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Luke 11:1-13
NIV
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,hallowed be
your name, your kingdom come.
3 Give us each day our daily bread.
4 Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins
against us. And lead us not into temptation.' "
5 Then he said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and
he goes to him at midnight and says, 'Friend, lend me three loaves
of bread,
6 because a friend of mine on a
journey has come to me, and I have nothing to set before him.'
7 "Then the one inside answers, 'Don't bother me. The door is
already locked, and my children are with me in bed. I can't get up
and give you anything.'
8 I tell you, though he will
not get up and give him the bread because he is his friend, yet
because of the man's boldness 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 the door will be opened to you.
10 For everyone who asks
receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will
be opened.
11 "Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will
give him a snake instead?
12 Or if he asks for an egg,
will give him a scorpion?
13 If you then, though you are
evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more
will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask
him!"
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