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`Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;
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for every one who is asking doth receive, and he who is seeking doth find, and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.
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`Or what man is of you, of whom, if his son may ask a loaf -- a stone will he present to him?
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and if a fish he may ask -- a serpent will he present to him?
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if, therefore, ye being evil, have known good gifts to give to your children, how much more shall your Father who [is] in the heavens give good things to those asking him?
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`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.
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`Go ye in through the strait gate, because wide [is] the gate, and broad the way that is leading to the destruction, and many are those going in through it;
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how strait [is] the gate, and compressed the way that is leading to the life, and few are those finding it!
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`But, take heed of the false prophets, who come unto you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves.
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From their fruits ye shall know them; do [men] gather from thorns grapes? or from thistles figs?
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so every good tree doth yield good fruits, but the bad tree doth yield evil fruits.