Matthew 7:7-12

Contemporary English Version

Ask, Search, Knock

(Luke 11.9-13)

^7 (A) Ask, and you will receive. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened for you. ⁸ Everyone who asks will receive. Everyone who searches will find. And the door will be opened for everyone who knocks.

⁹ Would any of you give your hungry child a stone, if the child asked for some bread? ¹⁰ Would you give your child a snake if the child asked for a fish? ¹¹ As bad as you are, you still know how to give good gifts to your children. But your heavenly Father is even more ready to give good things to people who ask.

^12 (B) Treat others as you want them to treat you. This is what the Law and the Prophets^[a] are all about.