6. A friend of mine on a journey has come to stay with me. I have nothing for him to eat.'
7. "Then the one inside answers, 'Don't bother me. The door is already locked. My children are with me in bed. I can't get up and give you anything.'
8. "I tell you, that person will not get up. And he won't give the man bread just because he is his friend. But because the man keeps on asking, he will get up. He will give him as much as he needs.
9. "So here is what I say to you. Ask, and it will be given to you. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you.