Matthew 7:7 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

"Ask, and you will receive. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened for you.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

Make a request, and it will be answered; what you are searching for you will get; give the sign, and the door will be open to you:

DBY:

Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.

ERV:

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

WEY:

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

WBS:

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you:

WEB:

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

YLT:

'Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

Matthew 7:7 Cross References

XREF:

Matthew 18:19 "Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 21:22 "And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."

Mark 11:24 "Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you.

Luke 11:9 "So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

John 14:13 "Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

John 15:7 "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

John 15:16 "You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.

John 16:23 "In that day you will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly, I say to you, if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you.

James 1:5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

1 John 3:22 and whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.

1 John 5:14 This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

7:7 {3} Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
(3) Prayers are a sure refuge in all miseries.

PNT:

7:7 Ask,... seek,? knock. The terms are here used with reference to prayer, and these constitute a climax. Ask implies a simple petition. Seek indicates an earnest search. Knock shows perseverance in spite of hindrances. The three represent earnest prayer.

WES:

7:7 But ask - Pray for them, as well as for yourselves: in this there can be no such danger. Seek - Add your own diligent endeavours to your asking: and knock - Persevere importunately in that diligence. Luke 11:9.

MHC:

7:7-11 Prayer is the appointed means for obtaining what we need. Pray; pray often; make a business of prayer, and be serious and earnest in it. Ask, as a beggar asks alms. Ask, as a traveller asks the way. Seek, as for a thing of value that we have lost; or as the merchantman that seeks goodly pearls. Knock, as he that desires to enter into the house knocks at the door. Sin has shut and barred the door against us; by prayer we knock. Whatever you pray for, according to the promise, shall be given you, if God see it fit for you, and what would you have more? This is made to apply to all that pray aright; every one that asketh receiveth, whether Jew or Gentile, young or old, rich or poor, high or low, master or servant, learned or unlearned, all are alike welcome to the throne of grace, if they come in faith. It is explained by a comparison taken from earthly parents, and their readiness to give their children what they ask. Parents are often foolishly fond, but God is all-wise; he knows what we need, what we desire, and what is fit for us. Let us never suppose our heavenly Father would bid us pray, and then refuse to hear, or give us what would be hurtful.

CONC:

Door Knock Open Opened Request Searching Seek Sign

Door Find Knock Open Opened Request Searching Seek Sign

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