Luke 11:6. From a journey. At night, when it was pleasanter to travel in a hot country. The request here is for another, hence the parable illustrates intercessory prayer; yet one of the loaves is for him who asks. The hungry traveller coming at night to one who cannot satisfy him may represent the awaking of spiritual hunger in the soul, but such an interpretation cannot be insisted upon.

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Old Testament