"Ask, and you will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
(Mat 7:7 GNB)
For everyone who asks will receive, and anyone who seeks will find, and the door will be opened to those who knock.
(Mat 7:8 GNB)
Would any of you who are fathers give your son a stone when he asks for bread?
(Mat 7:9 GNB)
Or would you give him a snake when he asks for a fish?
(Mat 7:10 GNB)
As bad as you are, you know how to give good things to your children. How much more, then, will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
(Mat 7:11 GNB)
And so I say to you: Ask, and you will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
(Luk 11:9 GNB)
For those who ask will receive, and those who seek will find, and the door will be opened to anyone who knocks.
(Luk 11:10 GNB)
Would any of you who are fathers give your son a snake when he asks for fish?
(Luk 11:11 GNB)
Or would you give him a scorpion when he asks for an egg?
(Luk 11:12 GNB)
As bad as you are, you know how to give good things to your children. How much more, then, will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
(Luk 11:13 GNB)
And Jesus said to his disciples, "Suppose one of you should go to a friend's house at midnight and say, 'Friend, let me borrow three loaves of bread.
(Luk 11:5 GNB)
A friend of mine who is on a trip has just come to my house, and I don't have any food for him!'
(Luk 11:6 GNB)
And suppose your friend should answer from inside, 'Don't bother me! The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can't get up and give you anything.'
(Luk 11:7 GNB)
Well, what then? I tell you that even if he will not get up and give you the bread because you are his friend, yet he will get up and give you everything you need because you are not ashamed to keep on asking.
(Luk 11:8 GNB)
"I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.
(Luk 11:9 WEB)
For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
(Luk 11:10 WEB)
"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won't give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?
(Luk 11:11 WEB)
Or if he asks for an egg, he won't give him a scorpion, will he?
(Luk 11:12 WEB)
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"
(Luk 11:13 WEB)
"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can't serve both God and Mammon.
(Mat 6:24 WEB)
Therefore, I tell you, don't be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn't life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
(Mat 6:25 WEB)
See the birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you of much more value than they?
(Mat 6:26 WEB)
"Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?
(Mat 6:27 WEB)
Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin,
(Mat 6:28 WEB)
yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.
(Mat 6:29 WEB)
But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won't he much more clothe you, you of little faith?
(Mat 6:30 WEB)
"Therefore don't be anxious, saying, 'What will we eat?', 'What will we drink?' or, 'With what will we be clothed?'
(Mat 6:31 WEB)
For the Gentiles seek after all these things, for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
(Mat 6:32 WEB)
But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
(Mat 6:33 WEB)
Therefore don't be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day's own evil is sufficient.
(Mat 6:34 WEB)
(For the pagans of this world are always concerned about all these things.) Your Father knows that you need these things.
(Luk 12:30 GNB)
Instead, be concerned with his Kingdom, and he will provide you with these things.
(Luk 12:31 GNB)
Jesus answered, "I am telling you the truth: you are looking for me because you ate the bread and had all you wanted, not because you understood my miracles.
(Joh 6:26 GNB)
Do not be like them. Your Father already knows what you need before you ask him.
(Mat 6:8 GNB)
"And I tell you more: whenever two of you on earth agree about anything you pray for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.
(Mat 18:19 GNB)
If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."
(Mat 21:22 GNB)
For this reason I tell you: When you pray and ask for something, believe that you have received it, and you will be given whatever you ask for.
(Mar 11:24 GNB)
And I will do whatever you ask for in my name, so that the Father's glory will be shown through the Son.
(Joh 14:13 GNB)
If you ask me for anything in my name, I will do it.
(Joh 14:14 GNB)
If you remain in me and my words remain in you, then you will ask for anything you wish, and you shall have it.
(Joh 15:7 GNB)
"When that day comes, you will not ask me for anything. I am telling you the truth: the Father will give you whatever you ask of him in my name.
(Joh 16:23 GNB)
Until now you have not asked for anything in my name; ask and you will receive, so that your happiness may be complete.
(Joh 16:24 GNB)
When that day comes, you will ask him in my name; and I do not say that I will ask him on your behalf,
(Joh 16:26 GNB)
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