1 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
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He said to them, “When you pray, say: “ ‘Father,[a]hallowed be your name, your kingdom come.[b]
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Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.[c]And lead us not into temptation.[d]’ ”
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Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread;
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a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’
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And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’
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I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity[e]he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.
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“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
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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.
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“Which of you fathers, if your son asks for[f]a fish, will give him a snake instead?
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