Luke 11:13
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give Ruach haKodesh [Spirit, Breath of the Holiness] to those who ask him?”
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In Context
12Or if he asks for an egg, he won’t give him a scorpion, will he?
Cross References
Genesis 6:5Adonai saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was continually only evil.
Proverbs 1:23Turn at my reproof. 2 Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. 2 I will make known my words to you. 1
Isaiah 49:15“Can a woman forget her nursing child, 2 that she should not have racham ·compassionate love· on the son of her womb? 1 Yes, these may forget, 2 yet I will not forget you! 1
Matthew 5:45that you may be children of 'Avikah shebashamayim ·your Father in Heaven·. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
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 →