5 And He said to them, “Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves,
6 since a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I do not have food to set before him,’
7 then the one inside answering, says, ‘Do not trouble me, the door is already locked, and my children with me are in bed. I am unable to get up and give to you’?
8 “I say to you, if he does not get up and give to him because he is his friend, he shall get up and give him as many as he needs because of his persistence.
9 “And I say to you: ask and it shall be given to you, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you.
10 “For everyone asking receives, and he who is seeking finds, and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.
11 “And what father among you whose son asks for bread shall give him a stone, or if he asks for a fish shall give him a snake instead of a fish,