Luke 11:1–13

The Model Prayer

11He was praying ^min a certain place, and when He finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.” ⁿ

²He said to them, “Whenever you pray, say: ^o

Father, ^pq

Your name ^rbe honored as holy. ^s

Your kingdom come. ^tu

³Give us each day our daily bread. ^vw

⁴And forgive us our sins, ^x

for we ourselves also forgive everyone

in debt to us. ^yz

And do not bring us into temptation.” ^ab

Keep Asking, Searching, Knocking

⁵He also said to them: “Suppose one of you ^chas a friend and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, ⁶because a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I don’t have anything to offer him.’ ^d7Then he will answer from inside and say, ‘Don’t bother me! The door is already locked, and my children and I have gone to bed. I can’t get up to give you anything.’ ⁸I tell you, even though he won’t get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his friend’s persistence, ^ehe will get up and give him as much as he needs. ^f

⁹“So ^gI say to you, keep asking, ^hiand it will be given to you. Keep searching, ^jkand you will find. Keep knocking, ^lmand the door will be opened to you. ¹⁰For everyone who asks receives, and the one who searches finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. ¹¹What father among you, if his son ⁿasks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish? ¹²Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? ¹³If you then, who are evil, ^oknow how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father ^pgive ^qthe Holy Spirit ^rto those who ask Him?”