Matthew 7:8
For it is always he who asks that receives, he who seeks that finds, and he who knocks that has the door opened to him.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
9What man is there among you, who if his son shall ask him for bread will offer him a stone?
Cross References
Matthew 15:22Here a Canaanitish woman of the district came out and persistently cried out, "Sir, Son of David, pity me; my daughter is cruelly harassed by a demon."
John 2:2and Jesus also was invited and His disciples.
Acts 9:11"Rise," said the Lord, "and go to Straight Street, and inquire at the house of Judas for a man called Saul, from Tarsus, for he is actually 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 →