Luke 11:5-13

5And He said to them, “1Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves, 6because a friend of mine has come to me from a journey and I have nothing to serve him’; 7and from inside he answers and says, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children 2and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.’ 8I tell you, even if he will not get up and give him anything just because he is his friend, yet 3because of his 4shamelessness he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

9“So I say to you, 56ask, and it will be given to you; 7seek, and you will find; 8knock, and it will be opened to you. 10For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, it will be opened. 11Now 9which one of you fathers will his son ask for a 10fish, and instead of a fish, he will give him a snake? 12Or he will even ask for an egg, and his father will give him a scorpion? 13So 11if you, despite being 12evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will 13your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?”