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because my friend came to me from a journey and I do not have what I will set-before him’; and that one, having responded from inside says ‘Do not be causing me troubles. The door has already been locked, and my children are with me in bed. I am not able, having arisen, to give it to you’? I say to you: even though he will not, having arisen, give to him because of being his friend, yet because of his shamelessness[a] he will, having been raised[b], give to him as much as he needs.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 11:8 That is, his shameless (from the friend’s point of view) persistence (from the asker’s point of view).
  2. Luke 11:8 having arisen... having been raised. That is, having voluntarily gotten up... having been forced to get up by the persistent asking.

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