Matthew 7:7-12

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.

⁸For 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.

⁹Or what man is there of you, if his son asks him for a loaf of bread, will hand him a stone?

¹⁰Or if he asks for a fish, will hand him a serpent?

¹¹If 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!

¹²So then, whatever you desire that others would do to and for you, even so do also to and for them, for this is (sums up) the Law and the Prophets.

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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 7:7-12

New International Version

Ask, Seek, Knock^(A)

⁷“Ask and it will be given to you;^(B) seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. ⁸For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds;^(C) and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

⁹“Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? ¹⁰Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? ¹¹If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts^(D) to those who ask him! ¹²So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you,^(E) for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.^(F)