Luke 11:13

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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.

Cross References

Genesis 8:21

The smell of the burning offering pleased God, and he said: Never again will I punish the earth for the sinful things its people do. All of them have evil thoughts from the time they are young, but I will never destroy everything that breathes, as I did this time.

Psalm 51:5

I have sinned and done wrong since the day I was born.

Proverbs 1:23

Listen as I correct you and tell you what I think.

Isaiah 49:15

The LORD answered, “Could a mother forget a child who nurses at her breast? Could she fail to love an infant who came from her own body? Even if a mother could forget, I will never forget you.

Ezekiel 36:27

because I will put my Spirit in you and make you eager to obey my laws and teachings.

Joel 2:28

Later, I will give my Spirit to everyone. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your old men will have dreams, and your young men will see visions.

Matthew 5:16

Make your light shine, so that others will see the good that you do and will praise your Father in heaven.

Matthew 5:45

Then you will be acting like your Father in heaven. He makes the sun rise on both good and bad people. And he sends rain for the ones who do right and for the ones who do wrong.

Matthew 6:14

If you forgive others for the wrongs they do to you, your Father in heaven will forgive you.

Matthew 6:30

God gives such beauty to everything that grows in the fields, even though it is here today and thrown into a fire tomorrow. He will surely do even more for you! Why do you have such little faith?

Matthew 6:32

Only people who don't know God are always worrying about such things. Your Father in heaven knows that you need all these.

Matthew 7:11

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 good things to people who ask.

Luke 11:12

Which one of you would give your child a scorpion if the child asked for an egg?

Luke 11:2

So Jesus told them, “Pray in this way: ‘Father, help us to honour your name. Come and set up your kingdom.

Luke 18:7

Won't God protect his chosen ones who pray to him day and night? Won't he be concerned for them?

John 4:10

Jesus answered, “You don't know what God wants to give you, and you don't know who is asking you for a drink. If you did, you would ask me for the water that gives life.”

Acts 2:38

Peter said, “Turn back to God! Be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, so that your sins will be forgiven. Then you will be given the Holy Spirit.

Romans 5:17

Death ruled like a king because Adam had sinned. But that cannot compare with what Jesus Christ has done. God has been so kind to us, and he has accepted us because of Jesus. And so we will live and rule like kings.

Romans 7:18

I know that my selfish desires won't let me do anything that is good. Even when I want to do right, I cannot.

Romans 8:32

God did not keep back his own Son, but he gave him for us. If God did this, won't he freely give us everything else?

Titus 3:3

We used to be stupid, disobedient, and foolish, as well as slaves of all sorts of desires and pleasures. We were evil and jealous. Everyone hated us, and we hated everyone.