Lk
11:1 One day Jesus was
praying in
a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him,
“Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his
disciples.”
Lk 11:2
He said to them, “When
you pray, say: “
‘Father,hallowed be your name, your kingdom come.
Lk 11:3
Give
us
each day our daily bread.
Lk 11:4 Forgive us
our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.And lead us
not into temptation.’ ”
Lk 11:5
Then
he
said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and he goes
to
him at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of
bread,
Lk 11:6 because a
friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have nothing to set
before him.’
Lk 11:7
“Then
the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door
is
already locked, and my children are with me in bed. I can’t
get
up and give you anything.’
Lk 11:8 I tell you,
though he will not get up and give him the bread because he is his
friend, yet because of the man’s boldness he will get up and
give
him as much as he needs.
Lk 11:9
“So
I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you.
Lk 11:10
For
everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks,
the door will be opened.
Lk 11:11 “Which of you fathers, if
your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?
Lk 11:12
Or
if he
asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
Lk 11:13 If you
then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your
children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit
to those who ask him!”
NIV
Luke 11: 1-13
