Matthew 7:8

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

7'Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

9'Or what man is of you, of whom, if his son may ask a loaf — a stone will he present to him?

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:1A son of twelve years is Manasseh in his reigning, and fifty and five years he hath reigned in Jerusalem;

Psalms 81:10I [am] Jehovah thy God, Who bringeth thee up out of the land of Egypt. Enlarge thy mouth, and I fill it.

Matthew 15:22and lo, a woman, a Canaanitess, from those borders having come forth, did call to him, saying, 'Deal kindly with me, Sir — Son of David; my daughter is miserably demonized.'

John 2:2and also Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage;

Acts 9:11and the Lord [saith] unto him, 'Having risen, go on unto the street that is called Straight, and seek in the house of Judas, [one] by name Saul of Tarsus, for, lo, he doth pray,

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 →

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