Luke 11:5
Then he said to them,“Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him,‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
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- Luke 18:1-8 : 1 Prayer and the Parable of the Persistent Widow Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart. 2 He said,“In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people. 3 There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying,‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ 4 For a while he refused, but later on he said to himself,‘Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people, 5 yet because this widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me out by her unending pleas.’” 6 And the Lord said,“Listen to what the unrighteous judge says! 7 Won’t God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them? 8 I tell you, he will give them justice speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”
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6because a friend of mine has stopped here while on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.’
7Then he will reply from inside,‘Do not bother me. The door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything.’
8I tell you, even though the man inside will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of the first man’s sheer persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs.
9“So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.
10For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
11What father among you, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?
- Luke 11:1-44 verses77%
1Instructions on Prayer Now Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he stopped, one of his disciples said to him,“Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
2So he said to them,“When you pray, say: Father, may your name be honored; may your kingdom come.
3Give us each day our daily bread,
4and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And do not lead us into temptation.”
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11After he said this, he added,“Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going there to awaken him.”
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11Give us today our daily bread,
12and forgive us our debts, as we ourselves have forgiven our debtors.
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9And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by how you use worldly wealth, so that when it runs out you will be welcomed into the eternal homes.
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5So he contacted his master’s debtors one by one. He asked the first,‘How much do you owe my master?’
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9Is there anyone among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
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7“Would any one of you say to your slave who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep,‘Come at once and sit down for a meal’?
8Won’t the master instead say to him,‘Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready to serve me while I eat and drink. Then you may eat and drink’?
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13And the landowner replied to one of them,‘Friend, I am not treating you unfairly. Didn’t you agree with me to work for the standard wage?
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42Give to the one who asks you, and do not reject the one who wants to borrow from you.
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41“A certain creditor had two debtors; one owed him five hundred silver coins, and the other fifty.
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3There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying,‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
4For a while he refused, but later on he said to himself,‘Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people,
5yet because this widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me out by her unending pleas.’”
6And the Lord said,“Listen to what the unrighteous judge says!
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1Prayer and the Parable of the Persistent Widow Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart.
- Matt 18:28-292 verses68%
28After he went out, that same slave found one of his fellow slaves who owed him one hundred silver coins. So he grabbed him by the throat and started to choke him, saying,‘Pay back what you owe me!’
29Then his fellow slave threw himself down and begged him,‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you.’
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12And he said to him,‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But he had nothing to say.
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3So Jesus told them this parable:
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12He said also to the man who had invited him,“When you host a dinner or a banquet, don’t invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.
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34And if you lend to those from whom you hope to be repaid, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, so that they may be repaid in full.
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3then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself, because you have fallen into your neighbor’s power: go, humble yourself, and appeal firmly to your neighbor.
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35The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper, saying,‘Take care of him, and whatever else you spend, I will repay you when I come back this way.’
36Which of these three do you think became a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?”
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7Then he said to another,‘And how much do you owe?’ The second man replied,‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ The manager said to him,‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’
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16But Jesus said to him,“A man once gave a great banquet and invited many guests.
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46So he said to them,“Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you will not fall into temptation!”
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11The Parable of the Compassionate Father Then Jesus said,“A man had two sons.
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23Why then didn’t you put my money in the bank, so that when I returned I could have collected it with interest?’
24And he said to his attendants,‘Take the mina from him, and give it to the one who has ten.’
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1The Parable of the Clever Steward Jesus also said to the disciples,“There was a rich man who was informed of accusations that his manager was wasting his assets.
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25Whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your sins.”
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6But at midnight there was a shout,‘Look, the bridegroom is here! Come out to meet him.’
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13But he said to them,“You give them something to eat.” They replied,“We have no more than five loaves and two fish– unless we go and buy food for all these people.”
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5The apostles said to the Lord,“Increase our faith!”
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31Workers for the Harvest Meanwhile the disciples were urging him,“Rabbi, eat something.”
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33So the disciples began to say to one another,“No one brought him anything to eat, did they?”
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11Later, the other virgins came too, saying,‘Lord, lord! Let us in!’
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37But he answered them,“You give them something to eat.” And they said,“Should we go and buy bread for two hundred silver coins and give it to them to eat?”