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11:1 - [In Context |Original Greek ]It happened that while Jesus F250 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."
11:2 - [In Context |Original Greek ]And He said to them, "When R609 you pray, say: 'Father, R610 hallowed be Your name. Your R611 kingdom come.
11:3 - [In Context |Original Greek ]'Give R612 us each R613 day our daily F251 bread.
11:4 - [In Context |Original Greek ]'And R614 forgive us our sins, For R615 we ourselves also forgive everyone who is R616 indebted to us. And R617 lead us not into temptation.' "
11:5 - [In Context |Original Greek ]Then He said to them, "Suppose R618 one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves;
11:6 - [In Context |Original Greek ]for R619 a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him';
11:7 - [In Context |Original Greek ]and R620 from inside he answers and says, 'Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children and F252 I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you {anything.}'
11:8 - [In Context |Original Greek ]"I R621 tell you, even though he will not get up and give him {anything} because he is his friend, yet because R622 of his persistence F253 he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
11:9 - [In Context |Original Greek ]"So R623 I say to you, ask, F254 R624 and it will be given to you; seek, F255 and you will find; knock, F256 and it will be opened to you.
11:10 - [In Context |Original Greek ]"For R625 everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened.
11:11 - [In Context |Original Greek ]"Now R626 suppose F257 one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; F258 he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?
11:12 - [In Context |Original Greek ]"Or R627 {if} he is asked for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he?
11:13 - [In Context |Original Greek ]"If R628 you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will {your} heavenly F259 Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?"
FOOTNOTES: F250: Or acknowledge to You
F251: I.e. an expert in the Mosaic Law
F252: Lit How do you read?
F253: Lit laid blows upon
F254: The denarius was equivalent to a day's wages
F255: Or likewise
F256: Lit much service
F257: Lit He
F258: Later mss add phrases from Matt 6:9-13 to make the two passages closely similar
F259: Or bread for the coming day or needful bread
CROSS REFERENCES: R609: Luke 12:51-53: { 10:34-36}
R610: Micah 7:6 ; Matthew 10:21
R611: Matthew 16:2
R612: Matthew 20:12
R613: Matthew 16:3
R614: Luke 21:30
R615: Luke 12:58,59: { 5:25,26}
R616: Mark 12:42
R617: :
R618: John 9:2
R619: Nehemiah 3:15 ; Isaiah 8:6 ; John 9:7,11
R620: Matthew 6:12 ; Luke 11:4
R621: Matthew 21:19
R622: Matthew 3:10 ; 7:19 ; Luke 3:9
R623: Matthew 4:23
R624: Luke 13:16
R625: Mark 5:23
R626: Matthew 9:8
R627: Mark 5:22
R628: Matthew 12:2 ; Luke 14:3
Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TFG - The Fourfold Gospel; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; WJD - What Jesus Did!; SPG - Spurgeon's Morning & Evening; UTM - My Utmost for His Highest;
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