Luke 11:1–13

Instruction about Prayer

¹It happened that while ¹Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.”

²And He said to them, “^aWhen you pray, say:

‘¹Father, hallowed be Your name.

Your kingdom come.

³‘Give us ^aeach day our ¹daily bread.

⁴‘And forgive us our sins,

For we ourselves also forgive everyone who ^ais indebted to us.

And lead us not into temptation.’ ”

⁵Then He said to them, “¹Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves;

⁶for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’;

⁷and from inside he answers and says, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children ¹and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.’

⁸“I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet ^abecause of his ¹persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

⁹“So I say to you, ^1aask, and it will be given to you; ²seek, and you will find; ³knock, and it will be opened to you.

¹⁰“For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened.

¹¹“Now ¹suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a ²fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?

¹²“Or if he is asked for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he?

¹³“^aIf you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your ¹heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?”