Luke 11:9

I say also to you: Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and ye will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

In Context

8I say to you: If he give him not, on account of friendship, yet on account of his importunity, he will arise and give him as much as he asketh.

10For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it is opened.

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Matthew Henry on Luke 11:2-14

The Disciples Taught to Pray. 1 And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. 2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. 3 Give us day by day our daily bread. 4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into… Read the whole commentary →

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