Luke 11 Bible in Basic English
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1 And it came about that he was in prayer in a certain place, and when he came to an end, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, will you give us teaching about prayer, as John did to his disciples?
1 Y ACONTECIÓ que estando él orando en un lugar, como acabó, uno de sus discípulos le dijo: Señor, enséñanos á orar, como también Juan enseñó á sus discípulos.
2 And he said to them, When you say your prayers, say, Father, may your name be kept holy and your kingdom come.
2 Y les dijo: Cuando orareis, decid: Padre nuestro que estás en los cielos; sea tu nombre santificado. Venga tu reino. Sea hecha tu voluntad, como en el cielo, así también en la tierra.
3 Give us every day bread for our needs.
3 El pan nuestro de cada día, dános[lo] hoy.
4◆ May we have forgiveness for our sins, as we make free all those who are in debt to us. And let us not be put to the test.
4 Y perdónanos nuestros pecados, porque también nosotros perdonamos á todos los que nos deben. Y no nos metas en tentación, mas líbranos del malo.
5 And he said to them, Which of you, having a friend, would go to him in the middle of the night and say to him, Friend, let me have three cakes of bread;
5 Díjoles también: ¿Quién de vosotros tendrá un amigo, é irá á él á media noche, y le dirá: Amigo, préstame tres panes,
6 Because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to put before him;
6 Porque un amigo mío ha venido á mí de camino, y no tengo qué ponerle delante;
7 And he, from inside the house, would say in answer, Do not be a trouble to me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; it is not possible for me to get up and give to you?
7 Y el de dentro respondiendo, dijere: No me seas molesto; la puerta está ya cerrada, y mis niños están conmigo en cama; no puedo levantarme, y darte?
8 I say to you, Though he will not get up and give to him, because he is his friend, still, if he keeps on making his request, he will get up and give him as much as he has need of.
8 Os digo, que aunque no se levante á darle por ser su amigo, cierto por su importunidad se levantará, y le dará todo lo que habrá menester.
9 And I say to you, Make requests, and they will be answered; what you are searching for, you will get; when you give the sign, the door will be open to you.
9 Y yo os digo: Pedid, y se os dará; buscad, y hallaréis; llamad, y os será abierto.
10 For to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire; and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.
10 Porque todo aquel que pide, recibe; y el que busca, halla; y al que llama, se abre.
11 And which of you, being a father, will give a stone to his son, who makes request for bread? or for a fish, will give him a snake?
11 ¿Y cuál padre de vosotros, si su hijo le pidiere pan, le dará una piedra? ó, si pescado, ¿en lugar de pescado, le dará una serpiente?
12 Or for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
12 O, si [le] pidiere un huevo, ¿le dará un escorpión?
13 If, then, you who are evil are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who make request to him?
13 Pues si vosotros, siendo malos, sabéis dar buenas dádivas á vuestros hijos, ¿cuánto más vuestro Padre celestial dará el Espíritu Santo á los que lo pidieren de él?
14 And he was sending an evil spirit out of a man who was without the power of talking. And it came about that when the spirit had gone the man had the power of talking; and the people were full of wonder.
14 Y estaba él lanzando un demonio, el cual era mudo: y aconteció que salido fuera el demonio, el mudo habló, y las gentes se maravillaron.
15 But some of them said, He sends out evil spirits by Beelzebul, the ruler of evil spirits.
15 Mas algunos de ellos decían: En Beelzebub, príncipe de los demonios, echa fuera los demonios.
16 And others, testing him, were looking for a sign from heaven from him.
16 Y otros, tentando, pedían de él señal del cielo.
17 But he, having knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom in which there is division is made waste; and a house in which there is division comes to destruction.
17 Mas él, conociendo los pensamientos de ellos, les dijo: Todo reino dividido contra sí mismo, es asolado; y una casa [dividida] contra sí misma, cae.
18 If, then, Satan is at war with himself, how will he keep his kingdom? because you say that I send evil spirits out of men by the help of Beelzebul.
