Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

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.

New American Standard Bible

“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.

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

“So I say to you, keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you.

International Standard Version

So I say to you: Keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened for you,

A Conservative Version

And I say to you, ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and ye will find. Knock, and it will be opened.

American Standard Version

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.

Amplified

“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.

An Understandable Version

And I tell you, ask [God for something] and it will be given to you; look [to God for something] and you will find it; knock [on the door of opportunity] and it will be opened up to you.

Anderson New Testament

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.

Bible in Basic English

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.

Common New Testament

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.

Daniel Mace New Testament

I tell you likewise, ask, and it shall be given: seek, and ye shall find: knock, and the door shall be opened.

Godbey New Testament

And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given unto you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

Goodspeed New Testament

So I tell you, ask, and what you ask will be given you. Search, and you will find what you search for. Knock, and the door will open to you.

John Wesley New Testament

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.

Julia Smith Translation

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.

King James 2000

And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

Lexham Expanded Bible

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.

Modern King James verseion

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.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"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.

Moffatt New Testament

So I tell you, ask and the gift will be yours, seek and you will find, knock and the door will open to you;

Montgomery New Testament

"So 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.

NET Bible

"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.

New Heart English Bible

"I tell you, ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened to you.

Noyes New Testament

And I say to you, Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and ye will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

Sawyer New Testament

And I tell you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

The Emphasized Bible

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.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

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.

Twentieth Century New Testament

And so I say to you--Ask, and your prayer shall be granted: search, and you shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you.

Webster

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.

Weymouth New Testament

"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.'

Williams New Testament

So I tell you, keep on asking, and the gift will be given you; keep on seeking, and you will find; keep on knocking, and the door will open to you.

World English Bible

"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.

Worrell New Testament

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:

Worsley New Testament

And so I tell you, Ask and it shall be given you, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you.

Youngs Literal Translation

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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And I
κἀγώ κἀμοί κἀμέ 
Kago 
and I, I also, so I, I, even I, me also,
Usage: 39

say
λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

ὑμῖν 
Humin 
you, ye, your, not tr,
Usage: 293

Ask
αἰτέω 
Aiteo 
Usage: 43

and





and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Usage: 0
Usage: 0

it shall be given
δίδωμι 
Didomi 
Usage: 254

you
ὑμῖν 
Humin 
you, ye, your, not tr,
Usage: 293

ζητέω 
Zeteo 
Usage: 79

ye shall find
εὑρίσκω 
heurisko 
find,
Usage: 130

κρούω 
Krouo 
Usage: 2

it shall be opened
ἀνοίγω 
Anoigo 
Usage: 62

Devotionals

Devotionals about Luke 11:9

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Images Luke 11:9

Context Readings

Ask, Seek, Knock

8 I say to you, Although he will not get up and give them to him because he is his friend, because of his shamelessness, at any rate, he will rise and give him as many as he wants. 9 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. 10 For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it will be opened.

Cross References

Matthew 21:22

And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

Psalm 118:5

I called upon Jah in distress; Jah answered me and set me in a large place.

Mark 11:24

For this reason I say to you, All things whatsoever ye pray for and ask, believe that ye receive it, and it shall come to pass for you.

John 14:13

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, this will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

John 15:7

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will and it shall come to pass to you.

John 15:16

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and have set you that ye should go and that ye should bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide, that whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name he may give you.

John 16:23-24

And in that day ye shall demand nothing of me: verily, verily, I say to you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give you.

James 1:5

But if any one of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all freely and reproaches not, and it shall be given to him:

1 John 3:22

and whatsoever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and practise the things which are pleasing in his sight.

1 John 5:14-15

And this is the boldness which we have towards him, that if we ask him anything according to his will he hears us.

Psalm 27:4

One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Jehovah, and to inquire of him in his temple.

Psalm 27:8

My heart said for thee, Seek ye my face. Thy face, O Jehovah, will I seek.

Psalm 34:4

I sought Jehovah, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.

Psalm 34:10

The young lions are in need and suffer hunger; but they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good.

Psalm 50:15

And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

Psalm 105:3-4

Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah.

Song of Songs 3:1-4

On my bed, in the nights, I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

Song of Songs 5:6

I opened to my beloved; But my beloved had withdrawn himself; he was gone: My soul went forth when he spoke. I sought him, but I found him not; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

Isaiah 45:19

I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek me in vain: I am Jehovah, speaking righteousness, declaring things which are right.

Isaiah 55:6-7

Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.

Jeremiah 29:12

And ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you;

Jeremiah 33:3

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and I will shew thee great and hidden things, which thou knowest not.

Daniel 9:3

And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes;

Amos 5:4-6

For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and ye shall live.

Matthew 6:29

but I say unto you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed as one of these.

Matthew 7:7-11

Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.

Matthew 21:31

Which of the two did the will of the father? They say to him, The first. Jesus says to them, Verily I say unto you that the tax-gatherers and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

Mark 13:37

But what I say to you, I say to all, Watch.

Luke 13:24-25

Strive with earnestness to enter in through the narrow door, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in and will not be able.

John 1:45-49

Philip finds Nathanael, and says to him, We have found him of whom Moses wrote in the law, and the prophets, Jesus, the son of Joseph, who is from Nazareth.

John 4:10

Jesus answered and said to her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that says to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

Acts 10:4-6

But he, having fixed his eyes upon him, and become full of fear, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Thy prayers and thine alms have gone up for a memorial before God.

Romans 2:7

to them who, in patient continuance of good works, seek for glory and honour and incorruptibility, life eternal.

2 Corinthians 6:2

(for he says, I have listened to thee in an accepted time, and I have helped thee in a day of salvation: behold, now is the well-accepted time; behold, now the day of salvation:)

2 Corinthians 12:8-9

For this I thrice besought the Lord that it might depart from me.

Hebrews 4:16

Let us approach therefore with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and find grace for seasonable help.

Hebrews 11:6

But without faith it is impossible to please him. For he that draws near to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them who seek him out.

James 5:15

and the prayer of faith shall heal the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he be one who has committed sins, it shall be forgiven him.

Revelation 2:24

But to you I say, the rest who are in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, who have not known the depths of Satan, as they say, I do not cast upon you any other burden;

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