Luke 11:13
If, then, you, being evil, have known to be giving good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father who is from Heaven give the Holy Spirit to those asking Him!”
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
12And [if] he may ask [for] an egg, will present to him a scorpion?
Cross References
Genesis 6:5And YHWH sees that the wickedness of man [is] abundant in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart [is] only evil every day;
Job 15:14What [is] man that he is pure, || And that he is righteous, one born of woman?
Proverbs 1:23Turn back at my reproof, behold, || I pour forth my spirit to you, || I make known my words with you.
Isaiah 49:15“Does a woman forget her suckling, || The loved one—the son of her womb? Indeed, these forget—but I do not forget you.
Joel 2:28And it has come to pass afterward, || I pour out My Spirit on all flesh, || And your sons and your daughters have prophesied, || Your old men dream dreams, || Your young men see visions.
Matthew 5:45that you may be sons of your Father in the heavens, because He causes His sun to rise on evil and good, and He sends rain on righteous and unrighteous.
Matthew Henry on Luke 11:2-14
The Disciples Taught to Pray. 1 And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. 2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. 3 Give us day by day our daily bread. 4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into… Read the whole commentary →