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It happened that while ^(F1)Jesus was praying in a certain place, when He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples."

And He said to them, "^(C1)When you pray, say: '^(F1)Father, ^(F2)hallowed be Your name. ^(F3)Your kingdom come.

-'Give us ^(C1)each day our ^(F1)daily bread.

-'And forgive us our sins, For we ourselves also forgive everyone who ^(C1)is indebted to us. And do not lead us into temptation.'"

And He said to them, "^(F1)Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves,

because a friend of mine has come to me from a journey and I have nothing to serve him';

and from inside he answers and says, 'Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children ^(F1)and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.'

"I tell you, even if he will not get up and give him anything just because he is his friend, yet ^(C1)because of his ^(F1)shamelessness he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

"So I say to you, ^(F1)(C1)ask, and it will be given to you; ^(F2)seek, and you will find; ^(F3)knock, and it will be opened to you.

"For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, it will be opened.

"Now ^(F1)which one of you fathers will his son ask for a ^(F2)fish, and instead of a fish, he will give him a snake?

"Or he will even ask for an egg, and his father will give him a scorpion?

"So ^(C1)if you, despite being ^(F1)evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will ^(F2)your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?"