Matthew 7:8

6 Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.

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

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

9 Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

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

Compare

BSB
For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
KJV
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
WEB
For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
ASV
for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
DARBY
For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.
BLB
For everyone asking receives; and the one seeking finds; and to the one knocking, it will be opened.
ÅB
For hver den som ber, han får; og den som leter, han finner; og for den som banker på skal det lukkes opp.
OTB
For hver den som ber, han får; den som leter, han finner; og for den som banker på, skal det bli åpnet.
B1930
For hver den som beder, han får, og den som leter, han finner, og den som banker på, for ham skal det lukkes op.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 81:10

    I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.

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  • Psalms 81:16

    But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

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  • Luke 23:42–43

    Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!”

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  • Matthew 15:22–28

    And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.”

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  • Acts 9:11

    “Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.

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  • 2 Chronicles 33:19

    His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself, they are indeed written in the Records of the Seers.

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  • John 3:8–10

    The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

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