⁵ Then he told them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, let me borrow three loaves of bread. ⁶ A friend of mine on a trip has dropped in on me, and I don’t have anything to serve him.’ ⁷ Suppose he answers from inside, ‘Stop bothering me! The door is already locked, and my children are here with us in the bedroom.^[a] I can’t get up and give you anything!’ ⁸ I tell you, even though that man^[b] doesn’t want to get up and give him anything because he is his friend, he will get up and give him whatever he needs because of his persistence.

Ask, Search, Knock^(A)

⁹ So I say to you: Keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door^[c] will be opened for you, ¹⁰ because everyone who keeps asking will receive, and the person who keeps searching will find, and the person who keeps knocking will have the door^[d] opened.