KJV King James Version
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
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Matthew 7:8
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
WEB World English Bible
For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
ASV American Standard Version
for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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.
Surrounding context — Matthew 7
5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
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 them that ask him?
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πᾶςG3956 · pasallγὰρG1063 · garforὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoαἰτῶνG154 · aiteōto askλαμβάνει,G2983 · lambanōto takeκαὶG2532 · kaiandὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoζητῶνG2212 · zēteōto seekεὑρίσκει,G2147 · ehuriskōto find/meetκαὶG2532 · kaiandτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoκρούοντιG2925 · krouōto knockἀνοιγήσεται.¶G455 · anoigōto open
Cross-references
Psalm 81:10I [am] the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.Psalm 81:16He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.Luke 23:42-43And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.Matthew 15:22-28And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, [thou] Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.Acts 9:11And the Lord [said] unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for [one] called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,2 Chronicles 33:19His prayer also, and [how God] was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they [are] written among the sayings of the seers.John 3:8-10The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.John 2:2And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.2 Chronicles 33:1-2Manasseh [was] twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:
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