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Augustine of Hippo
Catena Aurea · Matthäusevangelium 7
Mt 7, Verses 7–8English original
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
(Ep. 31. 1.) But the Lord is good, who often gives us not what we would, that He may give us what we should rather prefer.