Luke 11:13
So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
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ASV
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
KJV
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
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Commentary
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25 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| εἰ | ei | If | G1487 → |
| οὖν | oun | therefore | G3767 → |
| ὑμεῖς | humeis | you yourselves | G4771 → |
| πονηροὶ | ponēroi | evil | G4190 → |
| ὑπάρχοντες | huparchontes | being | G5225 → |
| οἴδατε | oidate | you know | |
| δόματα | domata | gifts | G1390 → |
| ἀγαθὰ | agatha | good | G18 → |
| διδόναι | didonai | to give | G1325 → |
| τοῖς | tois | to the | G3588 → |
| τέκνοις | teknois | children | G5043 → |
| ὑμῶν, | humōn | of you, | G4771 → |
| πόσῳ | posō | how much | G4214 → |
| μᾶλλον | mallon | more | G3123 → |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 → |
| πατὴρ | patēr | Father | G3962 → |
| ὁ | ho | who [is] | G3588 → |
| ἐξ | ex | in | G1537 → |
| οὐρανοῦ | ouranou | heaven | G3772 → |
| δώσει | dōsei | will give | G1325 → |
| πνεῦμα | pneuma | [the] Spirit | G4151 → |
| ἅγιον | hagion | Holy | G40 → |
| τοῖς | tois | to those | G3588 → |
| αἰτοῦσιν | aitousin | asking | G154 → |
| αὐτόν.¶ | auton | Him! | G846 → |
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