Matthew 7:8
For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
7Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.
9Or what man is there of you who, if his son shall ask of him a loaf of 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 Jehovah thy God, that brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Matthew 15:22and lo, a Canaanitish woman, coming out from those borders, cried [to him] saying, Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.
John 2:2And Jesus also, and his disciples, were invited to the marriage.
Acts 9:11And the Lord [said] to him, Rise up and go into the street which is called Straight, and seek in the house of Judas one by name Saul, [he is] 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 →