Matthew 7:8
For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
7"Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
9Or who is there among you, who, if his son will ask him for bread, will give him a stone?
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:1Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
Psalms 81:10I am the Lord, your God,who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Matthew 15:22Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders, and started shouting, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely demonized!"
John 2:2Jesus also was invited, with his disciples, to the marriage.
Acts 9:11The Lord said to him, "Arise, and go to the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one named Saul, a man of Tarsus. For behold, 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 →