Luke 11:9 “So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will fi…”

Luke 11:9

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 Standard Bible

Other translations

King James 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.

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I say vnto you, Aske, and it shall be giuen you: seeke, and yee shall finde: knocke, and it shalbe opened vnto you.

Darby 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.

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;

Bible in Basic English

And I say to you, Make requests, and they will be answered; what you are searching for, you will get; when you give the sign, the door will be open to you.

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Cross references

“I say”

Matthew 6:29 Mark 13:37 Matthew 21:31 Revelation 2:24 Luke 13:24

Matthew 6:29 · BSB

Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.

Mark 13:37 · BSB

And what I say to you, I say to everyone: Keep watch!”

Matthew 21:31 · BSB

Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first, ” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

Revelation 2:24 · BSB

But I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned the so-called deep things of Satan: I will place no further burden upon you

Luke 13:24 · BSB

“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.

“Ask”

Mark 11:24 Matthew 21:22 John 15:16 John 15:7 John 14:13 1 John 3:22

Mark 11:24 · BSB

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Matthew 21:22 · BSB

If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

John 15:16 · BSB

You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

John 15:7 · BSB

If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

John 14:13 · BSB

And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

1 John 3:22 · BSB

and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.

“seek”

Jeremiah 29:12 Hebrews 11:6 Psalm 34:10 Psalm 34:4 Psalm 27:8 Psalm 27:4

Jeremiah 29:12 · BSB

Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

Hebrews 11:6 · BSB

And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

Psalm 34:10 · BSB

Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

Psalm 34:4 · BSB

I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.

Psalm 27:8 · BSB

My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.

Psalm 27:4 · BSB

One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.

“knock”

2 Corinthians 6:2 Luke 13:25

2 Corinthians 6:2 · BSB

For He says: “In the time of favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day of salvation!

Luke 13:25 · BSB

After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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.

10For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

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