Matthew 7:7

“Keep asking God for what you need. If you do that, he will give it to you. Confidently keep expecting God to give you the things that you need, and he will give them to you. It will be like [MET] looking for what you need and finding it. Keep on praying persistently to God. Then God will answer you. It will be like [MET] knocking on a door in order to enter a room. And the way will be opened { God will open the way} for you to get what you pray for.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

In Context

6“You do not give holy things to dogs that would ignore those things and attack you [CHI]. You do not throw pearls in front of hogs, because they would just ignore them and trample them. Similarly, do not give precious spiritual truth to people you know will not value it but instead will do evil things to you.”

8Remember that God will give things to everyone who continues to ask him for them. He will give things to whoever confidently keeps asking. He will open the way for people to get the things that they keep persistently praying for.

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Cross References

Genesis 26:32That day Isaac’s servants came to him and told him about the well that they had finished digging. They said, “We found water in the well!”

Psalms 10:4Wicked people are very proud. As a result, they do not ◄seek help from/are not concerned about► God; they do not even think that God exists.

Psalms 27:8I sensed that I heard you say, “Come and worship me [IDM],” so, Yahweh, I will worship you.

Psalms 69:32Oppressed/Afflicted people will see that God has rescued me, and they will be glad. I want all of you who ask God to help you to be encouraged.

Psalms 86:5Lord, you are good to us, and you forgive us; you faithfully love very much all those who ◄pray/call out► to you.

Psalms 119:12Yahweh, I praise you; teach me ◄your statutes/what you have declared►.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 7:2-7

The Sermon on the Mount. 1 Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? 5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly… Read the whole commentary →

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