Luke 11:10

For everyone asking receives; and he who is seeking, finds; and to the one knocking, it shall be opened.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

In Context

9And I tell you [when you daven], ask, and it shall be given to you; seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you.

11And what Abba among you is there who, if his ben asks for a dag (fish), instead of a dag (fish) will give to him a nachash (snake)?

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Cross References

Lamentations 3:8Also when I cry and call out, 1 He shutteth out my tefillah. 1

Lamentations 3:54Mayim flowed over mine rosh; 1 then I said: I am cut off. 1

Luke 18:1Now he was speaking a mashal to them about how it is necessary always for them to daven and not to lose chozek, + 18:1 Isa 40:31

James 5:11Hinei, we call me'ashirim the ones having endured: the enduring orech ruach (patience) of Iyov you heard of, and the toitzaa (outcome) from Hashem you saw, that Eloheinu is full of rachamim and channun Hashem. + 5:11 Job 1:21,22; 2:10; 42:10,12-17; Ex 34:6; Num 14:18; Ps 103:8

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 →

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