Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said to him, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into the Kingdom of God before you.

What I tell you, I tell all: Watch."

But to you I say, to the rest who are in Thyatira, as many as don't have this teaching, who don't know what some call 'the deep things of Satan,' to you I say, I am not putting any other burden on you.

Ask

Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me."

Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom.

Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great things, and difficult, which you don't know.

"Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."

Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.

Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."

Whatever you will ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

"In that day you will ask me no questions. Most certainly I tell you, whatever you may ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.

Concerning this thing, I begged the Lord three times that it might depart from me.

Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of need.

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.

Seek

"Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.

One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after, that I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, to see Yahweh's beauty, and to inquire in his temple.

I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.

Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.

By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn't find him.

I opened to my beloved; but my beloved left; and had gone away. My heart went out when he spoke. I looked for him, but I didn't find him. I called him, but he didn't answer.

I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. I didn't say to the seed of Jacob, 'Seek me in vain.' I, Yahweh, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.

Seek Yahweh while he may be found; call you on him while he is near:

You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel: "Seek me, and you will live;

Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, "We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote: Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."

He, fastening his eyes on him, and being frightened, said, "What is it, Lord?" He said to him, "Your prayers and your gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial before God.

to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

Knock

When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'

for he says, "At an acceptable time I listened to you, in a day of salvation I helped you." Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.

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All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."