“So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

‘I tell you that everyone who has will be given more, but from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.

Give, and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive.”

So listen carefully, for whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him.”

As the crowds were increasing, Jesus began to say, “This generation is a wicked generation; it looks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.