And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you ... If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father ... See the notes at Matthew 7:7-10.
Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? - looking quite like an egg at some distance, but of a deadly nature.
9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offerc him a scorpion?