Luke 11:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

He may not get up and give you the bread, just because you are his friend. But he will get up and give you as much as you need, simply because you are not ashamed to keep on asking.

Cross References

Genesis 32:26

They kept on wrestling until the man said, “Let go of me! It's almost daylight.” “You can't go until you bless me,” Jacob replied.

Luke 11:7

And suppose your friend answers, “Don't bother me! The door is bolted, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up to give you something.”

Romans 15:30

My friends, by the power of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the love that comes from the Holy Spirit, I beg you to pray sincerely with me and for me.

2 Corinthians 12:8

Three times I begged the Lord to make this suffering go away.

Colossians 2:1

I want you to know what a struggle I am going through for you, for God's people at Laodicea, and for all those followers who have never met me.

Colossians 4:12

Your own Epaphras, who serves Christ Jesus, sends his greetings. He always prays hard that you may fully know what the Lord wants you to do and that you may do it completely.

Judges 14:17

For the entire seven days of the party, she had been whining and trying to get the answer from him. But that seventh day she put so much pressure on Samson that he finally gave in and told her the answer. She went straight to the young men and told them.

1 Samuel 1:12

Hannah prayed silently to the LORD for a long time. But her lips were moving, and Eli thought she was drunk.