Parable · Luke 11:5-8

The Friend at Midnight

A man bangs on his neighbor’s door at midnight for bread and will not go away.

Also called The Persistent Friend, Three Loaves

The point

The neighbor gets up not out of friendship but because the knocking will not stop.

5Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you goes to his friend at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

6because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.’

7And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Do not bother me. My door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’

8I tell you, even though he will not get up to provide for him because of his friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

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Using this at church

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Lectionary 17 Year CGospel, Luke 11:1-13

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The parable of the Friend at Midnight, explained in plain words. A man knocks at midnight for bread and will not go away. https://freescripture.org/parables/friend-at-midnight/

Lines for the next eight Sundays, on Digital Lutheran Church