Luke 11:9

Prayer Faith

⁷ And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Do not bother me. My door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’

⁸ I tell you, even though he will not get up to provide for him because of his friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

¹⁰ For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

¹¹ What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
KJV: And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
WEB: “I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.
ASV: And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
DARBY: And *I* say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.
BLB: And 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⁺.

ÅB: Og jeg sier dere: Be, så skal dere gis; let, så skal dere finne; bank på, så skal det lukkes opp for dere!
OTB: "Så jeg sier dere: Be, og det skal bli gitt dere; søk, og dere skal finne; bank på, og det skal bli åpnet for dere.
B1930: Og jeg sier eder: Bed, så skal eder gis; let, så skal I finne; bank på, så skal det lukkes op for eder!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Mark 11:24
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
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John 16:23–24
In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
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Matthew 21:22
If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
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John 15:16
You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
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John 15:7
If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
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John 14:13
And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
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1 John 5:14–15
And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
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1 John 3:22
and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
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