7. “Continue to ask, and God will give to you. Continue to search, and you will find. Continue to knock, and the door will open for you.
8. Yes, whoever continues to ask will receive. Whoever continues to look will find. And whoever continues to knock will have the door opened for them.
9. “Do any of you have a son? If he asked for bread, would you give him a rock?
10. Or if he asked for a fish, would you give him a snake? Of course not!
11. You people are so bad, but you still know how to give good things to your children. So surely your heavenly Father will give good things to those who ask him.
12. “Do for others what you would want them to do for you. This is the meaning of the Law of Moses and the teaching of the prophets.