18 Y si también Satanás está dividido contra sí mismo, ¿cómo estará en pie su reino? porque decís que en Beelzebub echo yo fuera los demonios.
19 And if I, by Beelzebul, send out evil spirits, by whose help do your sons send them out? so let them be your judges.
19 Pues si yo echo fuera los demonios en Beelzebub, ¿vuestros hijos en quién los echan fuera? Por tanto, ellos serán vuestros jueces.
20 But if I, by the finger of God, send out evil spirits, then the kingdom of God has overtaken you.
20 Mas si por el dedo de Dios echo yo fuera los demonios, cierto el reino de Dios ha llegado á vosotros.
21 When the strong man armed keeps watch over his house, then his goods are safe:
21 Cuando el fuerte armado guarda su atrio, en paz está lo que posee.
22 But when one who is stronger makes an attack on him and overcomes him, he takes away his instruments of war, in which he had put his faith, and makes division of his goods.
22 Mas si sobreviniendo [otro] más fuerte que él, le venciere, le toma todas sus armas en que confiaba, y reparte sus despojos.
23 He who is not with me is against me, and he who will not give me help in getting people together is driving them away.
23 El que no es conmigo, contra mí es; y el que conmigo no recoge, desparrama.
24 The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of a man, goes through dry places, looking for rest; and when he does not get it, he says, I will go back to my house from which I came.
24 Cuando el espíritu inmundo saliere del hombre, anda por lugares secos, buscando reposo; y no hallándolo, dice: Me volveré á mi casa de donde salí.
25 And when he comes, he sees that it has been made fair and clean.
25 Y viniendo, la halla barrida y adornada.
26 Then he goes and gets seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they go in, and take their places there: and the last condition of that man is worse than the first.
26 Entonces va, y toma otros siete espíritus peores que él; y entrados, habitan allí: y lo postrero del tal hombre es peor que lo primero.
27 And it came about that when he said these things, a certain woman among the people said in a loud voice, Happy is the body which gave you birth, and the breasts from which you took milk.
27 Y aconteció que diciendo estas cosas, una mujer de la compañía, levantando la voz, le dijo: Bienaventurado el vientre que te trajo, y los pechos que mamaste.
28 But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.
28 Y él dijo: Antes bienaventurados los que oyen la palabra de Dios, y la guardan.
29 And when a great number of people came together to him, he said, This generation is an evil generation: it is looking for a sign and no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.
29 Y juntándose las gentes á él, comenzó á decir: Esta generación mala es: señal busca, mas señal no le será dada, sino la señal de Jonás.
30 For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of man be to this generation.
30 Porque como Jonás fué señal á los Ninivitas, así también será el Hijo del hombre á esta generación.
31 The queen of the South will come up on the day of judging and give her decision against the men of this generation: for she came from the ends of the earth to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon; and now something greater than Solomon is here.
31 La reina del Austro se levantará en juicio con los hombres de esta generación, y los condenará; porque vino de los fines de la tierra á oir la sabiduría de Salomón; y he aquí más que Salomón en este lugar.
32 The men of Nineveh will come up in the day of judging and give their decision against this generation: for they were turned away from their sins at the preaching of Jonah; but now something greater than Jonah is here.
32 Los hombres de Nínive se levantarán en juicio con esta generación, y la condenarán; porque á la predicación de Jonás se arrepintieron; y he aquí más que Jonás en este lugar.
33 No man, when the light has been lighted, puts it in a secret place, or under a vessel, but on its table, so that those who come in may see the light.
33 Nadie pone en oculto la antorcha encendida, ni debajo del almud, sino en el candelero, para que los que entran vean la luz.
34 The light of the body is the eye: when your eye is true, all your body is full of light; but when it is evil, your body is dark.
34 La antorcha del cuerpo es el ojo: pues si tu ojo fuere simple, también todo tu cuerpo será resplandeciente; mas si fuere malo, también tu cuerpo será tenebroso.
