And he said, Behold now, I have taken on me to speak to the Lord: Perhaps there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake.
And he said to him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Perhaps there shall be thirty found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Perhaps ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake.
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him?
I say to you, Though he will not rise and give him anything, because he is his friend, yet because of his insistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs.
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching concerning these things with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;