Matthew 7:7
New International Version
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

New Living Translation
“Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.

English Standard Version
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Berean Standard Bible
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

Berean Literal Bible
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened unto you.

King James Bible
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

New King James Version
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

New American Standard Bible
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

NASB 1995
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

NASB 1977
“Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.

Legacy Standard Bible
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Amplified Bible
“Ask and keep on asking and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking and you will find; knock and keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you.

Christian Standard Bible
“Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
“Keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you.

American Standard Version
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock, and it will be opened to you.

Contemporary English Version
Ask, and you will receive. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened for you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.

English Revised Version
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Ask, and you will receive. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened for you.

Good News Translation
"Ask, and you will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

International Standard Version
"Keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened for you.

Literal Standard Version
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you;

Majority Standard Bible
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

New American Bible
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

NET Bible
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you.

New Revised Standard Version
“Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

New Heart English Bible
"Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

Webster's Bible Translation
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you:

Weymouth New Testament
"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

World English Bible
“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

Young's Literal Translation
'Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Ask, Seek, Knock
6Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces. 7Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. 8For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.…

Cross References
Psalm 34:4
I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.

Psalm 37:4
Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.

Isaiah 30:19
O people in Zion who dwell in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious when you cry for help; when He hears, He will answer you.

Jeremiah 29:13
You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

Matthew 7:8
For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

Matthew 18:19
Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven.

Matthew 21:22
If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."


Treasury of Scripture

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you:

and it.

Matthew 7:11
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 them that ask him?

Matthew 21:22
And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

1 Kings 3:5
In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

seek.

Matthew 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Psalm 10:4
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

Psalm 27:8
When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

knock.

Luke 13:25
When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:

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24. The Wise and the Foolish Builders
28. Jesus ends his sermon, and the people are astonished.














(7) Ask, and it shall be given.--The transition is again abrupt, and suggests the idea that some links are missing. The latent sequence of thought would seem to be this, "If the work of reforming others and ourselves," men might say, "is so difficult, how shall we dare to enter on it? Where shall we find the courage and the wisdom which we need?" And the answer is, In prayer for those gifts.

Here, once more, the words are absolute and unqualified, and yet are clearly limited by implied conditions. It is assumed (1) that we ask for good gifts--for "bread" and not for a "stone," for a "fish" and not for a "serpent;" and (2) that we ask, as Christ has taught us, in His name and according to His spirit. Otherwise we may ask and receive not, because we ask amiss.

The three words imply distinct degrees of intensity. There is the "asking" in the spoken words of prayer, the "seeking" in the efforts and labours which are acted prayers, the "knocking" at the gate with the urgent importunity which claims admission into our Father's house.

Verses 7-11. - Ask, and it shall be given you, etc. Parallel passage: Luke 11:9-13. Nearly verbally identical, but in the son's request, reads "egg" and "scorpion" for "bread" and "stone," and reverses the order of the sentences. In Luke the verses are closely connected ("and I say unto you") with the parable of the friend at midnight, which itself immediately follows the Lord's Prayer. It seems probable that, as with the Lord's Prayer (ch. 6:9-13, note), so with these verses, the original position is given in Luke; yet, as also with the Lord's Prayer, Matthew's form of the individual clauses may be the more original (cf. ver. 11, note). With the general promise contained in these verses, cf. Mark 11:24. The connexion with the preceding verse is probably not

(1) pray for others who have no apparent capacity for receiving the truths of the gospel (Weiss); nor

(2) in answer to the question suggested by ver. 6, if this be the measure of the Divine dealings, what bounties can sinners expect at God's hands? Let them, nevertheless, ask of God, and it shall be given them (cf. Alford); but

(3) in close connexion with the whole subject from vers. 1-6, you feel conscious of want of wisdom for the true and loving judgment of others without censoriousness - ask for this special grace. With this connexion ver. 12 follows on naturally; i.e. the key to the right treatment of others may be found in one's own feelings and wishes; from the perception of what we desire to receive from others we may learn what others ought to receive from us. Verse 7. - Ask... seek... knock. Gradation in urgency. Further, the three clauses think of the Giver, the sphere in which the gift lies, the obstacles in the way of obtaining it.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Ask
Αἰτεῖτε (Aiteite)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 154: To ask, request, petition, demand. Of uncertain derivation; to ask.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

it will be given
δοθήσεται (dothēsetai)
Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1325: To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give.

to you;
ὑμῖν (hymin)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

seek
ζητεῖτε (zēteite)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 2212: To seek, search for, desire, require, demand. Of uncertain affinity; to seek; specially, to worship, or to plot.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

you will find;
εὑρήσετε (heurēsete)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 2147: A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find.

knock
κρούετε (krouete)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 2925: To knock, beat a door with a stick, to gain admittance. Apparently a primary verb; to rap.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

[the door] will be opened
ἀνοιγήσεται (anoigēsetai)
Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 455: To open. From ana and oigo; to open up.

to you.
ὑμῖν (hymin)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.


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