“For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?”
The Greek word translated shameless persistence (anaideia) is the key to the parable: the friend keeps asking not because he has a right to but because he refuses to accept a no that would dishonor the hospitality code. The parable teaches persistence in prayer not by making God a reluctant neighbor but by contrast — if even a reluctant neighbor will give, how much more will a Father?
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