Matthew 7:8 Parallel Translations

Everyone who asks will receive. The one who searches will find, and for the one who knocks, the door will be opened.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

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.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

WEY:

For it is always he who asks that receives, he who seeks that finds, and he who knocks that has the door opened to him.

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

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.

Matthew 7:8 Cross References

XREF:

Matthew 7:7 "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Matthew 7:9 "Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone? (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

7:8 For every one that asketh receiveth, etc. Every one of the class concerning whom the Savior speaks. That class is those who can say, Our Father in heaven; Hallowed be thy name; Thy will be done (Mt 6:9,10).

WES:

7:8 For every one that asketh receiveth - Provided he ask aright, and ask what is agreeable to God's will.

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:

Always Asketh Asking Asks Desire Door Findeth Finds Gives Knocketh Knocking Knocks Makes Open Opened Receive Receives Receiveth Request Searching Seeketh Seeking Seeks Sign

Always Desire Door Find Findeth Finds Gives Knocketh Knocking Knocks Makes Open Opened Receive Receives Receiveth Request Searching Seeketh Seeking Seeks Sign

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