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class="vheadingv">Verse<a href="/bsb/luke/11.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/luke/11.htm">New International Version</a> 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!&#8221 <a href="/nlt/luke/11.htm">New Living Translation</a> So if you sinful people 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.” <a href="/esv/luke/11.htm">English Standard Version</a> If you then, who 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!” <a href="/bsb/luke/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> So if you who 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!” <a href="/blb/luke/11.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Therefore if you, being evil, know to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father who is in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those asking Him!" <a href="/kjv/luke/11.htm">King James Bible</a> 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? <a href="/nkjv/luke/11.htm">New King James Version</a> 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!” <a href="/nasb_/luke/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> So if you, despite 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?” <a href="/nasb/luke/11.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220If 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?&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/luke/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “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?” <a href="/lsb/luke/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> 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?” <a href="/amp/luke/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a> If you, then, being evil [that is, sinful by nature], know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask and continue to ask Him!” <a href="/csb/luke/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> If you then, who 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? ” <a href="/hcsb/luke/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> If you then, who 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?&#8221 <a href="/asv/luke/11.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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? <a href="/cev/luke/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> As bad as you are, you still know how to give good gifts to your children. But your heavenly Father is even more ready to give the Holy Spirit to anyone who asks. <a href="/erv/luke/11.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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? <a href="/gwt/luke/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Even though you're evil, you know how to give good gifts to your children. So how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?" <a href="/gnt/luke/11.htm">Good News Translation</a> As bad as you are, you know how to give good things to your children. How much more, then, will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!" <a href="/isv/luke/11.htm">International Standard Version</a> So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who keep asking him!" <a href="/msb/luke/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> So if you who 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!? <a href="/net/luke/11.htm">NET Bible</a> 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!" <a href="/nheb/luke/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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?" <a href="/wbt/luke/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children: how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? <a href="/wey/luke/11.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> If you then, with all your human frailty, know how to give your children gifts that are good for them, how much more certainly will your Father who is in Heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!" <a href="/web/luke/11.htm">World English Bible</a> 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?” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/luke/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> If, then, you, being evil, have known to be giving good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father who is from Heaven give the Holy Spirit to those asking Him!” <a href="/blb/luke/11.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Therefore if you, being evil, know to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father who is in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those asking Him!" <a href="/ylt/luke/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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!' <a href="/slt/luke/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> If then ye, being evil, know to give good gifts to your children; how much more the Father, he from heaven, will give the Holy Spirit to them asking him?<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/luke/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father from heaven give the good Spirit to them that ask him? <a href="/cpdv/luke/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Therefore, if you, being evil, know how to give good things to your sons, how much more will your Father give, from heaven, a spirit of goodness to those who ask him?” <a href="/nabre/luke/11.htm">New American Bible</a> If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven give the holy Spirit to those who ask him?” <a href="/nrsvce/luke/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> If you then, who 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!”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/luke/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> So if you, who err, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father give the Holy Spirit from heaven to those who ask him? <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/luke/11.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> “And if you, who are evil, know to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in Heaven give The Spirit of Holiness to those who ask him?”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/luke/11.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> If, then, you, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?<CM> <a href="/godbey/luke/11.