Abstract
The `Answering Father' (7:7—12) is to exhort the reader to place their trust in God the Father's goodness and faithfulness rather than to pray persistently. Matthew, after establishing this divine relationship, directs the reader to expand it to a human one by concluding the teaching with the Golden Rule. The reader is asked to show the same goodness to neighbours that God the Father has given to them.
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