Luke 11:5–13

Parable of the Persistent Friend

⁵And He said to them, “Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves; ⁶for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; ⁷and he will answer from within and say, ‘Do not trouble me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give to you’? ⁸I say to you, ^cthough he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs.

^9d“So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; ^eseek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. ¹⁰For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

Parable of the Good Father

Matt. 7:7–11

^11fIf a son asks for ⁵bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? ¹²Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? ¹³If you then, being evil, know how to give ^ggood gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”