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Luke 11:9
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And I say vnto you, Aske, and it shalbe giuen you: seeke, and ye shal find: knocke, and it shalbe opened vnto you.
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.
And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
"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.
So I tell you, ask, and God will give to you. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will open for you.
"So I say to you, ask and keep on asking, and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking, and you will find; knock and keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.
"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.
"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.
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.
So I tell you to ask and you will receive, search and you will find, knock and the door will be opened for you.
"Moreover, I myself say to you: keep asking, and it will be given to you; keep seeking, and you will find; keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you.
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.
So I tell you, continue to ask, and God will give to you. Continue to search, and you will find. Continue to knock, and the door will open for you.
And I say vnto you, Aske, and it shall be giuen you: seeke, and yee shall finde: knocke, and it shalbe opened vnto you.
I say to you also, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.
And so I say to you: Ask, and you will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
And I tell you, ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened for you.
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.
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.
And I say to you, Make requests, and they will be answered; what you are searching for, you will get; when you give the sign, the door will be open to you.
"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.
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I say also to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.
I say also to you: Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and ye will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
And I say vnto you, aske, and it shalbe geuen you, seke, and ye shall fynde, knocke, and it shalbe opened vnto you.
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.
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.
because he is his friend, yet, because of his importunity, he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you.
"So I say to you, `Ask, and what you ask for shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you.'
And Y seie to you, axe ye, and it schal be youun to you; seke ye, and ye schulen fynde; knocke ye, and it schal be openyd to you.
And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.
And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you.
"So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.
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"And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.
I say to you, ask, and what you ask for will be given to you. Look, and what you are looking for you will find. Knock, and the door you are knocking on will be opened to you.
"So I say to you, Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.
I, therefore, unto you, say - Be asking, and it shall be given to you, Be seeking, and ye shall find, - Be knocking, and it shall be opened unto you.
And I say to you: Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.
And I tell you, Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
And I saye vnto you: axe and it shalbe geven you. Seke and ye shall fynde. knocke and it shalbe opened vnto you.
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;
And I saye vnto you also: Axe, and it shal be geuen you: Seke, and ye shal fynde: knocke, and it shalbe opened vnto you.
I tell you likewise, ask, and it shall be given: seek, and ye shall find: knock, and the door shall be opened.
"Here's what I'm saying: Ask and you'll get; Seek and you'll find; Knock and the door will open.
"So I'm telling you to knock on the Boss's door until he answers and don't go away until he gives you what you need.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
I say: Luke 13:24, Matthew 6:29, Matthew 21:31, Mark 13:37, Revelation 2:24
Ask: Psalms 50:15, Psalms 118:5, Jeremiah 33:3, Matthew 7:7, Matthew 7:8, Matthew 21:22, Mark 11:24, John 4:10, John 14:13, John 15:7, John 15:16, John 16:23, John 16:24, 2 Corinthians 12:8, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Hebrews 4:16, James 1:5, James 5:15, 1 John 3:22, 1 John 5:14, 1 John 5:15
seek: Luke 13:24, Psalms 27:4, Psalms 27:8, Psalms 34:4, Psalms 34:10, Psalms 105:3, Psalms 105:4, Song of Solomon 3:1-4, Song of Solomon 5:6, Isaiah 45:19, Isaiah 55:6, Isaiah 55:7, Jeremiah 29:12, Daniel 9:3, Amos 5:4-6, John 1:45-49, Acts 10:4-6, Romans 2:7, Hebrews 11:6
knock: Luke 13:25, 2 Corinthians 6:2
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 2:20 - Ask on Psalms 65:2 - thou Psalms 86:5 - unto all Proverbs 2:5 - shalt Jeremiah 13:27 - wilt Jeremiah 29:13 - ye shall Acts 8:22 - pray Acts 9:11 - for James 4:2 - because
Cross-References
By these the islands of the nations have been parted in their lands, each by his tongue, by their families, in their nations.
And the first part of his kingdom is Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar;
These [are] sons of Ham, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.
And two sons have been born to Eber; the name of the first [is] Peleg (for in his days the earth has been divided), and his brother's name [is] Joktan.
And the whole earth is of one language, and of the same words,
And Salah has lived thirty years [[or one hundred and thirty years]], and begets Eber.
And Terah takes his son Abram, and Lot, son of Haran, his son's son, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, wife of his son Abram, and they go out with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go toward the land of Canaan; and they come to Haran, and dwell there.
And the days of Terah are two hundred and five years, and Terah dies in Haran.
He also made every nation of man of one blood, to dwell on all the face of the earth—having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings—
If, therefore, the whole assembly may come together to the same place, and all may speak with tongues, and there may come in commoners or unbelievers, will they not say that you are mad?
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And I say unto you, ask, and it shall be given you,.... This is said by Christ, to encourage to prayer, and importunity in it; that if any one asks of God, in the name of Christ, and in faith, whether it be bread for the body, or food for the soul; or any blessing whatever, whether temporal or spiritual, it shall be given; not according to their deserts, but according to the riches of the grace of God; who is rich unto all that call upon him, in sincerity and truth:
seek, and ye shall find: whether it be Christ, the pearl of great price, or God in Christ; or particularly, pardoning grace and mercy through Christ, or the knowledge of divine things; and both grace here, and glory hereafter, as men seek for hidden treasure; such shall not lose their labour, but shall enjoy all these valuable things, and whatever they are by prayer, and in the use of other means, seeking after:
knock, and it shall be opened to you; the door of mercy with God; the door of fellowship with Christ; the door of the Gospel, and the mysteries of it and of the Gospel dispensation and church state, into which is admission, to all that seek; and the door of heaven, into which there is entrance by the blood of Jesus: the several phrases denote prayer, the continuance of it, and importunity in it;
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Barnes' Notes on the Bible
See this explained in the notes at Matthew 7:7-11.
Luke 11:12
“A scorpion” See the notes at Luke 10:19. Dr. Thomson (The Land and the Book, vol. i. p. 379) says: “There is no imaginable likeness between an egg and the ordinary black scorpion of this country, neither in color nor size, nor, when the tail is extended, in shape; but old writers speak of a “white” scorpion, and such a one, with the tail folded up, as in specimens of fossil trilobites, would not look unlike a small egg. Perhaps the contrast, however, refers only to the different properties of the egg and the scorpion, which is sufficiently emphatic.”
Pliny (“N. H.,” xi. 25) says that in Judea the scorpions are about the size of an egg, and not unlike one in shape.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Luke 11:9. And (or, therefore) I say unto you, Ask — Be importunate with God, not so much to prevail on him to save you, as to get yourselves brought into a proper disposition to receive that mercy which he is ever disposed to give. He who is not importunate for the salvation of his soul does not feel the need of being saved; and were God to communicate his mercy to such they could not be expected to be grateful for it, as favours are only prized and esteemed in proportion to the sense men have of their necessity and importance. See this subject explained Matthew 7:7-8.
