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Effective Prayer

“Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.

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Ask, Seek, Knock(A)

“Ask and it will be given to you;(B) seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

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22 You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it.”

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22 If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for(A) in prayer.”

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22 And we will receive from him whatever we ask because we obey him and do the things that please him.

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22 and receive from him anything we ask,(A) because we keep his commands(B) and do what pleases him.(C)

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But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted!

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

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24 I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that you’ve received it, it will be yours.

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24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.(A)

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18 The Lord is close to all who call on him,
    yes, to all who call on him in truth.
19 He grants the desires of those who fear him;
    he hears their cries for help and rescues them.

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18 The Lord is near(A) to all who call on him,(B)
    to all who call on him in truth.
19 He fulfills the desires(C) of those who fear him;(D)
    he hears their cry(E) and saves them.(F)

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Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come.

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‘Call(A) to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable(B) things you do not know.’

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33 Seek the Kingdom of God[a] above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.

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Footnotes

  1. 6:33 Some manuscripts do not include of God.

33 But seek first his kingdom(A) and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.(B)

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For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.

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For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds;(A) and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

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12 In those days when you pray, I will listen. 13 If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.

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12 Then you will call(A) on me and come and pray(B) to me, and I will listen(C) to you. 13 You will seek(D) me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.(E)

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16 You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name.

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16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you(A) so that you might go and bear fruit(B)—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.(C)

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14 And we are confident that he hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases him. 15 And since we know he hears us when we make our requests, we also know that he will give us what we ask for.

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14 This is the confidence(A) we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.(B) 15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know(C) that we have what we asked of him.(D)

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And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him.

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And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him(A) must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

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