Berean Standard Bible
“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!””
The disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray, and he gave them a short form of the Lord's Prayer and a parable about a friend who knocks at midnight. He then encouraged them to ask, seek and knock.
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
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!”
World English Bible (WEB)
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”
King James Version (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?
American Standard Version (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?
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
If, then, you who are evil are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who make request to him?
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
If, then, you, being evil, have known good gifts to be giving to your children, how much more shall the Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those asking Him!'
Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
Pues si vosotros, siendo malos, sabéis dar buenas dádivas á vuestros hijos, ¿cuánto más vuestro Padre celestial dará el Espíritu Santo á los que lo pidieren de él?
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
Pues si ustedes, que son malos, saben darles cosas buenas a sus hijos, con mayor razón el Padre celestial dará el Espíritu Santo a quienes se lo pidan».
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