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Luke chapter 11, verses 5 through 8, and Jesus said to them,

Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him,

Friend, lend me three loaves, for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey,

and I have nothing to set before him.

And he will answer from within,

do not bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and

give you anything. I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything because he's his friend,

yet because of his impudence, he will rise and give him whatever he needs i love this story i get the picture

first century palestine food not quite as readily available as it is today so no late night

taco bells there's a battle for bread every day you bake enough each day to meet that day's needs.

So a guy shows up at his buddy's house at midnight, and he's hungry.

Now, hospitality was huge, so the buddy has a dilemma.

One option, he can be a poor host and not get this guy any food,

or his second option is to try to find some bread from somebody

else when it's really late at night. So it's either a poor host or a poor neighbor. And this

guy takes what's behind door number two. His neighbor's already fast asleep, enjoying his dreams,

not only him asleep, but everybody in his house asleep. Houses in that day were one-room

affairs, which means you get all the kids down in one room.

There's nobody getting up in the middle of night to go to the bathroom without causing a major commotion in that house.

So everything's quiet.

This guy is asleep on the mat with his wife and kids.

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