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Ask, and it shall be given you

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  1. A teaching of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. He continues, “Seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.”


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This passage suggests that God will give whatever is needed to those who have the faith to ask for it.

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"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you."

From Masonic Monitor of the Degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason together with the Ceremony of Installation, Laying Corner Stones, Dedications, Masonic Burial, Etc. by George Thornburgh

It has been made known: Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

From They Call Me Carpenter by Upton Sinclair

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Alexander Maclaren

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.'

From The Days of Mohammed by Anna May Wilson

Ask and it shall be given you; seek and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you.

From Some Reminiscences of old Victoria by Edgar Fawcett

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