Matthew 7:7
Good News Translation
"Ask, and you will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

New Revised Standard Version
“Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

Contemporary English Version
Ask, and you will receive. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened for you.

New American Bible
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.

and it.

Matthew 7:11 If you then being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children: how much more will your Father who is in heaven, give good things to them that ask him?

Matthew 21:22 And all things whatsoever you shall ask in prayer believing, you shall receive.

1 Kings 3:5 And the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, saying: Ask what thou wilt that I should give thee.

Psalm 10:17 The Lord hath heard the desire of the poor: thy ear hath heard the preparation of their heart.

Psalm 50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

Psalm 86:5 For thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild: and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee.

Psalm 145:18,19 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him: to all that call upon him in truth. . . .

Isaiah 55:6,7 Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found: call upon him, while he is near. . . .

Jeremiah 29:12,13 And you shall call upon me, and you shall go. and you shall pray to me, and I will hear you. . . .

Jeremiah 33:3 Cry to me and I will hear thee: and I will shew thee great things, and sure things which thou knowest not.

Mark 11:24 Therefore I say unto you, all things, whatsoever you ask when ye pray, believe that you shall receive: and they shall come unto you.

Luke 11:9,10,13 And I say to you: Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you. . . .

Luke 18:1 And he spoke also a parable to them, that we ought always to pray and not to faint,

John 4:10 Jesus answered and said to her: If thou didst know the gift of God and who he is that saith to thee: Give me to drink; thou perhaps wouldst have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

John 14:13,14 Because I go to the Father: and whatsoever you shall ask the Father in my name, that will I do: that the Father may be glorified in the Son. . . .

John 15:7,16 If you abide in me and my words abide in you, you shall ask whatever you will: and it shall be done unto you. . . .

John 16:23,24 And in that day you shall not ask me any thing. Amen, amen, I say to you: if you ask the Father any thing in my name, he will give it you. . . .

James 1:5,6 But if any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God who giveth to all men abundantly and upbraideth not. And it shall be given him. . . .

James 5:15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick man. And the Lord shall raise him up: and if he be in sins, they shall be forgiven him.

1 John 3:22 And whatsoever we shall ask, we shall receive of him: because we keep his commandments and do those things which are pleasing in his sight.

1 John 5:14,15 And this is the confidence which we have towards him: That, whatsoever we shall ask according to his will, he heareth us. . . .

Revelation 3:17,18 Because thou sayest: I am rich and made wealthy and have need of nothing: and knowest not that thou art wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked. . . .

seek.

Matthew 6:33 Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.

Psalm 10:4 The sinner hath provoked the Lord according to the multitude of his wrath he will not seek him:

Psalm 27:8 My heart hath said to thee: My face hath sought thee: thy face, O Lord, will I still seek.

Psalm 69:32 Let the poor see and rejoice: seek ye God, and your soul shall live.

Psalm 70:4 Let all that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee; and let such as love thy salvation say always: The Lord be magnified.

Psalm 105:3,4 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. . . .

Psalm 119:12 Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy justifications.

Proverbs 8:17 With me are riches and glory, glorious riches and justice.

Songs 3:2 I will rise, and will go about the city: in the streets and the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, and I found him not.

Amos 5:4 For thus saith the Lord to the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and you shall live.

Romans 2:7 To them indeed who, according to patience in good work, seek glory and honour and incorruption, eternal life:

Romans 3:11 There is none that understandeth: there is none that seeketh after God.

Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please God. For he that cometh to God must believe that he is: and is a rewarder to them that seek him.

knock.

Luke 13:25 But when the master of the house shall be gone in and shall shut the door, you shall begin to stand without; and knock at the door, saying: Lord, open to us. And he answering, shall say to you: I know you not, whence you are.

Context
Ask, Seek, Knock
6Give not that which is holy to dogs; neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turning upon you, they tear you. 7Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you. 8For every one that asketh, receiveth: and he that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.…
Cross References
Psalm 34:4
I sought the Lord, and he heard me; and he delivered me from all my troubles.

Psalm 37:4
Delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the requests of thy heart.

Isaiah 30:19
For the people of Sion shall dwell in Jerusalem: weeping thou shalt not weep, he will surely have pity on thee: at the voice of thy cry, as soon as he shall hear, he will answer thee.

Jeremiah 29:13
You shall seek me, and shall find me: when you shall seek me with all your heart.

Matthew 7:8
For every one that asketh, receiveth: and he that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

Matthew 18:19
Again I say to you, that if two of you shall consent upon earth, concerning anything whatsoever they shall ask, it shall be done to them by my Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 21:22
And all things whatsoever you shall ask in prayer believing, you shall receive.

Mark 11:24
Therefore I say unto you, all things, whatsoever you ask when ye pray, believe that you shall receive: and they shall come unto you.

Luke 11:9
And I say to you: Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.

John 14:13
Because I go to the Father: and whatsoever you shall ask the Father in my name, that will I do: that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

John 15:7
If you abide in me and my words abide in you, you shall ask whatever you will: and it shall be done unto you.

John 15:16
You have not chosen me: but I have chosen you; and have appointed you, that you should go and should bring forth fruit; and your fruit should remain: that whatsoever you shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

John 16:23
And in that day you shall not ask me any thing. Amen, amen, I say to you: if you ask the Father any thing in my name, he will give it you.

James 1:5
But if any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God who giveth to all men abundantly and upbraideth not. And it shall be given him.

1 John 3:22
And whatsoever we shall ask, we shall receive of him: because we keep his commandments and do those things which are pleasing in his sight.

1 John 5:14
And this is the confidence which we have towards him: That, whatsoever we shall ask according to his will, he heareth us.

Matthew 7:6
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