao; 51 nō te toto o Āpera, tae noa ki te toto o Hakaraia i mate nei ki waenganui o te āta o te wāhi tapu, āe rā, ka mea atu ahau ki a koutou, E rapua he utu i tēnei whakapaparanga.

52 "Auē te mate mō koutou, e ngā kaiwhakaako o te ture! Kua tangohia hoki e koutou te kī o te mātauranga; kīhai koutou i tomo ki roto, ā, i ārai hoki koutou i te hunga e tomo ana."

53 Nā, i tōna putanga mai ki waho, ā, ka tīmata te tohetohe kaha a ngā karaipi, a ngā Parihi ki a ia, he mea kia maha atu ai āna kōrero 54 e whakamoho ana hoki, kia mau tētahi kupu a tōna māngai.