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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 because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him whatever he needs.
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And I tell you, Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
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For every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version)
