Luke 11:1-13 ▼

1 It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, |Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.|

2 And He said to them, |When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.

3 Give us each day our daily bread.

4 And forgive us our sins, For we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.'|

5 Then He said to them, |Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves;

6 for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him';

7 and from inside he answers and says, 'Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you [anything].'

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

9 |So I say to you, ask, 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 |If 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?|