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For each that asketh, taketh, and he that seeketh, findeth; and to a man that knocketh, it shall be opened.
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Therefore who of you asketh his father bread, whether he shall give him a stone? or if he asketh fish, whether he shall give him a serpent for the fish?
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or if he asketh an egg [or if he shall ask an egg], whether he shall areach him a scorpion?
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Therefore if ye, when ye be evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more your Father of heaven shall give a good Spirit to men that ask him.
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And Jesus was casting out a fiend [And he was casting out a fiend], and it was dumb. And when he had cast out the fiend, the dumb man spake; and the people wondered.
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And some of them said, In Beelzebub, prince of devils, he casteth out devils.
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And others tempting asked of him a token from heaven.
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And as he saw the thoughts of them, he said to them, Every realm parted against itself, shall be desolate, and an house shall fall on an house. [+Forsooth he, as he saw the thoughts of them, said to them, Every realm parted against itself, shall be desolated, and an house shall fall upon an house.]
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And if Satan be parted against himself, how shall his realm stand? For ye say, that I cast out fiends in Beelzebub.
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And if I in Beelzebub cast out fiends, in whom cast out your sons [in whom your sons cast out]? Therefore they shall be your doomsmen.
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But if I cast out fiends in the finger of God, then [soothly] the realm of God is come among you.