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and
1forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And
2lead us not into temptation. ”
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And he 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,
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for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’;
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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’?
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I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything
3because he is his friend, yet because of his impudence he will rise and give him whatever he needs.
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And I tell you,
4ask, and
5it will be given to you;
6seek, and you will find;
7knock, and it will be opened to you.
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For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
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What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent;
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or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
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If you then,
8who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father
9give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him! ”
Jesus and Beelzebul
14 10Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke, and the people marveled.