Luke 11:7
Then 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.’
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- Luke 13:25 : 25 Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him,‘Lord, let us in!’ But he will answer you,‘I don’t know where you come from.’
- Gal 6:17 : 17 From now on let no one cause me trouble, for I bear the marks of Jesus on my body.
- Matt 25:10 : 10 But while they had gone to buy it, the bridegroom arrived, and those who were ready went inside with him to the wedding banquet. Then 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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- Luke 11:8-114 verses87%
8 I 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.
10 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
11 What father among you, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?
- Luke 11:5-62 verses83%
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,
6 because a friend of mine has stopped here while on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.’
- Luke 13:24-263 verses76%
24 “Exert every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.
25 Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him,‘Lord, let us in!’ But he will answer you,‘I don’t know where you come from.’
26 Then you will begin to say,‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’
- Matt 25:9-124 verses71%
9 ‘No,’ they replied.‘There won’t be enough for you and for us. Go instead to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’
10 But while they had gone to buy it, the bridegroom arrived, and those who were ready went inside with him to the wedding banquet. Then the door was shut.
11 Later, the other virgins came too, saying,‘Lord, lord! Let us in!’
12 But he replied,‘I tell you the truth, I do not know you!’
- Luke 14:16-216 verses71%
16 But Jesus said to him,“A man once gave a great banquet and invited many guests.
17 At the time for the banquet he sent his slave to tell those who had been invited,‘Come, because everything is now ready.’
18 But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first said to him,‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.’
19 Another said,‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going out to examine them. Please excuse me.’
20 Another said,‘I just got married, and I cannot come.’
21 So the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the master of the household was furious and said to his slave,‘Go out quickly to the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’
- Matt 7:7-115 verses71%
7 Ask, Seek, Knock“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you.
8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
9 Is there anyone among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?
11 If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
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46 So he said to them,“Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you will not fall into temptation!”
- Luke 18:4-63 verses70%
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!
- Luke 17:7-82 verses70%
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’?
8 Won’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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11 After he said this, he added,“Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going there to awaken him.”
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36 be like people waiting for their master to come back from the wedding celebration, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.
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6 But at midnight there was a shout,‘Look, the bridegroom is here! Come out to meet him.’
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23 But he did not answer her a word. Then his disciples came and begged him,“Send her away, because she keeps on crying out after us.”
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37 Then he came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter,“Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn’t you stay awake for one hour?
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32 But no stranger had to spend the night outside, for I opened my doors to the traveler–
- Mark 13:34-363 verses67%
34 It is like a man going on a journey. He left his house and put his slaves in charge, assigning to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to stay alert.
35 Stay alert, then, because you do not know when the owner of the house will return– whether during evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn–
36 or else he might find you asleep when he returns suddenly.
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17 so he thought to himself,‘What should I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’
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3 Then the manager said to himself,‘What should I do, since my master is taking my position away from me? I’m not strong enough to dig, and I’m too ashamed to beg.
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7 On Seeking Seats of Honor Then when Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. He said to them,
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20 Listen! I am standing at the door and knocking! If anyone hears my voice and opens the door I will come into his home and share a meal with him, and he with me.
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24 For I tell you, not one of those individuals who were invited will taste my banquet!’”
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19 For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a journey of some distance.
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12 He 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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11 The gatekeepers relayed the news to the royal palace.
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16 I summon my servant, but he does not respond, even though I implore him with my own mouth.
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39 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.
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11 The Parable of the Compassionate Father Then Jesus said,“A man had two sons.