[[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[Luke Overview]] [[Luke 10]] [[Luke 12]] # Luke 11 📖 > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] [[#🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application]] [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts]] [[#🔗 Related Passages]] [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ### Instructions on Prayer **Principle**: [[#Verse 01.]] Now Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”  [[#Verse 02.]] So he said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, may your name be honored; may your kingdom come. [[#Verse 03.]] Give us each day our daily bread, [[#Verse 04.]] and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And do not lead us into temptation.” [[#Verse 05.]] Then he said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to himat midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,  [[#Verse 06.]] because a friend of mine has stopped here while on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.’  [[#Verse 07.]] Then he will reply from inside, ‘Do not bother me. The door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything.’  [[#Verse 08.]] I tell you, even though the man inside will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of the first man’s sheer persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs. [[#Verse 09.]] “So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.  [[#Verse 10.]] For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.  [[#Verse 11.]] What father among you, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?  [[#Verse 12.]] Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?  [[#Verse 13.]] If you then, although you 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!” ### Jesus and Beelzebul **Principle**: [[#Verse 14.]] Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the man who had been mute began to speak, and the crowds were amazed.  [[#Verse 15.]] But some of them said, “By the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons, he casts out demons!”  [[#Verse 16.]] Others, to test him, began asking for a signfrom heaven.  [[#Verse 17.]] But Jesus, realizing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and a divided household falls. [[#Verse 18.]] So if Satan too is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? I ask you this because you claim that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.  [[#Verse 19.]] Now if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.  [[#Verse 20.]] But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has already overtaken you.  [[#Verse 21.]] When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his possessions are safe.  [[#Verse 22.]] But when a stronger man attacks and conquers him, he takes away the first man’s armor on which the man relied and divides up his plunder.  [[#Verse 23.]] Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. ### Response to Jesus’ Work **Principle**: [[#Verse 24.]] “When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but not finding any. Then it says, ‘I will return to the home I left.’  [[#Verse 25.]] When it returns, it finds the house swept clean and put in order. [[#Verse 26.]] Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first.” [[#Verse 27.]] As he said these things, a woman in the crowd spoke out to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you and the breasts at which you nursed!”  [[#Verse 28.]] But he replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!” ### The Sign of Jonah **Principle**: [[#Verse 29.]] As the crowds were increasing, Jesus began to say, “This generation is a wicked generation; it looks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.  [[#Verse 30.]] For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh,so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.  [[#Verse 31.]] The queen of the Southwill rise up at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon—and now, something greater than Solomon is here!  [[#Verse 32.]] The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them—and now, something greater than Jonah is here! ### Internal Light **Principle**: [[#Verse 33.]] “No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place or under a basket,but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light. [[#Verse 34.]] Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is diseased, your body is full of darkness.  [[#Verse 35.]] Therefore see to it that the light in you is not darkness.  [[#Verse 36.]] If then your whole body is full of light, with no part in the dark, it will be as full of light as when the light of a lamp shines on you.” ### Rebuking the Pharisees and Experts in the Law **Principle**: [[#Verse 37.]] As he spoke, a Pharisee invited Jesus to have a meal with him, so he went in and took his place at the table.  [[#Verse 38.]] The Pharisee was astonished when he saw that Jesus did not first wash his hands before the meal.  [[#Verse 39.]] But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.  [[#Verse 40.]] You fools! Didn’t the one who made the outside make the inside as well?  [[#Verse 41.]] But give from your heart to those in need, and then everything will be clean for you. [[#Verse 42.]] “But woe to you Pharisees! You give a tenth of your mint, rue, and every herb, yet you neglect justice and love for God! But you should have done these things without neglecting the others.  [[#Verse 43.]] Woe to you Pharisees! You love the best seats in the synagogues and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces!  [[#Verse 44.]] Woe to you! You are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without realizing it!” [[#Verse 45.]] One of the experts in religious law answered him, “Teacher, when you say these things you insult us too.”  [[#Verse 46.]] But Jesus replied, “Woe to you experts in religious law as well! You load people down with burdens difficult to bear, yet you yourselves refuse to touch the burdens with even one of your fingers!  [[#Verse 47.]] Woe to you! You build the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors killed.  [[#Verse 48.]] So you testify that you approve of the deeds of your ancestors, because they killed the prophets and you build their tombs!  [[#Verse 49.]] For this reason also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’  [[#Verse 50.]] so that this generation may be held accountable for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world,  [[#Verse 51.]] from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah,who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against this generation.  [[#Verse 52.]] Woe to you experts in religious law! You have taken away the key to knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you hindered those who were going in.” [[#Verse 53.]] When he went out from there, the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly, and to ask him hostile questions about many things,  [[#Verse 54.]] plotting against him, to catch him in something he might say. ## ==📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary== ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ###### Verse 18. ###### Verse 19. ###### Verse 20. ###### Verse 21. ###### Verse 22. ###### Verse 23. ###### Verse 24. ###### Verse 25. ###### Verse 26. ###### Verse 27. ###### Verse 28. ###### Verse 29. ###### Verse 30. ###### Verse 31. ###### Verse 32. ###### Verse 33. ###### Verse 34. ###### Verse 35. ###### Verse 36. ###### Verse 37. ###### Verse 38. ###### Verse 39. ###### Verse 40. ###### Verse 41. ###### Verse 42. ###### Verse 43. ###### Verse 44. ###### Verse 45. ###### Verse 46. ###### Verse 47. ###### Verse 48. ###### Verse 49. ###### Verse 50. ###### Verse 51. ###### Verse 52. ###### Verse 53. ###### Verse 54. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write down things that are not straight from commentary but interesting facts that ground the text in history. %% ## 🧠 Chapter Summary - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write a short paragraph (3–5 sentences) summarizing what happens in this chapter. - What is the main event or teaching? - How does this chapter fit the book’s overall story? - What stands out immediately? Anything Apologetic to point out? %% ## 🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📌 Observation 1 - 📌 Observation 2 - 📌 Observation 3 - (Add more as needed.) #### Today, I can apply this chapter by: - ✅ Application 1 - ✅ Application 2 Make these very practical: - "Trust God's timing in an uncertain situation." - "Speak truth even when it’s unpopular." Think: - What do we learn about God here? - What do we learn about people? - Are there promises, commands, or warnings? %% ##### Today, I can apply this chapter by: - ✅ Coming Soon. - ✅ Coming Soon. ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of important verse." - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of another important verse." (You can link to deeper notes if you want later.) %% ## 🔗 Related Passages - 🔗 coming soon. - 🔗 coming soon. %% Examples: - John 1:1 and Genesis 1 - Romans 5 and Genesis 3 %% ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write 3–6 sentences reflecting on: - How this chapter encourages your faith, - Convicts your heart, - Reveals God's character. Optional format: "In light of this chapter, I am challenged to..." or "I am comforted by..." %% ##### 📂 Internal Links/Personal Notes