Ask, Seek, Knock
5 And he said to them, "Who of you will have a friend, and will go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves,
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because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I do not have anything to set before him.'
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And that one will answer from inside [and] say, 'Do not cause me trouble! The door has already been shut and my children are with me in bed! I am not able to get up to give you [anything].'
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I tell you, even if he does not give him [anything] [after he] gets up because [he] is his friend, at any rate because of his impudence he will get up [and] give him whatever he needs.
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And I tell you, ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened for 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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But what father from among you, [if his] son will ask for a fish, instead of a fish will give him a snake?
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Or also, [if] he will ask for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
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Therefore if you, [although you] are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"