Mat 7:7-11 | NASB1995 | STEP | “ Ask , and it will be given to you; seek , and you will find ; knock , and it will be opened to you.

c Matt 18:19; 21:22; Mark 11:24; John 14:13; 15:7, 16; 16:23f; James 1:5f; 1 Jhn.3.22; 5:14f

i Ps 84:11; Is 63:7; Rom 8:32; James 1:17

Matthew 7:7-11

Prayer and the Golden Rule

7 ^{▼▼ Or Keep asking
,} ^b“Ask, and ^cit will be given to you; ^{▼▼ Or keep seeking}seek, and you will find; ^{▼▼ Or keep knocking}knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 “For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 9 “Or what man is there among you ^{▼▼ Lit whom his son will ask}who, when his son asks for a loaf, ^{▼▼ Lit he will not give him a stone, will he?}will give him a stone? 10 “Or ^{▼▼ Lit also will ask}if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he? 11 “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, ⁱhow much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!