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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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And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

From The Parables of Our Lord by William Arnot

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

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

And Christ in the Gospel of St. Matthew, 7, 7: Ask, and it shall be given you.

From Martin Luther's Large Catechism, translated by Bente and Dau by F. (Friedrich) Bente

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

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