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"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened for you.

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

Or what man is there among you, if his son will ask him for bread, will give him a stone?

Or also if he will ask for a fish, will give him a snake?

Therefore in all things, whatever you want that people should do to you, thus also you do to them. For this is the law and the prophets.

And Jesus said to him, "See that you tell no one, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them."

For I also am a man under authority who has soldiers under me, and I say to this one, ‘Go!' and he goes, and to another one, ‘Come!' and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!' and he does it."

And Jesus said to the centurion, "Go, as you have believed it will be done for you." And the slave was healed at that hour.

For which is easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, ‘Get up and walk'?

But go and learn what it means, "I want mercy and not sacrifice." For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

But no one puts a patch of unshrunken cloth on an old garment, for its patch pulls away from the garment, and the tear becomes worse.

for she said to herself, "If only I touch his cloak I will be healed."

Then he touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith let it be done for you."

And when he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were weary and dejected, like sheep that did not have a shepherd.

Do not procure gold or silver or copper for your belts.

Do not take a traveler's bag for the road, or two tunics, or sandals, or a staff, for the worker is deserving of his provisions.

Truly I say to you, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town!

And you will be brought before both governors and kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.

But whenever they hand you over, do not be anxious how to speak or what you should say, for what you should say will be given to you at that hour.

For you are not the ones who are speaking, but the Spirit of your Father who is speaking through you.