விரிவுரை தற்போது ஆங்கிலத்தில் மட்டுமே கிடைக்கிறது. தமிழ் மொழிபெயர்ப்பு நடைபெறுகிறது.
Luke 11 — Ask, and It Shall Be Given You
A disciple — Lord, teach us to pray. The Lord's Prayer in Luke's form. The parable of the friend at midnight. Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened. 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. The Beelzebub controversy. A divided kingdom cannot stand. The sign of Jonah. The light of the body. Six woes upon the Pharisees and lawyers — they tithe mint and rue, but pass over judgment and love of God; they love the chief seats; they take away the key of knowledge.
“And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.”
— Luke 11:9
- v.1-13 The Lord's Prayer and persistent asking
- v.14-26 Beelzebub and the divided kingdom
- v.27-36 The sign of Jonah; the body's light
- v.37-54 Woes to Pharisees and lawyers
Three escalating verbs — ask, seek, knock. The grammar is continuous — keep asking, keep seeking, keep knocking. Persistence is not in spite of God's will but in line with it.
A promise for the discouraged. The verse does not say every wish; it says every asking is met by the Father's response.
The Holy Spirit to them that ask him. The Father's best gift to His asking children. Luke's version sharpens the gift to the Spirit — the highest possible answer.
A reorientation of prayer. Whatever you ask for, ask first for the Spirit. He brings every other gift in His train.
A woman blessed His mother for bearing Him; He redirected the blessing. The greater blessedness is hearing and keeping the word — a category open to everyone.
Hear... and keep. Two verbs joined throughout Luke. Hearing without keeping is the curse of the chapter's woes; both together is the blessing.
Verse 13 reframes your asking. Whatever you most want, ask first for the Holy Spirit. Many petitions get tangled because the asker has not asked for the chief gift. Pray for the Spirit; let Him align the rest.
Christ in Luke 11 hands the church its prayer, defends His kingdom against the charge of demonic alliance, and exposes religion that prays without obeying. He is the teacher of prayer, the stronger man who has bound the strong, the One whose woes warn the religious. The chapter's many subjects converge on the same Lord.
Our Father. The first word reorients the praying. Not my Father — the prayer is corporate even when prayed alone. Not boss or judge — Father.
Three early petitions are about God's honor — His name, His kingdom, His will. The personal requests follow only after the disciple has aligned with these.