Matthew 7:8
For everyone who asks, receives; everyone who seeks, finds; and to the person who knocks, it will be opened.
Unlocked Literal Bible
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In Context
7Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened to you.
9Or which one of you, if his son asks for a loaf of bread, will give him a stone?
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:1Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
Psalms 81:10I am Yahweh your God, 1 who brought you out of the land of Egypt. 1 Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. 1
Matthew 15:22Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from that region. She shouted out and said, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed.”
John 2:2Jesus and his disciples were invited to the wedding.
Acts 9:11The Lord said to him, “Arise, and go to the street which is called Straight, and at the house of Judas ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.
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 →