¹⁰ For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

³⁶ You are to be like people waiting for their master^(A) to return from the wedding banquet^(B) so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.^(C)

²⁵ once the homeowner gets up and shuts the door.^(A) Then you will stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open up for us!’ He will answer you, ‘I don’t know you or where you’re from.’

¹³ He knocked at the door of the outer gate, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer.

¹⁶ Peter, however, kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were amazed.

²⁰ See! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.^(A)