Study it in the app“I tell you, even if he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his shameless persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.”
I tellλέγωyou,ὑμῖνeven ifεἰ καὶhe will notοὐget upἀναστὰςandgiveδώσειhim anythingαὐτῷbecauseδιὰ τὸhe isεἶναιhis friend,φίλον αὐτοῦyetγεbecause ofδιάhis shameless persistenceτὴν ἀναίδειαν αὐτοῦhe will get upἐγερθεὶςand giveδώσειhimαὐτῷas much asὅσωνhe needs.χρῄζει
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legō” appearsget up
To stand up, or set out somewhere.
Where else “anastas” appearsgive
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “dōsei” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “einai” appearsfriend
Friend.
Where else “philon” appearsshamelessness
Shamelessness, bold persistence.
Where else “anaideian” appearsget up
To help someone stand, or to stand up.
Where else “egertheis” appearsneed
Need, have need of something.
Where else “chrēizei” appears7and that one from inside answers and says, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything’?
8 · This verse (above)
9And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
1. What it says
When the disciples ask to be taught to pray, what does Jesus tell them to say, and what stories does he add? (vv. 1-13)
2. What it means
Jesus says “ask, seek, knock” and compares God to a father who gives good gifts. What does that teach about what God is like? (vv. 9-13)
3. How I live it
What concrete thing would you like to ask God today, with the trust a child has when speaking to a father?
