Ask, and It Will Be Given

⁷ “^[a](A)Ask, and ^(B)it will be given to you; ^[b]seek, and you will find; ^[c]knock, and it will be opened to you. ⁸ For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. ⁹ Or what man is there among you ^[d]who, when his son asks for a loaf, ^[e]will give him a stone? ¹⁰ Or ^[f]if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he? ¹¹ If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, ^(C)how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!

⁹ “So I say to you, ^[a](A)ask, and it will be given to you; ^[b]seek, and you will find; ^[c]knock, and it will be opened to you. ¹⁰ For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened. ¹¹ But what father among you, if his son asks for a ^[d]fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish? ¹² Or, if his son asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? ^13 (B)If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your ^[e]heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?”