Luke 11:6-17

⁶for a friend of mine hath come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him?

⁷And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not; the door is now shut, and I and my children are in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.

⁸I say to you, though he will not rise and give him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.

⁹And I say to you, Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and ye will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

¹⁰For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, the door will be opened.

¹¹And what father is there, among you, who, if his son ask for bread, will give him a stone? or if he ask for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent?

¹²or, if he ask for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

¹³If ye then, though evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!

¹⁴And he was casting out a demon, and it was dumb; and it came to pass, when the demon had gone out, that the dumb man spoke. And the multitudes wondered.

¹⁵But some of them said, He casteth out the demons through Beelzebul, the prince of the demons;

¹⁶and others, to make trial of him, asked of him a sign from heaven.

¹⁷But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and house divided against house falleth.