Luke 11:10
For everyone who asks, receives; and everyone who seeks, finds; and to everyone who knocks the door will be opened.
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11Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, would give him a snake instead?
Cross References
Lamentations 3:8Even when I keep on crying out for help, he refuses to listen to my prayer.
Lamentations 3:54Water flooded over my head, and I thought I was going to die.
Luke 18:1Jesus told them this story to encourage them to pray at all times, and not to become discouraged.
James 5:11Notice that we say that those who endure are blessed. You've heard about the patience of Job, and you've seen how the Lord brought this to a positive conclusion—for the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
Matthew Henry on Luke 11:2-14
The Disciples Taught to Pray. 1 And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. 2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. 3 Give us day by day our daily bread. 4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into… Read the whole commentary →