‹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
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Si donc, méchants comme vous l'êtes, vous savez donner de bonnes choses à vos enfants, à combien plus forte raison le Père céleste donnera-t-il le Saint-Esprit à ceux qui le lui demandent.
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?›
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
from grace. But prayer precedes grace, since even grace is obtained by means of prayer according to Lk. 11:13, "(How much more) will your Father from heaven give the good Spirit to them that ask Him!" Therefore prayer is not a meritorious act. Objection 2: Further, if prayer meri…
Thomas Aquinas
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew
nown that where Matthew says, “He shall give good things,” Luke has, “shall give his Holy Spirit.” [ Luke 11:13 ] But this ought not to seem contrary, because all the good things which man receives from God, are given by the grace of the Holy Spirit. 12. “Therefore all things wha…
Thomas Aquinas
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Mark
ecause it is said, “The Father which is in heaven will give the good Spirit to them that ask him.” [ Luke 11:13 ] For the One and Undivided Trinity itself, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, is the Only and One good God. The Lord, therefore, does not deny Himself to be good, but implie…
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