Luke 11:13
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
13 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit[a] to those who ask him!”
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- Luke 11:13 Other ancient authorities read the Father give the Holy Spirit from heaven
Luke 11:13
Authorized (King James) Version
13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
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Luke 11:13
New English Translation
13 If you then, although you are[a] evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit[b] to those who ask him!”
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- Luke 11:13 tn The participle ὑπάρχοντες (huparchontes) has been translated as a concessive participle.
- Luke 11:13 sn The provision of the Holy Spirit is probably a reference to the wisdom and guidance supplied in response to repeated requests. Some apply it to the general provision of the Spirit, but this would seem to look only at one request in a context that speaks of repeated asking. The teaching as a whole stresses not that God gives everything his children want, but that God gives the good that they need. The parallel account in Matthew (7:11) refers to good things where Luke mentions the Holy Spirit.
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