Isaiah 51:1-5

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Everlasting Salvation for Zion

51 “Listen^(A) to me, you who pursue righteousness^(B)
    and who seek^(C) the Lord:
Look to the rock^(D) from which you were cut
    and to the quarry from which you were hewn;
²look to Abraham,^(E) your father,
    and to Sarah, who gave you birth.
When I called him he was only one man,
    and I blessed him and made him many.^(F)
³The Lord will surely comfort^(G) Zion^(H)
    and will look with compassion on all her ruins;^(I)
he will make her deserts like Eden,^(J)
    her wastelands^(K) like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness^(L) will be found in her,
    thanksgiving^(M) and the sound of singing.

⁴“Listen to me, my people;^(N)
    hear me,^(O) my nation:
Instruction^(P) will go out from me;
    my justice^(Q) will become a light to the nations.^(R)
⁵My righteousness draws near speedily,
    my salvation^(S) is on the way,^(T)
    and my arm^(U) will bring justice to the nations.
The islands^(V) will look to me
    and wait in hope^(W) for my arm.

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Matthew 7:7-11

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Ask, Seek, Knock^(A)

⁷“Ask and it will be given to you;^(B) seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. ⁸For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds;^(C) and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

⁹“Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? ¹⁰Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? ¹¹If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts^(D) to those who ask him!

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