35 So take care that the light which is in you is not dark.
35 Mira pues, si la lumbre que en ti hay, es tinieblas.
36 If, then, all your body is light, with no part of it dark, it will be completely full of light, as when a flame with its bright shining gives you light.
36 Así que, [siendo] todo tu cuerpo resplandeciente, no teniendo alguna parte de tinieblas, será todo luminoso, como cuando una antorcha de resplandor te alumbra.
37 Now, while he was talking, a Pharisee made a request that he would come to a meal with him; and he went in and took his seat at the meal.
37 Y luego que hubo hablado, rogóle un Fariseo que comiese con él: y entrado Jesús, se sentó á la mesa.
38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he was surprised because he came to the meal without first washing himself.
38 Y el Fariseo, como lo vió, maravillóse de que no se lavó antes de comer.
39 And the Lord said to him, You Pharisees make the outside of the cup and the plate clean; but inside you are thieves and full of evil.
39 Y el Señor le dijo: Ahora vosotros los Fariseos lo de fuera del vaso y del plato limpiáis; mas lo interior de vosotros está lleno de rapiña y de maldad.
40 O you foolish ones! did not he who made the outside in the same way make the inside?
40 Necios, ¿el que hizo lo de fuera, no hizo también lo de dentro?
41 But if you give to the poor such things as you are able, then all things are clean to you.
41 Empero de lo que os resta, dad limosna; y he aquí todo os será limpio.
42 But a curse is on you, Pharisees! for you make men give a tenth of every sort of plant, and give no thought to right and the love of God; but it is right for you to do these things, and not let the others be undone.
42 Mas ¡ay de vosotros, Fariseos! que diezmáis la menta, y la ruda, y toda hortaliza; mas el juicio y la caridad de Dios pasáis de largo. Pues estas cosas era necesario hacer, y no dejar las otras.
43 A curse is on you, Pharisees! for your desires are for the most important seats in the Synagogues and for words of respect said to you in the market-place.
43 ¡Ay de vosotros, Fariseos! que amáis las primeras sillas en las sinagogas, y las salutaciones en las plazas.
44 A curse is on you! for you are like the resting-places of dead men, which are not seen, and men go walking over them without knowledge of it.
44 ¡Ay de vosotros, escribas y Fariseos, hipócritas! que sois como sepulcros que no se ven, y los hombres que andan encima no lo saben.
45 And one of the teachers of the law, answering, said to him, Master, in saying this, you give a bad name to us as to them.
45 Y respondiendo uno de los doctores de la ley, le dice: Maestro, cuando dices esto, también nos afrentas á nosotros.
46 And he said, A curse is on you, teachers of the law! for while other men are crushed under the weight of the rules you make for them, you yourselves do not put so much as one finger to them.
46 Y él dijo: ¡Ay de vosotros también, doctores de la ley! que cargáis á los hombres con cargas que no pueden llevar; mas vosotros ni aun con un dedo tocáis las cargas.
47 A curse is on you! for you make resting-places for the bodies of the prophets, but your fathers put them to death.
47 ¡Ay de vosotros! que edificáis los sepulcros de los profetas, y los mataron vuestros padres.
48 So you are witnesses and give approval to the work of your fathers; for they put them to death and you make their last resting-places.
48 De cierto dais testimonio que consentís en los hechos de vuestros padres; porque á la verdad ellos los mataron, mas vosotros edificáis sus sepulcros.
49 For this reason the wisdom of God has said, I will send them prophets and teachers, and to some of them they will give death and cruel pains;
49 Por tanto, la sabiduría de Dios también dijo: Enviaré á ellos profetas y apóstoles; y de ellos [á unos] matarán y [á otros] perseguirán;
50 So that punishment may come on this generation for the blood of all the prophets which was given from the earliest days;
50 Para que de esta generación sea demandada la sangre de todos los profetas, que ha sido derramada desde la fundación del mundo;
51 From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who was put to death between the altar and the Temple. Yes, I say to you, It will come on this generation.
