Luke 11:8-18

8 "I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet ¹because of his persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

9 "So I say to you, ²ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

10 "For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened.

11 "Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?

12 "Or if he is asked for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he?

13 "³If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly * Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?"

Pharisees' Blasphemy

14 ⁴And He was casting out a demon, and it was mute; when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds were amazed.

15 But some of them said, "He casts out demons ⁵by ⁶Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons."

16 Others, to test Him, ⁷were demanding of Him a sign from heaven.

17 ⁸But He knew their thoughts and said to them, "Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and a house divided against itself falls.

18 "If ⁹Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by ¹⁰Beelzebul.

Cross References

• 1. Luke 18:1-5
• 2. Luke 11:9-13: {Matthew 7:7-11}
• 3. Matthew 7:11; Luke 18:7
• 4. Luke 11:14, 15: {Matthew 12:22, 24;} Matthew 9:32-34
• 5. Matthew 9:34
• 6. Matthew 10:25
• 7. Matthew 12:38; Matthew 16:1; Mark 8:11
• 8. Luke 11:17-22: {Matthew 12:25-29; Mark 3:23-27}
• 9. Matthew 4:10
• 10. Matthew 10:25

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "shamelessness"
• [b] Or "keep asking"
• [c] Or "keep seeking"
• [d] Or "keep knocking"
• [e] Lit "which of you, a son, will ask the father"
• [f] Two early mss insert "loaf, he will not give him a stone, will he, or for a"
• [g] Lit "Father from heaven"
• [h] Lit "testing"
• [i] Or "attesting miracle"
• [j] Lit "every"
• [k] Lit "a house"