Luke 11:5-13

5 And he said to them, “Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves,

6 for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’;

7 and he will answer from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything’?

8 I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything ¹because he is his friend, yet because of his impudence^[a] he will rise and give him whatever he needs.

9 And I tell you, ²ask, and ³it will be given to you; ⁴seek, and you will find; ⁵knock, and it will be opened to you.

10 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.

11 What father among you, if his son asks for^[b] 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, ⁶who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father ⁷give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him! ”

Cross References

• 1. 11:8 [ch. 18:1-6]
• 2. 11:9 For ver. 9-13, see Matt. 7:7-11
• 3. 11:9 Matt. 18:19; 21:22; Mark 11:24; John 14:13; 15:7, 16; 16:23, 24; James 1:5, 6, 17; 1 John 3:22; 5:14, 15
• 4. 11:9 1 Chr. 28:9; 2 Chr. 15:2; Prov. 8:17; Jer. 29:13; [Isa. 55:6]
• 5. 11:9 [Rev. 3:20]
• 6. 11:13 Gen. 6:5; 8:21; Matt. 12:34
• 7. 11:13 [John 4:10; Acts 2:38]

Footnotes

• [a] 11:8 Or 'persistence'
• [b] 11:11 Some manuscripts insert 'bread, will give him a stone; or if he asks for'