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²¹But test all things. Hold on to whatever is good.

¹¹But these were more noble than those who were at Thessalonica. They received the Word with all enthusiasm, daily examining the Scriptures to see if these things were so.

¹⁵But sanctify Christ the Lord in your hearts, being always ready to give an explanation to all who ask you the reason for that hope which is in you.

²⁴Now Thomas, one of the twelve, who is called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus arrived. ²⁵Therefore, the other disciples said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I will see in his hands the mark of the nails and place my finger into the place of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will not believe.” ²⁶And after eight days, again his disciples were within, and Thomas was with them. Jesus arrived, though the doors had been closed, and he stood in their midst and said, “Peace to you.” ²⁷Next, he said to Thomas: “Look at my hands, and place your finger here; and bring your hand close, and place it at my side. And do not choose to be unbelieving, but faithful.” ²⁸Thomas responded and said to him, “My Lord and my God.” ²⁹Jesus said to him: “You have seen me, Thomas, so you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

⁷Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.

⁵But if anyone among you is in need of wisdom, let him petition God, who gives abundantly to all without reproach, and it shall be given to him.

⁷Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you. ⁸For everyone who asks, receives; and whoever seeks, finds; and to anyone who knocks, it will be opened.

¹But the Lord, responding to Job from a whirlwind, said: ²Who is this that wraps sentences in unskilled words? ³Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me.

¹⁸And then approach and accuse me, says the Lord. Then, if your sins are like scarlet, they shall be made white like snow; and if they are red like vermillion, they shall become white like wool.

²It is to the glory of God to conceal a word, and it is to the glory of kings to investigate speech.

¹⁰Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, and let there be food in my house. And test me about this, says the Lord, as to whether I will not open to you the floodgates of heaven, and pour out to you a blessing, all the way to abundance.

⁹And so I say to you: Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you. ¹⁰For everyone who asks, receives. And whoever seeks, finds. And whoever knocks, it shall be opened to him.

⁵But if anyone among you is in need of wisdom, let him petition God, who gives abundantly to all without reproach, and it shall be given to him. ⁶But he should ask with faith, doubting nothing. For he who doubts is like a wave on the ocean, which is moved about by the wind and carried away;

⁹And so I say to you: Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.

¹⁹Do not choose to extinguish the Spirit. ²⁰Do not spurn prophecies. ²¹But test all things. Hold on to whatever is good.

¹Most beloved, do not be willing to believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are of God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

³⁵And one of them, a doctor of the law, questioned him, to test him: ³⁶“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” ³⁷Jesus said to him: “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God from all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

³⁷Jesus said to him: “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God from all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

²⁷Next, he said to Thomas: “Look at my hands, and place your finger here; and bring your hand close, and place it at my side. And do not choose to be unbelieving, but faithful.”

³Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me.