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Whom were Jesus's woes in this chapter spoken to?

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Here is each woe as Luke gives it. Jesus was at the table of "a certain Pharisee" (11:37), and "The Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter" (11:39). Two woes are to "you Pharisees" (11:42, 11:43), and the third is "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!" (11:44) (tap woe). Then "One of the lawyers answered him, “Teacher, in saying this you insult us also.”" (11:45), and Jesus said, "Woe to you lawyers also!" (11:46). The next woe is "Woe to you!" (11:47), and the last "Woe to you lawyers!" (11:52). Luke says, "As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry" (11:53). Luke doesn't say whether every Pharisee, scribe or lawyer of that day did what the woes name, and these notes don't either. They make Jesus's words a verdict on no people, church or group today.

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Luke 11: Lord, teach us to pray

One of his disciples asked, "Lord, teach us to pray", when Jesus had finished praying. The words he gave them begin with "Our Father", and his teaching on asking ends with a father too: "how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"

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