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Augustine of Hippo, on Matt 7:7
Augustine of Hippo · A.D. 354–430
Matt 7:7 · Douay-Rheims
“Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.”
On this verse:
“(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.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.