Matthew 7:8
For whosoever axeth receaveth and he that seketh fyndeth and to hym that knocketh it shalbe opened.
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
7Axe and it shalbe geven you. Seke and ye shall fynd. knocke and it shalbe opened vnto you.
9Ys there eny man amonge you which if his sonne axed hym bread wolde offer him astone?
Cross References
Matthew 15:22And beholde a woman which was a Cananite came out of the same coostis and cryed vnto him sayinge: have mercy on me Lorde the sonne of David my doughter is pytiously vexed with a devyll.
John 2:2And Iesus was called also and his disciples vnto the mariage.
Acts 9:11And the lorde sayde to him: aryse and goo into the strete which is called strayght and seke in the housse of Iudas after one called Saul of Tharsus. For beholde he prayeth
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 →