6. because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I do not have anything to set before him.’
7. And that one will answer from inside and say, ‘Do not cause me trouble! The door has already been shut and my children are with me in bed! I am not able to get up to give you anything.’
8. I tell you, even if he does not give him anything after he gets up because he is his friend, at any rate because of his impudence he will get up and give him whatever he needs.
9. And I tell you, ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened for you.
10. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
11. But what father from among you, if his son will ask for a fish, instead of a fish will give him a snake?