For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from YY :
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Iyov, and have seen the end of YY ; that YY is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?