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He also said to them, "Suppose one of you has a
friend; and you go to him in the middle of the night and say to him,
`Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
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because a friend of mine who has been traveling has
just arrived at my house, and I have nothing for him to eat.'
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Now the one inside may answer, `Don't bother me! The
door is already shut, my children are with me in bed -- I can't get up to
give you anything!'
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But I tell you, even if he won't get up because the
man is his friend, yet because of the man's hutzpah he will get up and
give him as much as he needs.
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"Moreover, I myself say to you: keep asking,
and it will be given to you; keep seeking, and you will find; keep
knocking, and the door will be opened to you.
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For everyone who goes on asking receives; and he who
goes on seeking finds; and to him who continues knocking, the door will be
opened. |
