Prayer not a Runaway Knock
Matthew 7:7
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you:


Watch in prayer to see what cometh. Foolish boys, that knock at a door in wantonness, will not stay till somebody cometh to open to them; but a man that hath business will knock, and knock again, till he gets his answer.

(T. Manton.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

WEB: "Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.




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