Gen 32:24-28, Jer 29:13, Mat 15:23-28, Mar 7:26-29, Luk 11:5-10, 18:1-8 | ESV | STEP | And Jacob was left alone . And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day .

Genesis 32:24-28

24 And Jacob was left alone. And ^aa man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. 25 When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. 26 Then he said, “Let me go, for the day has broken.” But Jacob said, ^b“I will not let you go unless you bless me.” 27 And he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” 28 Then he said, ^c“Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, ^{▼▼ Israel means He strives with God, or God strives} for ^eyou have striven with God and ^fwith men, and have prevailed.”

Jeremiah 29:13

13 ^gYou will seek me and find me, when you seek me ^hwith all your heart.

Matthew 15:23-28

23 But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, ⁱ“Send her away, for she is crying out after us.” 24 He answered, ^j“I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” 25 But she came and ^kknelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.” 26 And he answered, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and ^lthrow it to the dogs.” 27 She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat ^mthe crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.” 28 Then Jesus answered her, “O woman, ⁿgreat is your faith! ^oBe it done for you as you desire.” ^pAnd her daughter was ^qhealed instantly. ^{▼▼Greek from that hour}

Mark 7:26-29

26 ^sNow the woman was a ^tGentile, ^ua Syrophoenician by birth. And she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. 27 And he said to her, “Let the children be ^vfed first, for it is not right to take the children’s bread and ^wthrow it to the dogs.” 28 But she answered him, “Yes, Lord; yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s ^xcrumbs.” 29 And he said to her, “For this statement you may ^ygo your way; the demon has left your daughter.”

Luke 11:5-10

5 And he said to them, “Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves, 6 for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; 7 and he will answer from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything’? 8 I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything ^zbecause he is his friend, yet because of his impudence ^{▼▼Or persistence} he will rise and give him whatever he needs. 9 And I tell you, ^abask, and ^acit will be given to you; ^adseek, and you will find; ^aeknock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.

Luke 18:1-8

The Parable of the Persistent Widow

1 And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought ^afalways to pray and not ^aglose heart. 2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who ^ahneither feared God nor respected man. 3 And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ 4 For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ^ai‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’” 6 And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says. 7 And ^ajwill not God give justice to ^akhis elect, ^alwho cry to him day and night? ^am, ^anWill he delay long over them? 8 I tell you, he will give justice to them ^aospeedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, ^apwill he find faith on earth?”