Matthew 7:8
For every man who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
7Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and ye will find. Knock, and it will be opened to you.
9Or what man is there of you, who, if his son may ask for bread, will give him a stone,
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:1Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
Psalms 81:10I am LORD thy God who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Matthew 15:22And behold, a Canaanite woman having come out from those regions, cried out to him, saying, Be merciful to me, O Lord, thou son of David, my daughter is grievously demon-possessed.
John 2:2And Jesus also was invited, and his disciples, to the wedding.
Acts 9:11And the Lord said to him, After rising, go into the street called Straight, and seek in the house of Judas, a man named Saul of Tarsus, for behold, he is praying.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 7:8-12
The Sermon on the Mount. 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? 10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to… Read the whole commentary →