Luke 11:13

If, therefore, you, though you are ra'im (evil ones), have da'as (knowledge) of how to give matanot tovot (good gifts) to your yeladim, how much more will HaAv sh'ba'Shomayim give the Ruach Hakodesh to the ones asking him.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

12Or if the ben will ask for a beytzah (egg), will the av give him an akrav (scorpion)?

14And Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach was casting out a shed from an ish illem (mute man). And it came to pass when the shed had come out, the ish illem spoke, and the multitudes were amazed.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:5And Hashem saw that the wickedness of HaAdam was great in ha'aretz and that every yetzer (inclination) of the machshevot (thoughts) of his lev was only rah (evil) continually. + 6:5 Ro 7:18

Job 15:14What is enosh, that he should be pure [in the sight of Hashem]? 1 And he which is born of an isha, that yitzdak (he should be in the right)? 1

Proverbs 1:23Turn you at my tokhechah (reproof); hinei, 1 I will pour out my ruach unto you, 1 I will make known my devarim unto you. 1

Isaiah 49:15Can an isha forget her nursing baby, 1 that she should not have rachamim on her ben beten? 1 Indeed, they may forget, 1 yet I will not forget thee. 1

Matthew 5:45Do this so that you may become banim of your Av sh'ba'Shomayim, for His shemesh (sun) He makes to rise on the ra'im (evil ones) and the tovim (good ones), and He sends His geshem (rain) upon the tzaddikim (righteous ones) and the resha'im (unrighteous ones).

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 →

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