Matthew 7:7-11
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Ask, Search, Knock
7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.(A) 8 For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.(B) 9 Is there anyone among you who, if your child asked for bread, would give a stone? 10 Or if the child asked for a fish, would give a snake? 11 If you, then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
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Matthew 7:7-11
International Standard Version
Ask, Search, Knock(A)
7 “Keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door[a] will be opened for you. 8 Because everyone who keeps asking will receive, and the person who keeps searching will find, and the person who keeps knocking will have the door[b] opened.
9 “There isn’t a person among you who would give his son a stone if he asked for bread, is there? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, he wouldn’t give him a snake, would he? 11 So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who keep on asking him!
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- Matthew 7:7 Lit. and it
- Matthew 7:8 Lit. have it
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