I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend - or for friendship's sake.
Yet because of his importunity, х anaideian (G335)]. The word is a strong one, signifying 'shamelessness;' expressing his persistency, in the face of all that seemed reasonable, and refusing to take a denial.
He will rise and give him as many as he needeth. His reluctance once overcome, all the claims of friendship and necessity are felt to the full. The sense is obvious: If the churlish and self-indulgent-deaf both to friendship and necessity-can, after a positive refusal, be won over by sheer persistency to do all that is needed, how much more may the same determined perseverance in prayer be expected to prevail with Him whose very nature it is to be "rich unto all that call upon Him" (Romans 10:12).