Sequéntia ☩ sancti Evangélii secúndum Lucam.
Luc 11:5-13
In illo témpore: Dixit Jesus discípulis suis: Quis vestrum habébit amícum, et íbit ad illum média nocte, et dicet illi: Amíce, cómmoda mihi tres panes, quóniam amícus meus venit de via ad me, et non hábeo quod ponam ante illum: et ille deíntus respóndens, dicat: Noli mihi moléstus esse, jam óstium clausum est, et púeri mei mecum sunt in cubíli, non possum súrgere et dare tibi. Et si ille perseveráverit pulsans: dico vobis, etsi non dabit illi surgens, eo quod amícus ejus sit, propter improbitátem tamen ejus surget et dabit illi, quotquot habet necessários. Et ego dico vobis: Pétite, et dábitur vobis: quǽrite, et inveniétis: pulsáte, et aperiétur vobis. Omnis enim, qui petit, áccipit: et qui quærit, invénit: et pulsánti aperietur, Quis autem ex vobis patrem pétii panem, numquid lápidem dabit illi? Aut piscem: numquid pro pisce serpéntem dabit illi? Aut si petíerit ovum: numquid pórriget illi scorpiónem? Si ergo vos, cum sitis mali, nostis bona data dare fíliis vestris: quanto magis Pater vester de cœlo dabit spíritum bonum peténtibus se?
Continuation ☩ of the Holy Gospel according to Luke
Luke 11:5-13
In that time: Jesus said to His disciples: Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight, and shall say to him: Friend, lend me three loaves, Because a friend of mine is come off his journey to me, and I have not what to set before him. And he from within should answer, and say: Trouble me not, the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. Yet if he shall continue knocking, I say to you, although he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend; yet, because of his importunity, he will rise, and give him as many as he needeth. And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you. For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened. And which of you, if he ask his father bread, will he give him a stone? or a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he reach him a scorpion? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father from heaven give the good Spirit to them that ask him?