"Ask, and you will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
(Mat 7:7 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)
(These are the things the pagans are always concerned about.) Your Father in heaven knows that you need all these things.
(Mat 6:32 GNB)
Instead, be concerned above everything else with the Kingdom of God and with what he requires of you, and he will provide you with all these other things.
(Mat 6:33 GNB)
(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)
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 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)
Instead, store up riches for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and robbers cannot break in and steal.
(Mat 6:20 GNB)
"And why worry about clothes? Look how the wild flowers grow: they do not work or make clothes for themselves.
(Mat 6:28 GNB)
But I tell you that not even King Solomon with all his wealth had clothes as beautiful as one of these flowers.
(Mat 6:29 GNB)
It is God who clothes the wild grass---grass that is here today and gone tomorrow, burned up in the oven. Won't he be all the more sure to clothe you? What little faith you have!
(Mat 6:30 GNB)
"So do not start worrying: 'Where will my food come from? or my drink? or my clothes?'
(Mat 6:31 GNB)
(These are the things the pagans are always concerned about.) Your Father in heaven knows that you need all these things.
(Mat 6:32 GNB)
Instead, be concerned above everything else with the Kingdom of God and with what he requires of you, and he will provide you with all these other things.
(Mat 6:33 GNB)
So do not worry about tomorrow; it will have enough worries of its own. There is no need to add to the troubles each day brings.
(Mat 6:34 GNB)
Jesus looked straight at them and answered, "This is impossible for human beings, but for God everything is possible."
(Mat 19:26 GNB)
Jesus said to them, "You can be sure that when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne in the New Age, then you twelve followers of mine will also sit on thrones, to rule the twelve tribes of Israel.
(Mat 19:28 GNB)
And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake, will receive a hundred times more and will be given eternal life.
(Mat 19:29 GNB)
Jesus answered, "I assure you that if you believe and do not doubt, you will be able to do what I have done to this fig tree. And not only this, but you will even be able to say to this hill, 'Get up and throw yourself in the sea,' and it will.
(Mat 21:21 GNB)
If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."
(Mat 21:22 GNB)
When he finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Push the boat out further to the deep water, and you and your partners let down your nets for a catch."
(Luk 5:4 GNB)
"Master," Simon answered, "we worked hard all night long and caught nothing. But if you say so, I will let down the nets."
(Luk 5:5 GNB)
They let them down and caught such a large number of fish that the nets were about to break.
(Luk 5:6 GNB)
So they motioned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. They came and filled both boats so full of fish that the boats were about to sink.
(Luk 5:7 GNB)
When Simon Peter saw what had happened, he fell on his knees before Jesus and said, "Go away from me, Lord! I am a sinful man!"
(Luk 5:8 GNB)
He and the others with him were all amazed at the large number of fish they had caught.
(Luk 5:9 GNB)
The same was true of Simon's partners, James and John, the sons of Zebedee. Jesus said to Simon, "Don't be afraid; from now on you will be catching people."
(Luk 5:10 GNB)
They pulled the boats up on the beach, left everything, and followed Jesus.
(Luk 5:11 GNB)
Give to others, and God will give to you. Indeed, you will receive a full measure, a generous helping, poured into your hands---all that you can hold. The measure you use for others is the one that God will use for you."
(Luk 6:38 GNB)
Don't take a purse or a beggar's bag or shoes; don't stop to greet anyone on the road.
(Luk 10:4 GNB)
Then Jesus said to the disciples, "And so I tell you not to worry about the food you need to stay alive or about the clothes you need for your body.
(Luk 12:22 GNB)
Life is much more important than food, and the body much more important than clothes.
(Luk 12:23 GNB)
Look at the crows: they don't plant seeds or gather a harvest; they don't have storage rooms or barns; God feeds them! You are worth so much more than birds!
(Luk 12:24 GNB)
Can any of you live a bit longer by worrying about it?
(Luk 12:25 GNB)
If you can't manage even such a small thing, why worry about the other things?
(Luk 12:26 GNB)
Look how the wild flowers grow: they don't work or make clothes for themselves. But I tell you that not even King Solomon with all his wealth had clothes as beautiful as one of these flowers.
(Luk 12:27 GNB)
It is God who clothes the wild grass---grass that is here today and gone tomorrow, burned up in the oven. Won't he be all the more sure to clothe you? What little faith you have!
(Luk 12:28 GNB)
"So don't be all upset, always concerned about what you will eat and drink.
(Luk 12:29 GNB)
(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)
"Do not be worried and upset," Jesus told them. "Believe in God and believe also in me.
(Joh 14:1 GNB)
There are many rooms in my Father's house, and I am going to prepare a place for you. I would not tell you this if it were not so.
(Joh 14:2 GNB)
You know the way that leads to the place where I am going."
(Joh 14:4 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)
You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ; rich as he was, he made himself poor for your sake, in order to make you rich by means of his poverty.
(2Co 8:9 GNB)
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