⁵And 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, ⁶because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I do not have anything to set before him.’ ⁷And that one will answer from inside and^* 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.’^* ⁸I tell you, even if he does not give him anything^* after he^* gets up because he is his friend, at any rate because of his impudence^a he will get up and^* give him whatever he needs.

⁹And I tell you, ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened for you. ¹⁰For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. ¹¹But what father from among you, if his^* son will ask for a fish, instead of a fish will give him a snake? ¹²Or also, if he will ask for an egg, will give him a scorpion? ¹³Therefore if you, although you^* are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”

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Footnotes

*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“will answer”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“gets up”) which is understood as temporal
aOr “shamelessness”; some translate as “persistence” based on the context, though this is not the normal meaning of the word
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“will get up”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
*Here “although” is supplied as a component of the participle (“are”) which is understood as concessive