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⁵ He also said to them, ‘Suppose one of you^[a] has a friend and goes to him at midnight and says to him, “Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

⁸ I tell you, even though he won’t get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his friend’s shameless boldness,^[a] he will get up and give him as much as he needs.^(A)