And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
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Tertullian of Carthage
AD 220
"For to every one that asketh "says He, "it shall be given, and to him that knocketh it shall be opened, and by him that seeketh it shall be found.".
In like manner, from whom must I ask that I may receive? Of whom seek, that I may find? To whom knock, that it may be opened to me?.
May be supplied you. "Ask "saith He, "and ye shall receive.".
Said separately, after delivering His Rule of Prayer, "Ask, and ye shall receive; "