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11 If you then, evil as you are, know how to give good and [a]advantageous gifts to your children, how much more will your Father Who is in heaven [perfect as He is] give good and [b]advantageous things to those who [c]keep on asking Him!

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 7:11 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
  2. Matthew 7:11 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
  3. Matthew 7:11 Kenneth Wuest, Word Studies.

13 If you then, evil as you are, know how to give good gifts [gifts [a]that are to their advantage] to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask and [b]continue to ask Him!

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 11:13 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
  2. Luke 11:13 Charles B. Williams, The New Testament: A Translation: The idea of continuing or repeated action is often carried by the present imperative and present participles in Greek.

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