Luke 11:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I 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.

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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?
  • Matt 15:22-28 : 22 And a woman of Canaan came out from those parts, crying and saying, Have pity on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is greatly troubled with an unclean spirit. 23 But he gave her no answer. And his disciples came and said to him, Send her away, for she is crying after us. 24 But he made answer and said, I was sent only to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel. 25 But she came and gave him worship, saying, Help, Lord. 26 And he made answer and said, It is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs. 27 But she said, Yes, Lord: but even the dogs take the bits from under their masters' table. 28 Then Jesus, answering, said to her, O woman, great is your faith: let your desire be done. And her daughter was made well from that hour.
  • Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you his love, ever taking thought for you in his prayers, that you may be complete and fully certain of all the purpose of God.
  • Gen 32:26 : 26 And he said to him, Let me go now, for the dawn is near. But Jacob said, I will not let you go till you have given me your blessing.
  • Rom 15:30 : 30 Now I make request to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you will be working together with me in your prayers to God for me;
  • 2 Cor 12:8 : 8 And about this thing I made request to the Lord three times that it might be taken away from me.
  • Col 2:1 : 1 For it is my desire to give you news of the great fight I am making for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not seen my face in the flesh;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 11:1-7
    7 verses
    87%

    1 And 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?

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

    3 Give us every day bread for our needs.

    4 May 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.

    5 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;

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

    7 And 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?

  • Luke 11:9-12
    4 verses
    81%

    9 And 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.

    10 For 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.

    11 And 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?

    12 Or for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

  • Luke 18:1-8
    8 verses
    74%

    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?

  • Matt 7:7-11
    5 verses
    70%

    7 Make a request, and it will be answered; what you are searching for you will get; give the sign, and the door will be open to you:

    8 Because 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.

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

    10 Or if he makes a request for a fish, will give him a snake?

    11 If you, then, being evil, are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who make requests to him?

  • Luke 16:9
    69%

    9 And 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.

  • John 11:11
    69%

    11 These 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.

  • Luke 22:46
    69%

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

  • Luke 13:25
    69%

    25 When the master of the house has got up, and the door has been shut, and you, still outside, give blows on the door, saying, Lord, let us in; he will make answer and say, I have no knowledge of where you come from.

  • Matt 6:8
    68%

    8 So be not like them; because your Father has knowledge of your needs even before you make your requests to him.

  • Mark 4:25-27
    3 verses
    68%

    25 He who has, to him will be given: and he who has not, from him will be taken even that which he has.

    26 And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,

    27 And went to sleep and got up, night and day, and the seed came to growth, though he had no idea how.

  • Luke 17:7-8
    2 verses
    68%

    7 But 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,

    8 Will 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?

  • Matt 5:42
    68%

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

  • Luke 6:30
    68%

    30 Give to everyone who comes with a request, and if a man takes away your property, make no attempt to get it back again.

  • John 11:22-23
    2 verses
    67%

    22 But I am certain that, even now, whatever request you make to God, God will give it to you.

    23 Jesus said to her, Your brother will come to life again.

  • Matt 18:29-30
    2 verses
    67%

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

    30 And he would not: but went and put him into prison till he had made payment of the debt.

  • Luke 12:16
    66%

    16 And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile:

  • Luke 16:5
    66%

    5 And 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?

  • Luke 14:12
    66%

    12 And 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.

  • Luke 19:26
    66%

    26 And I say to you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

  • Luke 14:16
    65%

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

  • Deut 15:8
    65%

    8 But let your hand be open to give him the use of whatever he is in need of.

  • Prov 3:28
    65%

    28 Say not to your neighbour, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when you have it by you at the time.

  • Luke 15:11
    65%

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

  • Luke 10:35
    65%

    35 And 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.

  • Matt 20:13
    65%

    13 But 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?