Matthew 7:8

For everyone asking receives, and the one searching finds, and to the one knocking the delet will 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

7Keep asking and it shall be given to you; keep searching and you shall find; keep knocking and the delet shall be opened to you.

9Or what man is there among you the ben of whom will ask for lechem (bread), and he will give him a stone.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:1Menasheh was 12 years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 55 years in Yerushalayim,

Psalms 81:10There shall no el zar (strange, foreign g-d) be among thee; 1 neither shalt thou worship any el nechar (foreign g-d). 1

Matthew 15:22And a woman from Kena'an came out from those regions, and was shouting, Have mercy on me, Adoni, Ben Dovid! My bat is in torment possessed by shedim.

John 2:2He and his talmidim were also invited to the Chasunoh (Wedding Feast).

Acts 9:11And Moshiach Adoneinu said to him, Get up and go to the rekhov (street) being called Yashar (Straight) and seek in the bais of Yehudah an ish by name Sha'ul from Tarsus. For, hinei, he is davening,

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 →

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