Luke 11:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he said to them, Which of you, having a friend, would go to him in the middle of the night and say to him, Friend, let me have three cakes of bread;

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  • Luke 18:1-8 : 1 And he made a story for them, the point of which was that men were to go on making prayer and not get tired; 2 Saying, There was a judge in a certain town, who had no fear of God or respect for man: 3 And there was a widow in that town, and she kept on coming to him and saying, Give me my right against the man who has done me wrong. 4 And for a time he would not: but later, he said to himself, Though I have no fear of God or respect for man, 5 Because this widow is a trouble to me, I will give her her right; for if not, I will be completely tired out by her frequent coming. 6 And the Lord said, Give ear to the words of the evil judge. 7 And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it? 8 I say to you that he will quickly do right in their cause. But when the Son of man comes, will there be any faith on earth?

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  • Luke 11:6-11
    6 verses
    86%

    6Because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to put before him;

    7And he, from inside the house, would say in answer, Do not be a trouble to me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; it is not possible for me to get up and give to you?

    8I say to you, Though he will not get up and give to him, because he is his friend, still, if he keeps on making his request, he will get up and give him as much as he has need of.

    9And I say to you, Make requests, and they will be answered; what you are searching for, you will get; when you give the sign, the door will be open to you.

    10For to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire; and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.

    11And which of you, being a father, will give a stone to his son, who makes request for bread? or for a fish, will give him a snake?

  • Luke 11:1-4
    4 verses
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    1And it came about that he was in prayer in a certain place, and when he came to an end, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, will you give us teaching about prayer, as John did to his disciples?

    2And he said to them, When you say your prayers, say, Father, may your name be kept holy and your kingdom come.

    3Give us every day bread for our needs.

    4May we have forgiveness for our sins, as we make free all those who are in debt to us. And let us not be put to the test.

  • 11These things said he: and after that he said to them, Lazarus our friend is at rest; but I go so that I may make him come out of his sleep.

  • Matt 6:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11Give us this day bread for our needs.

    12And make us free of our debts, as we have made those free who are in debt to us.

  • 9And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves through the wealth of this life, so that when it comes to an end, you may be taken into the eternal resting-places.

  • 5And sending for every one who was in debt to his lord he said to the first, What is the amount of your debt to my lord?

  • 9Or which of you, if his son makes a request for bread, will give him a stone?

  • Luke 17:7-8
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    7But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have a meal,

    8Will he not say, Get a meal for me, and make yourself ready and see to my needs till I have had my food and drink; and after that you may have yours?

  • 13But he in answer said to one of them, Friend, I do you no wrong: did you not make an agreement with me for a penny?

  • 42Give to him who comes with a request, and keep not your property from him who would for a time make use of it.

  • 41And he said, Two men were in debt to a certain man of business: one had a debt of five hundred pence, and the other of fifty.

  • Luke 18:3-6
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    69%

    3And there was a widow in that town, and she kept on coming to him and saying, Give me my right against the man who has done me wrong.

    4And for a time he would not: but later, he said to himself, Though I have no fear of God or respect for man,

    5Because this widow is a trouble to me, I will give her her right; for if not, I will be completely tired out by her frequent coming.

    6And the Lord said, Give ear to the words of the evil judge.

  • 1And he made a story for them, the point of which was that men were to go on making prayer and not get tired;

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    28But that servant went out, and meeting one of the other servants, who was in debt to him for one hundred pence, he took him by the throat, saying, Make payment of your debt.

    29So that servant went down on his face, requesting him and saying, Give me time and I will make payment to you.

  • 12And he says to him, Friend, how came you in here not having a guest's robe? And he had nothing to say.

  • 3And he made a story for them, saying,

  • 12And he said to the master of the house, When you give a feast, do not send for your friends and your brothers and your family or your neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a feast for you, and so you will get a reward.

  • 34And if you let those have the use of your money, from whom you are hoping to get it back, what credit is it to you? even sinners do so to sinners, hoping to get back as much as they gave.

  • 3Do this, my son, and make yourself free, because you have come into the power of your neighbour; go without waiting, and make a strong request to your neighbour.

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    35And the day after he took two pennies and gave them to the owner of the house and said, Take care of him; and if this money is not enough, when I come again I will give you whatever more is needed.

    36Which of these three men, in your opinion, was neighbour to the man who came into the hands of thieves?

  • 7Then he said to another, What is the amount of your debt? And he said, A hundred measures of grain. And he said to him, Take your account and put down eighty.

  • 16And he said to them, A certain man gave a great feast, and sent word of it to a number of people.

  • 46And he said, Why are you sleeping? Get up, and give yourselves to prayer, so that you may not be put to the test.

  • 11And he said, A certain man had two sons:

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    23Why then did you not put my money in a bank, so that when I came I would get it back with interest?

    24And he said to the others who were near, Take the pound away from him, and give it to the man who has ten.

  • 1And another time he said to the disciples, There was a certain man of great wealth who had a servant; and it was said to him that this servant was wasting his goods.

  • 25And whenever you make a prayer, let there be forgiveness in your hearts, if you have anything against anyone; so that you may have forgiveness for your sins from your Father who is in heaven.

  • 6But in the middle of the night there is a cry, The husband comes! Go out to him.

  • 13But he said, Give them food yourselves. And they said, We have only five cakes of bread and two fishes, if we do not go and get food for all these people.

  • 5And the twelve said to the Lord, Make our faith greater.

  • 31While this was taking place, the disciples were saying to Jesus, Master, take some food.

  • 33So the disciples said one to another, Did anyone give him food?

  • 11After that the other virgins came, saying, Lord, Lord, let us in.

  • 37But he said to them in answer, Give them food yourselves. And they said to him, Are we to go and get bread for two hundred pence, and give it to them?