⁹ And I tell you, ^(A)ask, and ^(B)it will be given to you; ^(C)seek, and you will find; ^(D)knock, and it will be opened to you. ¹⁰ For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. ¹¹ What father among you, if his son asks for^[a] a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; ¹² or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? ¹³ If you then, ^(E)who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father ^(F)give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

⁹ And I tell you, ^(A)ask, and ^(B)it will be given to you; ^(C)seek, and you will find; ^(D)knock, and it will be opened to you. ¹⁰ For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. ¹¹ What father among you, if his son asks for^[a] a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; ¹² or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? ¹³ If you then, ^(E)who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father ^(F)give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”