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9. κἀγὼ ὑμῖν λέγω. And I say to you. The argument is the a minori ad majus which is sufficiently obvious in itself, but had been specially formulated by Hillel in his seven ‘rules’ (middoth) for the interpretation of Scripture.
αἰτεῖτε, καὶ δοθήσεται ὑμῖν. Mat 7:7-11; Mat 21:22; Mar 11:24; Joh 16:23. Doubtless these teachings were repeated more than once to different listeners. God’s unwillingness to grant is never more than in semblance, and for our good (Mat 15:28; Gen 32:28).