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>If then you, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, then how much more will your Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him?<Fr> <a href="/haweis/luke/11.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> If ye then, evil as ye are, know how to give good gifts to your children; how much more shall your Father, who is in heaven, give his Holy Spirit to those who ask him?<CM> <a href="/mace/luke/11.htm">Mace New Testament</a> if ye then, wicked as ye are, know how to give what is proper to your children: how much more shall your heavenly father give the holy spirit to them that ask him? <a href="/wey/luke/11.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> If you then, with all your human frailty, know how to give your children gifts that are good for them, how much more certainly will your Father who is in Heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!" <a href="/worrell/luke/11.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>If ye, 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?"<Fr> <a href="/worsley/luke/11.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> <FR>If ye then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall <Fr>your<FR> heavenly Father give the holy Spirit to them that ask Him?<Fr> <a href="/parallel/luke/11-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3-5_0Jtd9Lc?start=4556" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/luke/11.htm">Ask, Seek, Knock</a> …12Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13<a href="/greek/3767.htm" title="3767: oun (Conj) -- Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.">So</a> <a href="/greek/1487.htm" title="1487: ei (Conj) -- If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.">if</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymeis (PPro-N2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you</a> <a href="/greek/5225.htm" title="5225: hyparchontes (V-PPA-NMP) -- To begin, am, exist, be in possession. From hupo and archomai; to begin under, i.e. Come into existence; expletively, to exist (verb).">who are</a> <a href="/greek/4190.htm" title="4190: ponēroi (Adj-NMP) -- Evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful. ">evil</a> <a href="/greek/1492.htm" title="1492: oidate (V-RIA-2P) -- To know, remember, appreciate. ">know how</a> <a href="/greek/1325.htm" title="1325: didonai (V-PNA) -- To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give.">to give</a> <a href="/greek/18.htm" title="18: agatha (Adj-ANP) -- A primary word; good.">good</a> <a href="/greek/1390.htm" title="1390: domata (N-ANP) -- A gift, present. From the base of didomi; a present.">gifts</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tois (Art-DNP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">to</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymōn (PPro-G2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">your</a> <a href="/greek/5043.htm" title="5043: teknois (N-DNP) -- A child, descendent, inhabitant. From the base of timoria; a child.">children,</a> <a href="/greek/4214.htm" title="4214: posō (IPro-DNS) -- How much, how great, how many. From an absolute pos and hos; interrogative pronoun how much (plural) many).">how much</a> <a href="/greek/3123.htm" title="3123: mallon (Adv) -- More, rather. Neuter of the comparative of the same as malista; more) or rather.">more</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">will your</a> <a href="/greek/3962.htm" title="3962: Patēr (N-NMS) -- Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a father.">Father</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ex (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3772.htm" title="3772: ouranou (N-GMS) -- Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.">heaven</a> <a href="/greek/1325.htm" title="1325: dōsei (V-FIA-3S) -- To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give.">give</a> <a href="/greek/40.htm" title="40: Hagion (Adj-ANS) -- Set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred. From hagos; sacred.">the Holy</a> <a href="/greek/4151.htm" title="4151: Pneuma (N-ANS) -- Wind, breath, spirit. ">Spirit</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tois (Art-DMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">to those who</a> <a href="/greek/154.htm" title="154: aitousin (V-PPA-DMP) -- To ask, request, petition, demand. Of uncertain derivation; to ask.">ask</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auton (PPro-AM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">Him!”</a> 14One day Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. And when the demon was gone, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/7-11.htm">Matthew 7:11</a> So if you who are 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! <a href="/john/14-16.htm">John 14:16-17</a> And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever— / the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you. <a href="/acts/2-38.htm">Acts 2:38</a> Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. <a href="/romans/8-32.htm">Romans 8:32</a> He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things? <a href="/james/1-17.htm">James 1:17</a> Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow. <a href="/galatians/4-6.htm">Galatians 4:6</a> And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” <a href="/john/16-7.htm">John 16:7</a> But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. <a href="/acts/5-32.htm">Acts 5:32</a> We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.” <a href="/romans/5-5.htm">Romans 5:5</a> And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us. <a href="/1_john/3-24.htm">1 John 3:24</a> Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us. <a href="/ezekiel/36-26.htm">Ezekiel 36:26-27</a> I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. / And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances. <a href="/joel/2-28.htm">Joel 2:28-29</a> And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. / Even on My menservants and maidservants, I will pour out My Spirit in those days. <a href="/isaiah/44-3.htm">Isaiah 44:3</a> For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring. <a href="/proverbs/1-23.htm">Proverbs 1:23</a> If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you. <a href="/zechariah/12-10.htm">Zechariah 12:10</a> Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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 them that ask him?being.