for everyone who asks receives, the seeker finds, the door is opened to anyone who knocks.
you do ask and you do not get it, because you ask with the wicked intention of spending it on your pleasures.
See, we call the stedfast happy; you have heard of the stedfastness of Job, and you have seen the end of the Lord with him, seen that the Lord is very compassionate and pitiful.
He also told them a parable about the need of always praying and never losing heart.
give to the man who begs from you, and turn not away from him who wants to borrow.
for every one who asks receives, the seeker finds, the door is opened to anyone who knocks.
So I tell you, ask and the gift will be yours, seek and you will find, knock and the door will open to you;
What father among you, if asked by his son for a loaf, will hand him a stone? Or, if asked for a fish, will hand him a serpent instead of a fish?