Matthew 7:8
For whosoeuer asketh, receiueth: and he, that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
7Aske, and it shall be giuen you: seeke, and ye shall finde: knocke, and it shall be opened vnto you.
9For what man is there among you, which if his sonne aske him bread, woulde giue him a stone?
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:1Manasseh was twelue yeere olde, when he beganne to reigne, and he reigned fiue and fiftie yeere in Ierusalem:
Psalms 81:10For I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide and I will fill it.
Matthew 15:22And beholde, a woman a Cananite came out of the same coasts, and cried, saying vnto him, Haue mercie on me, O Lord, the sonne of Dauid: my daughter is miserably vexed with a deuil.
John 2:2And Iesus was called also, and his disciples vnto the mariage.
Acts 9:11Then the Lord sayd vnto him, Arise, and goe into the streete which is called Straight, and seeke in the house of Iudas after one called Saul of Tarsus: for beholde, he prayeth.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 7:8-12
The Sermon on the Mount. 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? 10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to… Read the whole commentary →