Luke 11:13

Ask, Seek, Knock

¹² Or, if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? ¹³  So if you, in spite of your being bad, know how to give your children what is good, how much more surely will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who continue to ask Him?" ¹⁴ Now He was driving a dumb demon out of a man, and when the demon went out of him, the dumb man spoke. The crowds were astonished.

Father in Heaven

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Our Father in Heaven

What is Good

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Matthew 7:11

So if you, in spite of your being bad, know how to give your children what is good, how much more surely will your heavenly Father give what is good to those who keep on asking Him?

John 4:10

Jesus answered her, "If you just knew what God has to give and who it is that said to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have been the one to ask Him, and He would have given you living water."

Matthew 5:16

Let your light shine before people in such a way that they may see your good deeds, and praise your Father in heaven.

Matthew 5:45

to prove that you are sons of your Father in heaven, for He makes His sun rise on bad as well as good people, and makes the rain come down on doers of right and of wrong alike.

Matthew 6:14

"For if you forgive others their shortcomings your heavenly Father will forgive you, too.

Matthew 6:30

Now if God so gorgeously dresses the wild grass which today is green but tomorrow is tossed into the furnace, will He not much more surely clothe you, O you with little faith?

Matthew 6:32

For the heathen are greedily pursuing all such things; and surely your heavenly Father well knows that you need them all.

Luke 11:2

So He said to them, "Whenever you pray, say: 'Father, Your name be revered; Your kingdom come;

Luke 15:30-32

But when this son of yours arrives, who has eaten up your property with immoral women, you have killed for him the fattening calf.'

John 3:5-6

Jesus answered, "I most solemnly say to you, no one can ever get into the kingdom of God, unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

John 7:37-39

On the last day, the great day, of the feast, Jesus stood and cried aloud, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.

Acts 2:38

Peter said to them, "You must repent -- and, as an expression of it, let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ -- that you may have your sins forgiven; and then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

Romans 5:9-10

So if we have already been brought into right standing with God by Christ's death, it is much more certain that by Him we shall be saved from God's wrath.

Romans 5:17

For if by one man's offense death reigned through that one, to a much greater degree will those who continue to receive the overflow of His unmerited favor and His gift of right standing with Himself, reign in real life through One, Jesus Christ.

Romans 7:18

For I know that nothing good has its home in me; that is, in my lower self; I have the will but not the power to do what is right.

Romans 8:32

Since He did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, will He not with Him graciously give us everything else?

2 Corinthians 3:9-11

For if the service connected with condemnation had such splendor, the service resulting in right standing with God will surely far surpass it in splendor.

Titus 3:3

For once we too were without understanding, disobedient, misled, habitual slaves to all sorts of passions and pleasures, spending our lives in malice and envy.

Hebrews 12:9-10

Furthermore, we had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we used to treat them with respect; how much more cheerfully should we submit to the Father of our spirits, and live!