The Lord’s Prayer

11 And it happened that while ^[a]Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.” ² And He said to them, “^(A)When you pray, say:

⁵ Then He said to them, “Which of you has a friend and will go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves, ⁶ for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; ⁷ and from inside he answers and says, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children ^[d]and I are in bed; I cannot rise up and give you anything.’ ⁸ I tell you, even though he will not arise and give him anything because he is his friend, yet ^(D)because of his ^[e]persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

⁹ “So I say to you, ^[f](E)ask, and it will be given to you; ^[g]seek, and you will find; ^[h]knock, and it will be opened to you. ¹⁰ For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened. ¹¹ But what father among you, if his son asks for a ^[i]fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish? ¹² Or, if his son asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? ^13 (F)If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your ^[j]heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?”