¹⁴ And this is the boldness we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

¹² Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you.^{(A) 13} When you search for me, you will find me; if you seek me with all your heart,^(B)

³ Call to me, and I will answer you and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.^(A)

¹³ I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

²¹ Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have boldness before God, ²² and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commandments and do what pleases him.^(A)

⁷ If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.^(A)

Ask, Search, Knock

⁷ “Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.^{(A) 8} For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.^{(B) 9} Is there anyone among you who, if your child asked for bread, would give a stone? ¹⁰ Or if the child asked for a fish, would give a snake? ¹¹ If you, then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

²² Whatever you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive.”^(A)

³ You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, in order to spend what you get on your pleasures.^(A)