51 Desde la sangre de Abel, hasta la sangre de Zacarías, que murió entre el altar y el templo: así os digo, será demandada de esta generación.
52 A curse is on you, teachers of the law! for you have taken away the key of knowledge: you did not go in yourselves, and you got in the way of those who were going in.
52 ¡Ay de vosotros, doctores de la ley! que habéis quitado la llave de la ciencia; vosotros mismos no entrasteis, y á los que entraban impedisteis.
53 And when he had come out of that place, the scribes and the Pharisees came round him angrily, questioning him about more things;
53 Y diciéndoles estas cosas, los escribas y los Fariseos comenzaron á apretar[le] en gran manera, y á provocarle á que hablase de muchas cosas;
54 And watching him, for a chance to get something from his words which might be used against him.
54 Acechándole, y procurando cazar algo de su boca para acusarle.
Cross references (53)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 19:14; Romans 8:26–27; Luke 22:39–45; Jude 20; Luke 6:12
- 2 Matthew 6:6–15; Ecclesiastes 5:2; Psalm 72:18–19; Revelation 15:4; Psalm 11:4
- 3 Matthew 6:11; Matthew 6:34; Proverbs 30:8; Exodus 16:15–22; Isaiah 33:16
- 4 Matthew 6:12–15; Matthew 26:41; Isaiah 43:25–26; Colossians 3:13; Matthew 18:35
- 5 Luke 18:1–8
- 7 Luke 13:25; Luke 7:6; Galatians 6:17; Matthew 25:10
- 8 Genesis 32:26; Colossians 4:12; Romans 15:30; Luke 18:1–8; Matthew 15:22–28
- 9 Mark 11:24; John 16:23–24; Matthew 21:22; John 15:16; John 15:7
- 10 James 4:3; Lamentations 3:18; Lamentations 3:54–58; Jonah 2:2–8; Psalm 31:22
- 11 Matthew 7:9; Isaiah 49:15
- 12 Ezekiel 2:6; Revelation 9:10; Luke 10:19
- 13 Matthew 7:11; Isaiah 44:3–4; Romans 8:32; John 4:10; Proverbs 1:23
- 14 Matthew 9:32–34; Matthew 12:22–24; Mark 7:32–37
- 15 Matthew 9:34; John 10:20; John 8:48; John 7:20; Matthew 10:25
- 16 1 Corinthians 1:22; Matthew 16:1–4; John 6:30; Mark 8:11–12; Matthew 12:38–39
- 17 Mark 3:23–27; Matthew 12:25–29; Isaiah 19:2–3; John 2:25; Isaiah 9:20–21
- 18 Matthew 12:26; Matthew 12:31–34; Luke 11:15; Matthew 4:10; James 3:5–8
- 19 Luke 9:49; Job 15:6; Luke 11:31–32; Romans 3:19; Matthew 12:27–28
- 20 Exodus 8:19; Matthew 12:28; Luke 10:9; Matthew 3:2; Luke 10:11
- 21 Mark 3:27; Matthew 12:29
- 22 Isaiah 49:24–25; Isaiah 53:12; Genesis 3:15; 1 John 3:8; 1 John 4:4
- 23 Matthew 12:30; Luke 9:50; Revelation 3:15–16; Mark 9:40
- 24 Matthew 12:43–45; 1 Peter 5:8; Job 2:2; Psalm 63:1; Mark 5:10
- 25 Jude 8–13; 2 Thessalonians 2:9–12; 2 Peter 2:10–19; Matthew 12:44–45; Psalm 36:3
- 26 2 Peter 2:20–22; John 5:14; Zephaniah 1:6; Matthew 12:45; Hebrews 6:4–8
- 27 Luke 23:29; Luke 1:42; Luke 1:48; Luke 1:28
- 28 Luke 6:47–48; Luke 8:21; Psalm 112:1; James 1:21–25; John 13:17
- 29 Luke 11:16; Mark 8:11–12; Matthew 12:38–42; 1 Corinthians 1:22; Luke 12:1
- 30 Matthew 12:40–42; Jonah 3:2–10; Luke 24:46–47; Jonah 1:17; Jonah 2:10
- 31 2 Chronicles 9:1; 1 Kings 10:1–13; Romans 2:27; Jeremiah 3:11; Luke 3:22
- 32 Jonah 3:5–4:4; Luke 11:31; Jonah 4:9; Jonah 1:2–3; Hebrews 7:26
