Luke · Young's Literal Translation
Luke 11 Young's Literal Translation
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1 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.'
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 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;
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 our appointed bread be giving us daily;
3 El pan nuestro de cada día, dános[lo] hoy.
4◆ 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.'
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 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,
5 Díjoles también: ¿Quién de vosotros tendrá un amigo, é irá á él á media noche, y le dirá: Amigo, préstame tres panes,
6 seeing a friend of mine came out of the way unto me, and I have not what I shall set before him,
6 Porque un amigo mío ha venido á mí de camino, y no tengo qué ponerle delante;
7 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.
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, 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;
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, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;
9 Y yo os digo: Pedid, y se os dará; buscad, y hallaréis; llamad, y os será abierto.
10 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.
10 Porque todo aquel que pide, recibe; y el que busca, halla; y al que llama, se abre.
11 '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 ¿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 and if he may ask an egg, will he present to him a scorpion?
12 O, si [le] pidiere un huevo, ¿le dará un escorpión?
13 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!'
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 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,
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 and certain of them said, 'By Beelzeboul, ruler of the demons, he doth cast forth the demons;'
15 Mas algunos de ellos decían: En Beelzebub, príncipe de los demonios, echa fuera los demonios.
16 and others, tempting, a sign out of heaven from him were asking.
16 Y otros, tentando, pedían de él señal del cielo.
17 And he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, 'Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated; and house against house doth fall;
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 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.
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 '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;
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 by the finger of God I cast forth the demons, then come unawares upon you did the reign of God.
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 may keep his hall, in peace are his goods;
21 Cuando el fuerte armado guarda su atrio, en paz está lo que posee.
22 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;
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 is not gathering with me doth scatter.
23 El que no es conmigo, contra mí es; y el que conmigo no recoge, desparrama.
24 '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;
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 having come, it findeth [it] swept and adorned;
25 Y viniendo, la halla barrida y adornada.
26 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.'
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 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!'
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 And he said, 'Yea, rather, happy those hearing the word of God, and keeping [it]!'
28 Y él dijo: Antes bienaventurados los que oyen la palabra de Dios, y la guardan.
29 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,
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 as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall 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 '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!
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 '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!
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 '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.
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 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;
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 take heed, then, lest the light that [is] in thee be darkness;
35 Mira pues, si la lumbre que en ti hay, es tinieblas.
36 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.'
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 And in [his] speaking, a certain Pharisee was asking him that he might dine with him, and having gone in, he reclined (at meat),
37 Y luego que hubo hablado, rogóle un Fariseo que comiese con él: y entrado Jesús, se sentó á la mesa.
38 and the Pharisee having seen, did wonder that he did not first baptize himself before the dinner.
38 Y el Fariseo, como lo vió, maravillóse de que no se lavó antes de comer.
39 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;
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 unthinking! did not He who made the outside also the inside make?
40 Necios, ¿el que hizo lo de fuera, no hizo también lo de dentro?
41 But what ye have give ye [as] alms, and, lo, all things are clean to you.
41 Empero de lo que os resta, dad limosna; y he aquí todo os será limpio.
42 'But woe 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.
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 'Woe to you, the Pharisees, because ye love the first seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the market-places.
43 ¡Ay de vosotros, Fariseos! que amáis las primeras sillas en las sinagogas, y las salutaciones en las plazas.
44 'Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because ye are as the unseen tombs, and the men walking above have not known.'
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 lawyers answering, saith to him, 'Teacher, these things saying, us also thou dost insult;'
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, 'And to you, the lawyers, woe! because ye burden men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves with one of your fingers do not touch the burdens.
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 'Woe to you, because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
47 ¡Ay de vosotros! que edificáis los sepulcros de los profetas, y los mataron vuestros padres.
48 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;
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 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,
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 that the blood of all the prophets, that is being poured forth from the foundation of the world, may be required from this generation;
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 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.
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 'Woe 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.'
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 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,
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 laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
54 Acechándole, y procurando cazar algo de su boca para acusarle.
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Cross references (53)
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- 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.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
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)