<a href="/genesis/6-5.htm">Genesis 6:5,6</a> And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually… <a href="/genesis/8-21.htm">Genesis 8:21</a> And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.<a href="/job/15-14.htm">Job 15:14-16</a> What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? … know.<a href="/isaiah/49-15.htm">Isaiah 49:15</a> Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.<a href="/matthew/7-11.htm">Matthew 7:11</a> If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?<a href="/hebrews/12-9.htm">Hebrews 12:9,10</a> Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? … how.<a href="/matthew/6-30.htm">Matthew 6:30</a> Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?<a href="/romans/5-9.htm">Romans 5:9,10,17</a> Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him… <a href="/romans/8-32.htm">Romans 8:32</a> He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?heavenly.<a href="/luke/11-2.htm">Luke 11:2</a> And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.<a href="/luke/15-30.htm">Luke 15:30-32</a> But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf… <a href="/matthew/5-16.htm">Matthew 5:16,45</a> Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven… give the.<a href="/proverbs/1-23.htm">Proverbs 1:23</a> Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.<a href="/isaiah/44-3.htm">Isaiah 44:3,4</a> For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: … <a href="/ezekiel/36-27.htm">Ezekiel 36:27</a> And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/11-7.htm">Able</a> <a href="/luke/11-7.htm">Children</a> <a href="/luke/11-4.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/luke/6-39.htm">Gifts</a> <a href="/luke/10-42.htm">Good</a> <a href="/luke/11-2.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/luke/2-13.htm">Heavenly</a> <a href="/luke/11-2.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/mark/14-58.htm">Human</a> <a href="/luke/11-10.htm">Request</a> <a href="/luke/10-21.htm">Spirit</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/luke/11-41.htm">Able</a> <a href="/luke/11-19.htm">Children</a> <a href="/luke/11-14.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/luke/11-41.htm">Gifts</a> <a href="/luke/11-25.htm">Good</a> <a href="/luke/11-16.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/luke/20-4.htm">Heavenly</a> <a href="/luke/12-10.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/luke/20-4.htm">Human</a> <a href="/luke/11-37.htm">Request</a> <a href="/luke/11-14.htm">Spirit</a><div class="vheading2">Luke 11</div>1. <a href="/luke/11-1.htm">Jesus teaches us to pray, and that instantly;</a> 11. <a href="/luke/11-11.htm">assuring us that God will give all good things to those who ask him.</a> 14. <a href="/luke/11-14.htm">He, casting out a demon, rebukes the blasphemous Pharisees;</a> 27. <a href="/luke/11-27.htm">and shows who are blessed;</a> 29. <a href="/luke/11-29.htm">preaches to the people;</a> 37. <a href="/luke/11-37.htm">and reprimands the outward show of holiness.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/luke/11.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/luke/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/luke/11.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>So if you who are evil This phrase acknowledges the inherent sinfulness of humanity, a concept rooted in the doctrine of original sin as seen in <a href="/genesis/3.htm">Genesis 3</a>. It reflects the fallen nature of mankind, emphasizing that even those who are morally flawed can still perform acts of kindness. This aligns with <a href="/romans/3-23.htm">Romans 3:23</a>, which states that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.know how to give good gifts to your children Despite human sinfulness, there is an innate understanding of providing for one's offspring, a universal cultural norm. This reflects the common grace of God, allowing even those who are not righteous to perform acts of goodness. The concept of giving good gifts is also seen in <a href="/matthew/7-11.htm">Matthew 7:11</a>, reinforcing the idea that human parents, despite their flaws, can still care for their children.how much more will your Father in heaven This phrase contrasts earthly parents with the divine nature of God, highlighting His perfect goodness and generosity. The term "Father in heaven" emphasizes God's sovereignty and His intimate relationship with believers. This is consistent with the Lord's Prayer earlier in <a href="/luke/11.htm">Luke 11</a>, where Jesus teaches His disciples to address God as "Our Father."give the Holy Spirit The promise of the Holy Spirit is a significant theme in the New Testament, representing God's presence and power within believers. This promise is fulfilled in <a href="/acts/2.htm">Acts 2</a> during Pentecost, where the Holy Spirit descends upon the apostles. The Holy Spirit is a gift that empowers, guides, and comforts believers, as seen in <a href="/john/14-26.htm">John 14:26</a> and <a href="/romans/8-26.htm">Romans 8:26-27</a>.to those who ask Him! This emphasizes the importance of prayer and seeking God earnestly. It reflects the biblical principle that God responds to those who diligently seek Him, as seen in <a href="/jeremiah/29-13.htm">Jeremiah 29:13</a>. The act of asking signifies humility and dependence on God, aligning with the teachings of Jesus on prayer throughout the Gospels.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The speaker of this verse, teaching His disciples about prayer and the nature of God as a loving Father. 2. <a href="/topical/d/disciples.htm">Disciples</a> The immediate audience of Jesus' teaching, representing all believers who seek to understand and follow His teachings. 3. <a href="/topical/f/father_in_heaven.htm">Father in Heaven</a> Refers to God, emphasizing His role as a loving and generous parent to His children. 4. <a href="/topical/h/holy_spirit.htm">Holy Spirit</a> The gift promised by God to those who ask, representing His presence, guidance, and empowerment in the believer's life.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_our_nature.htm">Understanding Our Nature</a> Recognize that even as flawed humans, we have the capacity to give good gifts, which highlights God's infinitely greater goodness. <a href="/topical/g/god's_generosity.htm">God's Generosity</a> Trust in God's willingness to give us the Holy Spirit, a gift that surpasses all earthly gifts. