Matthew 7:8

Remember 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.

Translation for Translators

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

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.

9◄No man among you would give a stone to his son if his son were to ask for bread./Would anyone among you give a stone to his son if his son were to ask for bread?► [RHQ]

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:1Manasseh was 12 years old when he became the king of Judah, and he ruled from Jerusalem for 55 years.

Psalms 81:10I am Yahweh, your God; It was not any of those other gods who brought you out of Egypt, I am the one who did it! So ask me what you want me to do for you [MTY], and I will do it.

Matthew 15:22A woman from the group of people called Canaanites who live in that region came to the place where Jesus was staying. She kept shouting to him, “Lord, you are the descendant of King David, you are the Messiah! Have pity on me and my daughter! She is suffering very much because a demon controls her.”

John 2:2Jesus and we his disciples were also there, because we had been invited {someone had invited us} also.

Acts 9:11The Lord Jesus told him, “Go to Straight Street to the house that belongs to Judas. Ask someone there if you(sg) can talk to a man named Saul from Tarsus city, because, surprisingly, at this moment he is praying to me.

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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