Luke 11:5–13

⁵And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him ^cat midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; ⁶For a friend of mine ^||in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing ^dto set before him? ⁷And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. ⁸I say unto you, ^eThough 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 unto you, ^fAsk, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. ¹⁰For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. ¹¹If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? ¹²Or if he shall ask an egg, will he ^†offer him a ^gscorpion? ¹³If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: ^hhow much more shall your heavenly Father give ⁱthe Holy Spirit to them that ask him?