For everyone who asks will receive, the one who searches will find, and the door will be opened to the one who knocks.
When you do ask for something, you don’t receive it because you’re asking for the wrong reason. You just want to satisfy your desires.
As you know, we consider people blessed who don’t give up. You’ve heard that Job was patient, and you’ve seen what the Lord finally did for him. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
Then Jesus told his disciples a story to show them that they should always pray and not give up.
If a person asks you for something, give it to them, and if a person wants to borrow something from you, let them borrow it.
For everyone who asks receives, the one who seeks finds, and the door will be opened to anyone who knocks.
“So here’s what I say to you: Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
“You fathers, suppose your son asks for a fish. Which of you will give him a snake instead?