7. and from inside he answers and says, 'Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.'
8. I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
9. "So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; 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. Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?
12. Or if he is asked for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he?
13. If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?"
14. And He was casting out a demon, and it was mute; when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds were amazed.
15. But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons."
16. Others, to test Him, were demanding of Him a sign from heaven.
17. But He knew their thoughts and said to them, "Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and a house divided against itself falls.
18. If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.
19. And if I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? So they will be your judges.