Verse 37
Luke 11:37
New Living Translation
37
As Yashua (Jesus) was speaking, one of the Pharisees invited him home for a meal. So he went in and took his place at the table.
Original Language Text
greek
Ἐν δὲ τῷ λαλῆσαι ⸀ἐρωτᾷ αὐτὸν ⸀Φαρισαῖος ὅπως ἀριστήσῃ παρ’ αὐτῷ· εἰσελθὼν δὲ ἀνέπεσεν.
English Translation
And while he was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him; and he entered and reclined.
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Chapter 11 Context
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Once Yashua (Jesus) was in a certain place praying. As he finished, one of his disciples came to him...
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Yashua (Jesus) said, “This is how you should pray: “Father, may your name be kept holy.<br>May your...
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Give us each day the food we need,<br>
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and forgive us our sins,<br>as we forgive those who sin against us.<br>And don’t let us yield to tem...
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Then, teaching them more about prayer, he used this story: “Suppose you went to a friend’s house at...
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‘A friend of mine has just arrived for a visit, and I have nothing for him to eat.’
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And suppose he calls out from his bedroom, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is locked for the night, and m...
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But I tell you this — though he won’t do it for friendship’s sake, if you keep knocking long enough,...
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“And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you...
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10
For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door wil...
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11
“You fathers — if your children ask for a fish, do you give them a snake instead?
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Or if they ask for an egg, do you give them a scorpion? Of course not!
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So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heaven...
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14
One day Yashua (Jesus) cast out a demon from a man who couldn’t speak, and when the demon was gone,...
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but some of them said, “No wonder he can cast out demons. He gets his power from Satan, the prince o...
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Others, trying to test Yashua (Jesus), demanded that he show them a miraculous sign from heaven to p...
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He knew their thoughts, so he said, “Any kingdom divided by civil war is doomed. A family splintered...
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18
You say I am empowered by Satan. But if Satan is divided and fighting against himself, how can his k...
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19
And if I am empowered by Satan, what about your own exorcists? They cast out demons, too, so they wi...
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But if I am casting out demons by the power of God (Elohim), then the Kingdom of God (Elohim) has ar...
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21
For when a strong man is fully armed and guards his palace, his possessions are safe —
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until someone even stronger attacks and overpowers him, strips him of his weapons, and carries off h...
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23
“Anyone who isn’t with me opposes me, and anyone who isn’t working with me is actually working again...
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24
“When an evil spirit leaves a person, it goes into the desert, searching for rest. But when it finds...
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25
So it returns and finds that its former home is all swept and in order.
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Then the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they all enter the person and l...
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As he was speaking, a woman in the crowd called out, “God (Elohim) bless your mother — the womb from...
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Yashua (Jesus) replied, “But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God (Elohim) and put it...
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29
As the crowd pressed in on Yashua (Jesus), he said, “This evil generation keeps asking me to show th...
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30
What happened to him was a sign to the people of Nineveh that God (Elohim) had sent him. What happen...
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31
“The queen of Sheba will stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for she ca...
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32
The people of Nineveh will also stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for...
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33
“No one lights a lamp and then hides it or puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a st...
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“Your eye is like a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole bod...
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35
Make sure that the light you think you have is not actually darkness.
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36
If you are filled with light, with no dark corners, then your whole life will be radiant, as though...
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37
As Yashua (Jesus) was speaking, one of the Pharisees invited him home for a meal. So he went in and...
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His host was amazed to see that he sat down to eat without first performing the hand-washing ceremon...
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Then the Lord said to him, “You Pharisees are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dis...
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40
Fools! Didn’t God (Elohim) make the inside as well as the outside?
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41
So clean the inside by giving gifts to the poor, and you will be clean all over.
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42
“What sorrow awaits you Pharisees! For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest income from your he...
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43
“What sorrow awaits you Pharisees! For you love to sit in the seats of honor in the synagogues and r...
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Yes, what sorrow awaits you! For you are like hidden graves in a field. People walk over them withou...
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“Teacher,” said an expert in religious law, “you have insulted us, too, in what you just said.”
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“Yes,” said Yashua (Jesus), “what sorrow also awaits you experts in religious law! For you crush peo...
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47
What sorrow awaits you! For you build monuments for the prophets your own ancestors killed long ago.
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48
But in fact, you stand as witnesses who agree with what your ancestors did. They killed the prophets...
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This is what God (Elohim) in his wisdom said about you: ‘I will send prophets and apostles to them,...
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“As a result, this generation will be held responsible for the murder of all God (Elohim)’s prophets...
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from the murder of Abel to the murder of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctua...
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“What sorrow awaits you experts in religious law! For you remove the key to knowledge from the peopl...
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As Yashua (Jesus) was leaving, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees became hostile and tr...
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They wanted to trap him into saying something they could use against him.
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