NARRATOR: Now once he was in a certain place praying, and when he had finished one of his disciples said:
DISCIPLE: Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.
JESUS 1: Say this when you pray: Father, may your name be held holy; your kingdom come; give us each day our daily bread, and forgive us our sins, as we ourselves forgive each one who is in debt to us. And do not put us to the test.
NARRATOR: Jesus also said to them.
JESUS 2: Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him in the middle of the night to say, “My friend, lend me three loaves, because a friend of mine on his travels has just arrived at my house and I have nothing to offer him;” and the man answers from inside the house, “Do not bother me. The door is bolted now, and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up to give it to you.” I tell you, if the man does not get up and give it him for friendship’s sake, persistence will be enough to make him get up and give his friend all he wants.
JESUS 2: Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. What father among you would hand his son a stone when he asked for bread? Or hand him a snake instead of a fish? Or hand him a scorpion if he asked for an egg? If you then know how to give your children what is good, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!
Luke 11.1-13
Sunday Readings: Genesis 18.20-32, Colossians 2.12-14, Luke 11.1-13