The KJV Holy Bible

 

Luke Chapter Eleven

 

1 And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.

3 Give us day by day our daily bread.

4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

5 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;

6 For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?

7 And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.

8 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.

9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

14 And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered.

15 But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils.

16 And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.

17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth.

18 If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.

19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.

20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.

21 When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:

22 But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.

23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

24 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.

25 And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.

26 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.

27 And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.

28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

29 And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.

30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

32 The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.

33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.

34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.

35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

36 If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.

37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.

38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.

39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.

40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?

41 But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.

42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.

44 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.

45 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.

46 And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

47 Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.

49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:

50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

51 From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.

52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.

53 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:

54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

 

 

Esoteric Interpretation & Commentary

 

The Hermetic Blueprint of Luke Chapter Eleven: The Mechanics of Prayer and the Unified Mind 

"Luke Chapter Eleven reveals the precise Alchemical formula for accessing the Superconscious Source. It demonstrates that Magickal Intention requires relentless persistence, warns against a fractured internal kingdom, and violently condemns the rigid, intellectual hypocrisy of the lower Ego that blocks the Divine Light from illuminating the Microcosm."

 

 

Verses 1-4: The Alchemical Formula of Prayer and Alignment - "And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray... And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth..." 

This prayer is not a petition to an external deity, but a precise Hermetic formula for Aligning the Microcosm. Acknowledging the Father in heaven establishes the Sovereign Will of the Superconscious Source. Commanding the kingdom to come and Will to be done perfectly Aligns the material plane of the Psyche (earth) with the Divine frequency (heaven). Asking for daily bread represents drawing exactly the necessary Spiritual Vitality for the current cycle. Forgiving debts establishes the Law of Energetic Equilibrium, clearing Karmic blockages so the Divine Light can flow unimpeded.

 

 

Verses 5-13: Relentless Intention and the Gift of the Spirit - "And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you... If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?" 

The parable of the friend at midnight teaches the Alchemical necessity of absolute, relentless persistence. The Conscious Will cannot passively wait for Spiritual Illumination; it must actively knock upon the doors of the Subconscious. If the lower, mundane Intellect (being evil) understands how to sustain its own Thought-forms, the Superconscious Source is infinitely more capable of flooding the Mind with the Holy Spirit. This proves that the Divine Light always responds to persistent, focused Magickal Intention.

 

 

Verses 14-26: The Unified Psyche and the Danger of the Empty House - "But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation... When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came..." 

The orthodox Ego accuses the Christ Consciousness of using dark Astral magic (Beelzebub). The Logos refutes this, establishing the Law of Internal Unity: a Microcosm divided by conflicting desires will Alchemically collapse. The expulsion of the unclean spirit warns of a critical danger in the Great Work. When a toxic Passion is purged, the Mind (the house) is swept clean. If the Conscious Intellect does not immediately fill that void with High-frequency Superconscious Energy, the chaotic Astral forces will return amplified, completely overwhelming the empty Receptive Faculties.

 

 

Verses 33-36: The Lamp of the Mind and the Single Eye - "No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light..." 

The single eye represents absolute, unwavering Spiritual Focus and the awakened inner vision (the seat of Higher Consciousness). When the internal Vision is singular and uncorrupted by dualistic earthly logic, the entire Microcosm is saturated with the Divine Light. The Conscious Mind must actively place this illumination on a candlestick—meaning it must elevate its Spiritual Truths to govern every internal operation, never allowing the lower Ego to hide or suppress the new Vibrational awareness.

 

 

Verses 37-54: The Condemnation of the Orthodox Ego - "And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him... And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness... Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge..." 

The Pharisees and lawyers represent the most rigid, dogmatic structures of the mundane Intellect. They meticulously maintain the external appearance of piety (washing the outside of the cup) while their Subconscious remains entirely polluted by selfish Ego. The Divine Light violently rebukes this internal hypocrisy. The greatest crime of this orthodox Intellect is taking away the "key of knowledge"—deliberately blocking the intuitive Receptive Faculties from accessing pure Esoteric Wisdom and preventing the Soul from ascending to the Superconscious Source.