Matthew 7:8
For every one that asketh, receiveth: and he that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
7Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.
9Or what man is there among you, of whom if his son shall ask bread, will he reach him a stone?
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:1Manasses was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
Psalms 81:10there shall be no new god in thee: neither shalt thou adore a strange god.
Matthew 15:22And behold a woman of Canaan who came out of those coasts, crying out, said to him: Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David: my daughter is grieviously troubled by the devil.
John 2:2And Jesus also was invited, and his disciples, to the marriage.
Acts 9:11And the Lord said to him: Arise, and go into the street that is called Stait, and seek in the house of Judas, one named Saul of Tarsus. For behold he prayeth.
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 →