Luke 11:1-10

Jesus’ Teaching on Prayer

1 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”

2 He said to them, “When you pray, say: “ ‘Father, ^[a] hallowed be your name, your kingdom come.^[b]

3 Give us each day our daily bread.

4 Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. ^[c] And lead us not into temptation. ^[d] ’ ”

5 Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread;

6 a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’

7 And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’

8 I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity^[e] he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.

9 “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

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

Cross References

• 1. S Luke 3:21
• 2. S John 13:13
• 3. S Matthew 3:2
• 4. Matthew 18:35; Mark 11:25
• 5. Matthew 26:41; James 1:13
• 6. Luke 18:1-6
• 7. S Matthew 7:7

Footnotes

• [a] Some manuscripts "Our Father in heaven"
• [b] Some manuscripts "come. May your will be done on earth as it is in heaven."
• [c] Greek "everyone who is indebted to us"
• [d] Some manuscripts "temptation, but deliver us from the evil one"
• [e] Or "yet to preserve his good name"