Luke 11:8 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁸ 6 And others tempting, asked of him a sign from heaven.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ I tell you, although he will not get up and supply him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his shameless persistence and insistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will arise and give him as many as he needeth.

Common English Bible

⁸ I assure you, even if he wouldn’t get up and help because of his friendship, he will get up and give his friend whatever he needs because of his friend’s brashness.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Yet if he will persevere in knocking, I tell you that, even though he would not get up and give it to him because he is a friend, yet due to his continued insistence, he will get up and give him whatever he needs.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ Yet if he shall continue knocking, I say to you, although he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend; yet, because of his importunity, he will rise, and give him as many as he needeth.

Luke 11:8 Cross References

Genesis 32:26

7 And he said: What is thy name? He answered: Jacob.

Luke 11:7

5 But some of them said: He casteth out devils by Beelzebub, the prince of devils.

Romans 15:30

Salute Mary, who hath laboured much among you.

2 Corinthians 12:8

7 Did I overreach you by any of them whom I sent to you?

Colossians 2:1

0 And you are filled in him, who is the head of all principality and power:

Colossians 4:12

Being mindful of the work of your faith, and labour, and charity, and of the enduring of the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ before God and our Father:

Judges 14:17

I thought thou hadst hated her, and therefore I gave her to thy friend: but she hath a sister, who is younger and fairer than she, take her to wife instead of her.

1 Samuel 1:12

7 Then Heli said to her: Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition, which thou hast asked of him.