“How much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him?” “Again I tell you, ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, , how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?” ( Luke 11:9–13 ). (1) As I meditated on today’s passage, Luke 11:9–13, I made an interesting observation regarding the context of these verses. That observation concerns the phrases “Jesus said” (v. 2), “He said again” (v. 5), and “I tell ...