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Ask and it will be given to you;

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Seek and you will find;

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Knock and the door will be opened to you.

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For everyone who asks receives.

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He who seeks finds.

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And to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

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Ask.

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Keep on asking.

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Seek.

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Keep on seeking.

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Knock.

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Keep on knocking.

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Suppose one of you has a friend,

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A friend.

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And he goes to him at midnight and says,

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'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, because a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have nothing to set before him.'

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Then the one inside answers,

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'Don't bother me. The door is already locked, and my children are with me in bed.

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I can't get up and give you anything.'

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I tell you, though he will not get up and give him the bread because he is his friend,

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Yet because of the man's boldness

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Persistence

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Continued knocking

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He will get up and give him as much as he needs.

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Ask and it will be given to you;

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Seek and you will find;

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Knock and the door will be opened to you.

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For everyone who asks receives.

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He who seeks finds.

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And to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

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Which of you, if his son asks for bread,

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For bread

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will give him a stone?

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A stone.

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Or if he asks for a fish,

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For a fish.

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will give him a snake?

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A snake.

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If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children,

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How much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!

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Ask

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Seek

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Knock

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So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

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The Golden Rule

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Do to others

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What you would have them

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Do to you.

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Ask

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Seek

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Knock

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And it shall be given unto you.