- 33 Luke 8:16–17; Mark 4:21–22; Matthew 5:15–16; John 12:46; Philippians 2:15–16
- 34 Matthew 6:22–23; Acts 26:18; Jeremiah 5:21; Romans 11:8–10; Psalm 119:18
- 35 Proverbs 16:25; 2 Peter 1:9; James 3:13–17; 1 Corinthians 1:19–21; Revelation 3:17
- 36 Proverbs 20:27; Proverbs 6:23; Proverbs 4:18–19; 2 Corinthians 4:6; 2 Peter 3:18
- 37 Luke 7:36; 1 Corinthians 9:19–23; Luke 14:1
- 38 Matthew 15:2–3; John 3:25; Mark 7:2–5
- 39 Titus 1:15; Luke 16:15; Genesis 6:5; Matthew 7:15; Proverbs 30:12
- 40 Luke 12:20; 1 Corinthians 15:36; Matthew 23:26; Matthew 23:17; Proverbs 1:22
- 41 Luke 12:33; James 1:27; Titus 1:15; Acts 10:15; Luke 16:9
- 42 Matthew 23:23; Proverbs 21:3; Luke 18:12; 1 John 4:20; Deuteronomy 10:12–13
- 43 Luke 20:46; Mark 12:38–39; Matthew 23:6–7; Luke 14:7–11; Proverbs 16:18
- 44 Matthew 23:27–28; Acts 23:3; Psalm 5:9; Numbers 19:16; Hosea 9:8
- 45 Matthew 22:35; John 9:40; 1 Kings 22:8; Jeremiah 20:8; Luke 11:46
- 46 Matthew 23:2–4; Isaiah 10:1; Luke 11:52; Galatians 6:13; Luke 11:45
- 47 Acts 7:51; 1 Thessalonians 2:15; Matthew 23:29–33
- 48 James 5:10; 2 Chronicles 36:16; Matthew 23:31; Matthew 21:35–38; Acts 7:51–52
- 49 1 Corinthians 1:30; Colossians 2:3; Ephesians 4:11; 1 Corinthians 1:24; Acts 8:3
- 50 Genesis 9:5–6; 2 Kings 24:4; Revelation 18:20–24; Numbers 35:33; Isaiah 26:21
- 51 2 Chronicles 24:20–22; Matthew 23:35; Hebrews 11:4; Genesis 4:8–11; Zechariah 1:1
- 52 Matthew 23:13; Malachi 2:7; Acts 4:17–18; Luke 11:45–46; John 9:24–34
- 53 Jeremiah 20:10; Luke 20:20; Luke 20:27; Jeremiah 18:18; 1 Corinthians 13:5
- 54 Mark 12:13; Matthew 22:35; Matthew 22:15; Psalm 37:32–33; Luke 20:20
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We have heard our Lord, the Heavenly Master, and most faithful Counsellor exhorting us, who at once exhorteth us to ask, and giveth when we ask. We have heard Him in the Gospel exhorting us to ask instantly, and to knock even after the likeness of intrusive importunity.
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Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation." He thus points out the recapitulation that should take place in his own person of the effusion of blood from the beginning, of all the righteous men and of the prophets, and that by means of Himself there should be a requisition of their blood.
Or if he ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If ye then," saith He, "though ye be evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask Him?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
Whereas, if they were in discord, neither could this have been pointed out, and the doctrine itself had long since been brought to nought: "for every kingdom," saith He, "divided against itself shall not stand." But now even in this shines forth the might of the Spirit, namely, in that it prevailed on these men, engaged as they were in …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
And that this grace is from the Father, He thus states, How much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)