Verse 13

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Hvis dere da, som er onde, vet å gi gode gaver til barna deres, hvor mye mer skal ikke deres himmelske Far gi den Hellige Ånd til dem som ber ham?

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Hvor mye mer vil da Faderen i himmelen gi den hellige ånd til dem som ber ham, når dere som er onde, vet å gi gode gaver til barna deres?

• Norsk King James

  Hvis dere da, som er onde, vet hvordan dere gir gode gaver til deres barn; hvor mye mer skal da ikke deres himmelske Far gi Den Hellige Ånd til dem som ber ham?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Når dere som er onde vet å gi barna deres gode gaver, hvor mye mer skal da deres himmelske Far gi Den Hellige Ånd til dem som ber ham?

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Dersom da I, som er onde, vet å gi eders barn gode gaver, hvor meget mere skal da den himmelske Fader gi den Hellige Ånd til dem som beder ham!

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Hvis da dere, som er onde, vet å gi deres barn gode gaver, hvor mye mer skal da deres himmelske Far gi Den Hellige Ånd til dem som ber ham!

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Hvis dere da, som er onde, vet hvordan dere skal gi gode gaver til deres barn, hvor mye mer vil ikke deres himmelske Far gi Den hellige ånd til dem som ber ham!

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  «Om dere, som er onde, vet å gi gode gaver til deres barn, hvor mye mer vil da deres himmelske Far gi Den Hellige Ånd til dem som ber ham!»

• gpt4.5-preview

  Hvis nå dere, som er onde, vet hvordan dere skal gi deres barn gode gaver, hvor mye mer skal da ikke deres himmelske Far gi Den hellige ånd til dem som ber ham?

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Hvis nå dere, som er onde, vet hvordan dere skal gi deres barn gode gaver, hvor mye mer skal da ikke deres himmelske Far gi Den hellige ånd til dem som ber ham?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hvis altså dere, som er onde, vet å gi gode gaver til barna deres, hvor mye mer skal da deres Far i himmelen gi Den hellige ånd til dem som ber ham!

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Så hvis dere som er onde, vet å gi deres barn gode gaver, hvor mye mer skal da deres Far i himmelen gi Den Hellige Ånd til dem som ber ham!

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dersom da I, som ere onde, vide at give eders Børn gode Gaver, hvor meget mere skal Faderen, som er af Himmelen, give dem den Hellig-Aand, som ham bede?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Hvis dere som er onde vet å gi gode gaver til barna deres, hvor mye mer skal ikke deres himmelske Far gi Den hellige ånd til dem som ber ham!

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hvis da dere, som er onde, vet å gi gode gaver til deres barn, hvor meget mer skal ikke deres himmelske Far gi Den Hellige Ånd til dem som ber ham?"

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Hvis dere, som er onde, vet å gi deres barn gode gaver, hvor mye mer skal da deres himmelske Far gi Den Hellige Ånd til dem som ber ham?'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Når dere, som er onde, vet hvordan dere skal gi gode gaver til barna deres, hvor mye mer skal ikke deres himmelske Far gi Den hellige ånd til dem som ber ham!

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Hvis dere, som er onde, vet å gi gode gaver til deres barn, hvor mye mer skal ikke deres Far i himmelen gi Den Hellige Ånd til dem som ber ham?

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Yf ye then which are evyll canne geve good giftes vnto youre chyldren how moche more shall the father of heaven geve an holy sprete to them that desyre it of him?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yf ye then which are euell, can geue youre children good giftes, how moch more shal the father of heauen geue the holy sprete vnto them that axe him?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  If yee then which are euill, can giue good giftes vnto your children, howe much more shall your heauenly Father giue the holy Ghost to them, that desire him?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  If ye then, being euyll, can geue good gyftes vnto your chyldren, howe muche more shall your father of heauen geue the holy spirite, to them that desire it of hym.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall› [your] ‹heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  If, then, ye, being evil, have known good gifts to be giving to your children, how much more shall the Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those asking Him!'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall [your] heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  If, then, you who are evil are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who make request to him?

• World English Bible (2000)

  If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

Referenced Verses

• Matt 7:11 : 11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him?
• John 4:10 : 10 Jesus answered and said to her, If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that says to you, Give me to drink; you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.
• Ezek 36:27 : 27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and you shall keep my judgments, and do them.
• Rom 7:18 : 18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) nothing good dwells: for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find.
• Rom 8:32 : 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
• Heb 12:9-9 : 9 Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we respected them: shall we not much more be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but he for our benefit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.
• 2 Cor 3:9-9 : 9 For if the ministry of condemnation is glory, much more does the ministry of righteousness exceed in glory. 10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, because of the glory that excels. 11 For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remains is glorious.
• Prov 1:23 : 23 Turn at my rebuke; surely I will pour out my spirit upon you, I will make my words known to you.
• Isa 44:3-4 : 3 For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my Spirit upon your descendants, and my blessing upon your offspring: 4 And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
• John 7:37-39 : 37 On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. 38 He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water. 39 But this he spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
• Rom 5:9-9 : 9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. 10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
• Rom 5:17 : 17 For if by the one man's offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.
• Acts 2:38 : 38 Then Peter said to them, 'Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
• Luke 11:2 : 2 And he said to them, When you pray, say, Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.
• Luke 15:30-32 : 30 But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him. 31 And he said to him, Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours. 32 It was right that we should make merry and be glad: for this your brother was dead and is alive again; and was lost and is found.
• John 3:5-6 : 5 Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
• Isa 49:15 : 15 Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yes, they may forget, yet I will not forget you.
• Gen 8:21 : 21 And the LORD smelled a pleasing aroma, and the LORD said in His heart, I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the imagination of his heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again destroy every living thing, as I have done.
• Job 15:14-16 : 14 What is man, that he should be clean? And he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? 15 Behold, He puts no trust in His saints; yes, the heavens are not clean in His sight. 16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, who drinks iniquity like water?
• Ps 51:5 : 5 Behold, I was shaped in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me.
• Joel 2:28 : 28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh. Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.
• Matt 5:16 : 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
• Matt 5:45 : 45 That you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
• Matt 6:14 : 14 For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
• Matt 6:30 : 30 Therefore, if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
• Matt 6:32 : 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
• Titus 3:3 : 3 For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
• Gen 6:5-6 : 5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.