| NETBible | If you then, although you are 1 evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit 2 to those who ask him!” |
| NASB © |
"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?" |
| HCSB | If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?" |
| LEB | Therefore if you, [although you] are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him? |
| NIV © |
If you then, though you 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!" |
| ESV | If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!" |
| NRSV © |
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!" |
| REB | If you, bad as you are, know how to give good things to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” |
| NKJV © |
"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!" |
| 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? |
| KJV | If <1487> ye <5210> then <3767>_, being <5225> (5723) evil <4190>_, know <1492> (5758) how to give <1325> (5721) good <18> gifts <1390> unto your <5216> children <5043>_: how much <4214> more <3123> shall <1325> (0) [your] heavenly <3772> Father <3962> <1537> give <1325> (5692) the Holy <40> Spirit <4151> to them that ask <154> (5723) him <846>_? |
| NASB © |
<1487> you then <3767> , being <5225> evil <4190> , know <3609> how <3609> to give <1325> good <18> gifts <1390> to your children <5043> , how <4214> much <4214> more <3123> will your heavenly <1537> <3772> Father <3962> give <1325> the Holy <40> Spirit <4151> to those <3588> who ask <154> Him?" |
| NET [draft] ITL | If <1487> you then <3767> , although you <5210> are <5225> evil <4190> , know <1492> how to give <1325> good <18> gifts <1390> to your <5216> children <5043> , how much <4214> more <3123> will <1325> the heavenly <3772> Father <3962> give <1325> the Holy <40> Spirit <4151> to those who ask <154> him !”<846> |
| NETBible | If you then, although you are 1 evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit 2 to those who ask him!” |
| NET Notes |
1 tn The participle ὑπάρχοντες (Juparconte") has been translated as a concessive participle. 2 sn The provision of the Holy Spirit is probably a reference to the wisdom and guidance supplied in response to repeated requests. Some apply it to the general provision of the Spirit, but this would seem to look only at one request in a context that speaks of repeated asking. The teaching as a whole stresses not that God gives everything his children want, but that God gives the good that they need. The parallel account in Matthew (7:11) refers to good things where Luke mentions the Holy Spirit. |