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The scriptures below are from the WEB Bible.
Matthew 7:7-11
7) "Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened to you.
8) For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
9) Or what man is there of you, who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?
10) Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent?
11) If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
Mark 4:10-13
10) When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
11) He said to them, "To you is given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,
12) that ‘seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.‘"
13) He said to them, "Don‘t you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?
Romans 12:12-13
12) rejoicing in hope; enduring in oppression; continuing steadfastly in prayer;
13) contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.
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