Matthew 7:8 “For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who kno…”

Matthew 7:8

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

World English Bible

For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

American Standard Version

for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

Geneva Bible 1599

For whosoeuer asketh, receiueth: and he, that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

Darby Translation

For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.

Young's Literal Translation

for every one who is asking doth receive, and he who is seeking doth find, and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.

Bible in Basic English

Because to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire, and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.

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Cross references

“For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.”

Psalm 81:10 Psalm 81:16 Matthew 15:22–28 Acts 9:11 2 Chronicles 33:19 John 3:8–10

Psalm 81:10 · BSB

I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.

Psalm 81:16 · BSB

But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

Matthew 15:22–28 · BSB

And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.”

Acts 9:11 · BSB

“Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.

2 Chronicles 33:19 · BSB

His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself, they are indeed written in the R…

John 3:8–10 · BSB

The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

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

In context

7Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

9Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

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