Matthew 7:8
For the person who asks receives, the person who searches finds, and the door will be opened to the person who knocks.
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In Context
9Who among you, when their child asks them for bread, will give them a stone,
Cross References
Psalms 81:10I am the Lord your God who brought you up out of Egypt. Open your mouth, that I fill it.
Matthew 15:22There, a Canaanite woman of that district came out and began calling to Jesus, ‘Take pity on me, Master, Son of David; my daughter is grievously possessed by a demon.’
John 2:2Jesus himself, too, with his disciples, was invited to the wedding.
Acts 9:11‘Go at once,’ said the Lord, ‘to the Straight Street, and ask at Judas’s house for a man named Saul, from Tarsus. He is at this moment 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 →