Luke 11:5-13

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5 Then He said to them, “Which of you has a friend and will go to him at midnight and say 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 ¹and I are in bed; I cannot rise up and give you anything.’ 8 I tell you, even though he will not arise and give him anything because he is his friend, yet ^abecause of his ¹persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
9 “So I say to you, ¹^aask, and it will be given to you; ²seek, and you will find; ³knock, 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 But what father among you, if his son asks for a ¹fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish? 12 Or, if his son asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 ^aIf you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your ¹heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?”

Luke 18:1-8

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Parables on Prayer

Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ^aought to pray and not to ^blose heart, 2 saying, “In a certain city there was a certain judge who did not fear God and did not ^arespect man. 3 Now there was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me justice from my opponent.’ 4 And for a while he was unwilling; but afterward he said to himself, ‘Even though I do not fear God nor ^arespect man, 5 yet ^abecause this widow is bothering me, I will give her justice, lest by continually coming she ¹^bwears me out.’” 6 And ^athe Lord said, “Hear what the unjust judge *said. 7 Now, will God not ^abring about justice for His ^belect who cry to Him day and night, ¹and will He ^cdelay long over them? 8 I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, ^awill He find that faith on the earth?”