Luke 11:13

13 If you then, ¹who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father ²give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"

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Luke 11:13 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 11:13

If ye then being evil know how to give good gifts unto
your children (See Gill on Matthew 7:11).

How much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to
them that ask him?
instead of the Holy Spirit here, the Vulgate Latin version reads, "good Spirit", and so two copies of Beza's; and the Ethiopic version, "the good gift of the Holy Spirit"; and doubtless intends the gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit, in distinction from, and as preferable to the good things given by earthly parents, to their children.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Luke 11:13 In-Context

11 What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent;

12 or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

13 If you then, who 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!"

14 Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke, and the people marveled.

15 But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of demons,"

Cross References 2

1. Genesis 6:5; Genesis 8:21; Matthew 12:34
2. [John 4:10; Acts 2:38]

The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.

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