¹⁵ And if we know that he hears us in regard to whatever we ask, we know that what we have asked him for is ours.

The Answer to Prayers. ^7 (A)“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.^{(B) 8} For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.^{(C) 9} Which one of you would hand his son a stone when he asks for a loaf of bread,^{[a] 10} or a snake when he asks for a fish? ¹¹ If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him.^(D)

^22 (A)Whatever you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive.”

The Authority of Jesus Questioned.^[a]

¹³ And whatever you ask in my name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.^{(A) 14} If you ask anything of me in my name, I will do it.