Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
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
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,
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
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.
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.
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;
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 11:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ask, Seek, Knock
8 I say to you, though he will not give him, after getting up, because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, having awaken, he will give him as many as he needs. 9 And I say to you, ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and ye will find. Knock, and it will be opened. 10 For every man who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
Names
Cross References
Matthew 21:22
And all things, as many as ye may ask in prayer, believing, ye will receive.
Psalm 118:5
Out of my distress I called upon LORD. LORD answered me upon a large place.
Mark 11:24
Because of this I say to you, all things, as many as ye may ask, praying, believe that ye receive, and it will be for you.
John 14:13
And anything whatever ye may ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
John 15:7
If ye dwell in me, and my sayings dwell in you, ye will ask whatever ye may want, and it will be done to you.
John 15:16
Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and appointed you, so that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit may remain, so that anything whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, he may give you.
John 16:23-24
And in that day ye will ask me nothing. Truly, truly, I say to you, that as many things as ye may ask the Father in my name, he will give you.
James 1:5
And if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask from God who gives to all generously and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.
1 John 3:22
and whatever we may ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do things pleasing in his sight.
1 John 5:14-15
And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
Psalm 27:4
One thing I have asked of LORD, that I will seek after, that I may dwell in the house of LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of LORD, and to inquire in his temple.
Psalm 27:8
My heart said to thee, I have sought thy face. O LORD, I will seek thy face.
Psalm 34:4
I sought LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.
Psalm 34:10
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek LORD shall not want any good thing.
Psalm 50:15
And call upon me in the day of trouble. I will deliver thee, and thou shall glorify me.
Psalm 105:3-4
Glory ye in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek LORD rejoice.
Song of Songs 3:1-4
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I did not find him.
Isaiah 45:19
I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. I did not say to the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain. I, LORD, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.
Isaiah 55:6-7
Seek ye LORD 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 to me, and I will hearken to you.
Jeremiah 33:3
Call to me, and I will answer thee, and will show thee great things, and difficult, which thou know not.
Daniel 9:3
And I set my face to LORD God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
Amos 5:4-6
For thus says LORD to the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and ye shall live.
Matthew 6:29
yet I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these.
Matthew 7:7-11
Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and ye will find. Knock, and it will 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, Truly I say to you, that the tax collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
Mark 13:37
And what I say to you I say to all, watch!
Luke 13:24-25
Compete to enter in by the narrow gate, because 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 in the law, and the prophets wrote: Jesus the son of Joseph of Nazareth.
John 4:10
Jesus answered and said to her, If thou had known the gift of God, and who it is who says to thee, Give me to drink, thou would have asked him, and he would have given thee living water.
Acts 10:4-6
And after gazing at him, and having become afraid, he said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Thy prayers and thy charities have come up for a memorial before God.
Romans 2:7
to those who indeed seek by perseverance of good work, glory and esteem and immortality--eternal life--
2 Corinthians 6:2
(for he says, At an acceptable time I heard thee, and in a day of salvation I helped thee. Behold, now is an acceptable time. Behold, now is a day of salvation),
2 Corinthians 12:8-9
I besought the Lord thrice about this, that it might depart from me.
Hebrews 4:16
Let us therefore come near with boldness to the throne of grace, so that we may take mercy, and may find grace for timely help.
Hebrews 11:6
And apart from faith it is impossible to please him. For he who comes to God must believe that he is, and becomes a rewarder of those who search for him.
James 5:15
And the prayer of faith will rescue him who is depressed, and the Lord will rouse him. And if he should be a man who has committed sins, they will be forgiven him.
Revelation 2:24
But I say to you, to those remaining in Thyatira, as many as have not this teaching, who do not know, as they say, the deep things of Satan, I do not cast upon you another burden.