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_holy_spirit.htm">The Role of the Holy Spirit</a> Embrace the Holy Spirit's role in our lives as a guide, comforter, and source of strength. <a href="/topical/p/prayer_and_asking.htm">Prayer and Asking</a> Encourage persistent and faith-filled prayer, knowing that God delights in giving us what we need. <a href="/topical/i/identity_as_god's_children.htm">Identity as God's Children</a> Live with the assurance and confidence that comes from being a child of God, empowered by His Spirit.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_luke_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Luke 11</a> <a href="/q/is_a_heavenly_mother_biblical.htm">Is the concept of a heavenly mother biblical?</a> <a href="/q/who_is_the_holy_spirit.htm">What is the identity of the Holy Spirit?</a> <a href="/q/how_do_i_receive_the_holy_spirit.htm">How do I receive the Holy Spirit?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'god_gives_good_gifts'_mean.htm">What does "God gives good gifts" mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/luke/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) How much more shall your heavenly Father . . .?--We note a change here also, the one highest gift of the "Holy Spirit" taking the place of the wider and less definite "good things" in <a href="/matthew/7-11.htm" title="If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?">Matthew 7:11</a>. The variation is significant, as belonging to a later stage of our Lord's teaching, and especially as spoken probably to some of the Seventy, who were thus taught to ask boldly for the Spirit which was to make them in very deed a company of prophets. (See Note on <a href="/luke/10-1.htm" title="After these things the LORD appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, where he himself would come.">Luke 10:1</a>.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/luke/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 13. - How much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? In St. Matthew we find the last portion of this teaching related as having taken place at a much earlier period of the Lord's ministry. It is more than probable that much of Jesus Christ's general instruction was repeated on more than one occasion. There is an important difference between the words reported by the two evangelists. St. Matthew, instead of the "Holy Spirit," has the more general expression, "good things." In both accounts, however, is the Master's assurance that prayer, if persisted in, would ever be heard and granted, and there is the all-important limitation that the thing prayed for must be something" good" in the eyes of the heavenly Father. How many requests are made by us, poor, shortsighted, often selfish men, which, if granted, would be harmful rather than a blessing to the asker! Here the Lord, the Reader of hearts, having taken notice of some of the deep earnest longings, perhaps scarcely crystallized into prayer, of his own disciples, of a John or a James, pictures the case of one who deserves a special deepening of the spiritual life, and prays some prayer for the presence of the Holy Spirit. Such a prayer, says Christ, must be granted. <a href="/commentaries/luke/11-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>So οὖν (oun) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3767.htm">Strong's 3767: </a> Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly. if εἰ (ei) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1487.htm">Strong's 1487: </a> If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. you ὑμεῖς (hymeis) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. who are ὑπάρχοντες (hyparchontes) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5225.htm">Strong's 5225: </a> To begin, am, exist, be in possession. From hupo and archomai; to begin under, i.e. Come into existence; expletively, to exist (verb). evil πονηροὶ (ponēroi) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4190.htm">Strong's 4190: </a> Evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful. know how οἴδατε (oidate) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1492.htm">Strong's 1492: </a> To know, remember, appreciate. to give διδόναι (didonai) Verb - Present Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_1325.htm">Strong's 1325: </a> To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give. good ἀγαθὰ (agatha) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_18.htm">Strong's 18: </a> A primary word; 'good'. gifts δόματα (domata) Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1390.htm">Strong's 1390: </a> A gift, present. From the base of didomi; a present. to τοῖς (tois) Article - Dative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. your ὑμῶν (hymōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. children, τέκνοις (teknois) Noun - Dative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5043.htm">Strong's 5043: </a> A child, descendent, inhabitant. From the base of timoria; a child. how much πόσῳ (posō) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4214.htm">Strong's 4214: </a> How much, how great, how many. From an absolute pos and hos; interrogative pronoun how much (plural) many). more μᾶλλον (mallon) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3123.htm">Strong's 3123: </a> More, rather. Neuter of the comparative of the same as malista; more) or rather. {will} [your] ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Father Πατὴρ (Patēr) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3962.htm">Strong's 3962: </a> Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'. in ἐξ (ex) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. heaven οὐρανοῦ (ouranou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel. give δώσει (dōsei) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1325.htm">Strong's 1325: </a> To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give. [the] Holy Ἅγιον (Hagion) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_40.htm">Strong's 40: </a> Set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred. From hagos; sacred. Spirit Πνεῦμα (Pneuma) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4151.htm">Strong's 4151: </a> Wind, breath, spirit. to those who τοῖς (tois) Article - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. ask αἰτοῦσιν (aitousin) Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_154.htm">Strong's 154: </a> To ask, request, petition, demand. Of uncertain derivation; to ask. Him!? αὐτόν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. 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