Luke 11:7

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And suppose the one inside answers, “Don’t bother me. The door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up to give you anything.”

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  • Luke 13:25 : 25 Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, 'Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will answer, 'I don’t know you or where you come from.'
  • Gal 6:17 : 17 From now on, let no one cause me trouble, because I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.
  • Matt 25:10 : 10 While they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom came. Those who were ready went with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.
  • Luke 7:6 : 6 So Jesus went with them. When He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to say to Him, 'Lord, do not trouble Yourself, for I am not worthy to have You come under my roof.'

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    8I tell you, even though he won’t get up and give him bread because he is his friend, yet because of the man’s persistence, he will surely get up and give him as much as he needs.

    9So I say to you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

    10For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

    11Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a piece of bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?

  • Luke 11:5-6
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    5Then He said to them, 'Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, “Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

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  • Luke 13:24-26
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    24'Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.

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    9But the wise ones replied, ‘No, there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’

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    11Later, the other virgins also came and said, ‘Lord, lord, open the door for us.’

    12But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I do not know you.’

  • Luke 14:16-21
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    16Jesus replied, 'A certain man prepared a great banquet and invited many guests.'

    17At the time of the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’

    18But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’

    19Another said, ‘I have bought five pairs of oxen, and I am on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.’

    20Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I cannot come.’

    21The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’

  • Matt 7:7-11
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    7Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

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

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  • Luke 22:46
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    46He said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray, so that you will not fall into temptation."

  • Luke 18:4-6
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    4For a while, he refused. But later, he said to himself, 'Even though I do not fear God or respect people, I will give her justice.'

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    6At midnight, there was a cry: ‘Look, the bridegroom is coming! Go out to meet him!’

  • Matt 15:23
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    23But Jesus did not answer her a word. So his disciples came to him, urging him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”

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    37Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. "Simon," he said to Peter, "are you asleep? Couldn't you keep watch for one hour?

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    24I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will taste my banquet.

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