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?
12Or if he asks for an egg, would you give him a scorpion?