Luke 11:10

for every one who is asking doth receive; and he who is seeking doth find; and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

In Context

9and I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

11'And of which of you — the father — if the son shall ask a loaf, a stone will he present to him? and if a fish, will he instead of a fish, a serpent present to him?

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Cross References

Lamentations 3:8Also when I call and cry out, He hath shut out my prayer.

Lamentations 3:54Flowed have waters over my head, I have said, I have been cut off.

Luke 18:1And he spake also a simile to them, that it behoveth [us] always to pray, and not to faint,

James 5:11lo, we call happy those who are enduring; the endurance of Job ye heard of, and the end of the Lord ye have seen, that very compassionate is the Lord, and pitying.

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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