Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “So I say to you: 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 “And so I tell you, 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 And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. Berean Standard Bible So I tell you: 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 And I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened to you. King James Bible And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. New King James Version “So I say to you, 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 “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. NASB 1995 “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. NASB 1977 “And I say to you, ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. Legacy Standard Bible “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. Amplified Bible “So I say to you, 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 “So I say to you, 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 “So I say to you, 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 And I say unto you, 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 “I am also saying to you, Ask and it shall be given to you, seek and you shall find, knock and it will be opened to you.” Contemporary English Version So I tell you to ask and you will receive, search and you will find, knock and the door will be opened for you. Douay-Rheims Bible And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you. English Revised Version And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. GOD'S WORD® Translation "So I tell you to ask, and you will receive. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened for you. Good News Translation And so I say to you: Ask, and you will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. International Standard Version So I say to you: Keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened for you, Literal Standard Version and I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you; Majority Standard Bible So I tell you: 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 “And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. NET Bible "So I tell you: 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 “So I say to you, 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 "I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened to you. Webster's Bible Translation And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you. Weymouth New Testament "So I say to you, 'Ask, and what you ask for shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you.' World English Bible “I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you. Young's Literal Translation and 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; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Ask, Seek, Knock…8I tell you, even though he will not get up to provide for him because of his friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs. 9So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. 10For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.… Cross References Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. Luke 11:10 For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. Treasury of Scripture And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. I say. Luke 13:24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. Matthew 6:29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Matthew 21:31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. Ask. Psalm 50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. Psalm 118:5 I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place. Jeremiah 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. seek. Luke 13:24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. Psalm 27:4,8 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple… Psalm 34:4,10 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears… 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: 2 Corinthians 6:2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) Jump to Previous Door Find Knock Knocking Open Opened Requests Searching Seek Seeking SignJump to Next Door Find Knock Knocking Open Opened Requests Searching Seek Seeking SignLuke 11 1. Jesus teaches us to pray, and that instantly;11. assuring us that God will give all good things to those who ask him. 14. He, casting out a demon, rebukes the blasphemous Pharisees; 27. and shows who are blessed; 29. preaches to the people; 37. and reprimands the outward show of holiness. (9-13) Ask, and it shall be given you.--See Notes on Matthew 7:7-11; but note (1) the greater impressiveness of the opening words, "And I say unto you, . . . "as connected with the previous illustration; and (2) the addition of the "scorpion" to the "serpent," as though the recent combination of the two words in Luke 10:19 had so associated them that the one was naturally followed by the other.Verses 9, 10. - And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall he opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Then the Lord - taking advantage of the state of mind into which his strange words had brought his hearers - made, as Professor Bruce well points out, the solemn declaration on which, and not on the parable, he desired the tried soul to lay the stress of its faith: "And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you," etc. Jesus here pledges that those who act in accordance with this counsel shall find the event justify it. This statement, that those who pray to God shall surely be heard, rests absolutely on Christ's authority. It is not given as a fact which is self-evident, but as a fact which he, the Speaker, knows to be true. The man in bed is pictured in the parable as utterly selfish, regardless of his poorer neighbor's wants and sufferings. So God seems to us often, as we pray to him day after day, month after month, and our prayer receives no answer; he merely appears to us then as a passionless Spectator of the tragedies and comedies of time. "Children," said the Savior," the selfish man of my story yields to constant importunity. Think ye God, who only seems to be deaf to man's pleading voice that he may deepen his faith and educate his soul - think ye God is not listening all the while, and will not in the end, in all his glorious generosity, grant the prayer? Only pray on." Parallel Commentaries ... Greek So IΚἀγὼ (Kagō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular Strong's 2504: To also, I too, but I. From kai and ego; so also the dative case kamoi, and accusative case kame and I, me. tell λέγω (legō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. you: ὑμῖν (hymin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. 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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