Luke 11:9 — Community Reflections

LUKE 11:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 1

“And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.”

The Beelzebul accusation divides the crowd into those who attribute Jesus' exorcisms to Beelzebul the prince of demons and those who demand a sign from heaven. Jesus responds to both: the divided-kingdom logic refutes the Beelzebul charge (a self-fighting army cannot stand), and the strong-man parable explains what is actually happening in the exorcisms.

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Carlos RiveraNote1mo ago

Ask, Seek, Knock

So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. Luke follows this with images of a father giving good gifts to children, of a friend...