Luke 11

Luke 11 is the eleventh chapter of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records several parables and teachings told by Jesus Christ.^[1] The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke composed this Gospel as well as Acts.^[2]

Text

• The original text is written in Koine Greek.
• Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter are:
  • Papyrus 75 (written about AD 175-225)
  • Papyrus 45 (ca. AD 250)
  • Codex Vaticanus (AD 325-350)
  • Codex Sinaiticus (AD 330-360)
  • Codex Bezae (ca. AD 400)
  • Codex Washingtonianus (ca. AD 400)
  • Codex Alexandrinus (ca. AD 400-440)
  • Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (ca. AD 450)
• This chapter is divided into 54 verses.

Structure

This chapter can be grouped (with cross references to other parts of the Bible):

• Luke 11:1-4 = The Model Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13)
• Luke 11:5-8 = A Friend Comes at Midnight (Matthew 7:7-11)
• Luke 11:9-13 = Keep Asking, Seeking, Knocking
• Luke 11:14-23 = Exorcising the blind and mute man (Matthew 12:22-30; Mark 3:22-27)
• Luke 11:24-26 = An unclean spirit Returns (Matthew 12:43-45)
• Luke 11:27-28 = Keeping the Word
• Luke 11:29-32 = Seeking a Sign (Matthew 12:38-42; Matthew 16:1-4)
• Luke 11:33-36 = The Lamp of the Body
• Luke 11:37-54 = Woe to the Pharisees and Lawyers (Matthew 23:1-36; Mark 12:38-40; Luke 20:45-47)

See also

• Jonah
• Lord's Prayer
• Ministry of Jesus
• Other related Bible parts: Jonah 1; Matthew 6, 7, 12, 16, 23; Mark 3, 12; Luke 20

References

1. ↑ Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
2. ↑ Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.

External links

• Luke 11 NIV