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Parable 22 · to the disciples

The Friend at Midnight

Lukas 11:5–13
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What Yeshua is saying

A man pounds on his neighbour's door at midnight for bread — and is given it because of his persistence.

The explanation

Yeshua is not saying the Father is a reluctant friend. He is saying: even a sleepy neighbour will yield to shameless asking, so how much more your good Father? Ask, seek, knock — not because He is reluctant, but because asking is how children learn He is good.

Echoes from the Tanakh
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