Matthew 7:7-12
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened"
This passage states that if you ask you will receive, for example if you ask for forgiveness, he will forgive you. Seek and you will find' means if you seek God, you will find him, or even if you seek some sort of pleasure or happiness you will find it if you believe. Knock, the door will be opened' signifies that God has open arms for you if you want him to, even though a person could be wicked he can still do good to his children, so this passage demonstrates the Good in people even though they could be evil.
Matthew 9:1-8
"Jesus got into the boat and went back across the lake to his own town, where some people brought to him a paralyzed man, lying on a bed. When Jesus saw how much faith they had, he said to the paralyzed man, Courage,......
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