Matthew 7:8
Everyone who asks, receives; everyone who seeks, finds; and everyone who knocks has the door opened for them.
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9Would any of you give your son a stone if he asked for bread?
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:1Manasseh was twelve when he became king, and he reigned in for Jerusalem fifty-five years.
Psalms 81:10I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.
Matthew 15:22A Canaanite woman from that area came, shouting out, “Lord, son of David! Please have mercy on me, because my daughter is suffering badly because she's possessed by a demon!”
John 2:2Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
Acts 9:11“Get up, and go to Straight Street,” the Lord told him. “Ask at Judas' house for someone called Saul, from Tarsus. He's 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 →