to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and the door shall
be opened to you.'
011:010 For every one who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds;
and to him who knocks, the door shall be opened.
011:011 And what father is there among you, who, if his son asks
for a slice of bread, will offer him a stone? or if he asks
for a fish, will instead of a fish offer him a snake?
011:012 or if he asks for an egg, will offer him a scorpion?
011:013 If you then, with all your human frailty, know how to give
your children gifts that are good for them, how much more
certainly will your Father who is in Heaven give the Holy Spirit
to those who ask Him!"
011:014 On once occasion He was expelling a dumb demon;
and when the demon was gone out the dumb man could speak,
and the people were astonished.
011:015 But some among them said, "It is by the power of Baal-zebul,
the Prince of the demons, that he expels the demons."
011:016 Others, to put Him to the test, asked Him for a sign in the sky.
011:017 And, knowing their thoughts, He said to them, "Every kingdom
in which civil war rages goes to ruin: family attacks family
and is overthrown.
011:018 And if Satan really has engaged in fierce conflict with himself,
how shall his kingdom stand?--because you say that I expel
demons by the power of Baal-zebul.
011:019 And if it is by the power of Baal-zebul that I expel the demons,
by whom do your disciples expel them? They therefore shall
be your judges.
011:020 But if it is by the power of God that I drive out the demons,
it is evident that the Kingdom of God has come upon you.
011:021 "Whenever a strong man, fully armed and equipped, is guarding