Matthew 7:7-11
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
7 [a]Keep on asking and it will be given you; [b] keep on seeking and you will find; [c]keep on knocking [reverently] and [the door] will be opened to you.
8 For everyone who keeps on asking receives; and he who keeps on seeking finds; and to him who keeps on knocking, [the door] will be opened.
9 Or what man is there of you, if his son asks him for a loaf of bread, will hand him a stone?
10 Or if he asks for a fish, will hand him a serpent?
11 If you then, evil as you are, know how to give good and [d]advantageous gifts to your children, how much more will your Father Who is in heaven [perfect as He is] give good and [e]advantageous things to those who [f]keep on asking Him!
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- Matthew 7:7 Kenneth Wuest, Word Studies.
- Matthew 7:7 Kenneth Wuest, Word Studies.
- Matthew 7:7 Kenneth Wuest, Word Studies.
- Matthew 7:11 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
- Matthew 7:11 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
- Matthew 7:11 Kenneth Wuest, Word Studies.
Matthew 7:7-11
Living Bible
7 “Ask, and you will be given what you ask for. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened. 8 For everyone who asks, receives. Anyone who seeks, finds. If only you will knock, the door will open. 9 If a child asks his father for a loaf of bread, will he be given a stone instead? 10 If he asks for fish, will he be given a poisonous snake? Of course not! 11 And if you hard-hearted, sinful men know how to give good gifts to your children, won’t your Father in heaven even more certainly give good gifts to those who ask him for them?
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