Matthew 7:8

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 7:8 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Chronicles 33:1Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years.
  2. 2 Chronicles 33:19His 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.
  3. Psalms 81:10I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
  4. Psalms 81:16But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
  5. Matthew 15:22And 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.”
  6. Luke 23:42Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!”
  7. John 2:2and Jesus and His disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
  8. John 3:8The 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.”
  9. 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.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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