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7 “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.
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“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
8 For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.
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For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
9 “You parents—if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead?
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“Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
10 Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not!
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Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?
11 So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him.
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If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
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