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Luke 11:5-8
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Ask, Seek, Knock

5 And he said to them, “Who of you will have a friend, and will go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves, 6 because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I do not have anything to set before him.’ 7 And that one will answer from inside and[a] say, ‘Do not cause me trouble! The door has already been shut and my children are with me in bed! I am not able to get up to give you anything.’[b] 8 I tell you, even if he does not give him anything[c] after he[d] gets up because he is his friend, at any rate because of his impudence[e] he will get up and[f] give him whatever he needs.

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  1. Luke 11:7 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“will answer”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Luke 11:7 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. Luke 11:8 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  4. Luke 11:8 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“gets up”) which is understood as temporal
  5. Luke 11:8 Or “shamelessness”; some translate as “persistence” based on the context, though this is not the normal meaning of the word
  6. Luke 11:8 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“will get up”) has been translated as a finite verb
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Luke 11:5-8
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5 Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; 6 a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’ 7 And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ 8 I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity[a] he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.(A)

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  1. Luke 11:8 Or yet to preserve his good name
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Luke 11:5-8
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5 Then, teaching them more about prayer, he used this story: “Suppose you went to a friend’s house at midnight, wanting to borrow three loaves of bread. You say to him, 6 ‘A friend of mine has just arrived for a visit, and I have nothing for him to eat.’ 7 And suppose he calls out from his bedroom, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is locked for the night, and my family and I are all in bed. I can’t help you.’ 8 But I tell you this—though he won’t do it for friendship’s sake, if you keep knocking long enough, he will get up and give you whatever you need because of your shameless persistence.[a]

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  1. 11:8 Or in order to avoid shame, or so his reputation won’t be damaged.
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