because a friend of mine has come to me from a journey and I have nothing to serve him’; and from inside he answers and says, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children [a]and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.’ I tell you, even if he will not get up and give him anything just because he is his friend, yet (A)because of his [b]shamelessness he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 11:7 Lit are with me
  2. Luke 11:8 Prob. by continued knocking

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