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Matthew 7:11

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11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

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Sayings

  

'Sayings' denotes persuasion. When related to Jehovah, 'sayings' signify informing or instructing.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 4478)


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1 Samuel 1:20

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20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.