Luke 11:5-11

⁵Jesus went on to tell them, “Say you have a friend and you go to him in the middle of the night and ask, ‘My friend, lend me three loaves of bread

⁶because a friend of mine has come to visit me, and I don't have any food to give him.’

⁷Your friend in the house might reply, ‘Don't bother me—I've already locked the door, and I and my children have gone to bed. I can't get up to give you anything now.’

⁸I tell you, even though he refuses to get up and give you anything, despite you being his friend, if you are persistent, your friend will get up and give you everything you need.

⁹I tell you: ask, and you shall receive; seek, and you shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you.

¹⁰For everyone who asks, receives; and everyone who seeks, finds; and to everyone who knocks the door will be opened.

¹¹Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, would give him a snake instead?