Parallel Verses
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.
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,
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
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.
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 rise and give him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. 9 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. 10 For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, the door will be opened.
Names
Cross References
Matthew 21:22
And all things whatever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye will receive.
Mark 11:24
Therefore I say to you, All things whatever ye pray for and ask, believe that ye have obtained, and ye shall have them.
John 14:13
and whatever ye shall ask in my name, that 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, ask whatever ye will, and it shall be done for you.
John 15:16
Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever ye ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
John 16:23-24
And in that day ye will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly do I say to you, Whatever ye shall ask the Father, he will give it you in my name.
James 1:5
But if any one of you is wanting in wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it will be given him.
1 John 3:22
and whatever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
1 John 5:14-15
And this is the confidence which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us;
Matthew 6:29
and 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 the door will be opened to you.
Matthew 21:31
Which of the two did the will of his father? They say, The first. Jesus saith to them, Truly do I say to you, that the publicans 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
Strive 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 findeth Nathanael, and saith to him, We have found him of whom Moses in the Law, and the Prophets wrote, Jesus, the son of Joseph, who is of Nazareth.
John 4:10
Jesus answered and said to her, If thou hadst known the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldst have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
Acts 10:4-6
And he, looking steadily at him, and becoming affrighted, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Thy prayers and thine alms have come up for a memorial before God.
Romans 2:7
everlasting life to those who by patient continuance in welldoing seek for glory, and honor, and incorruption;
2 Corinthians 6:2
(for he saith: "In an accepted time I heard thee, and in the day of salvation I helped thee;" Behold, now is the accepted time, behold, now is the day of salvation;)
2 Corinthians 12:8-9
In respect to this I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me;
Hebrews 4:16
Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 11:6
But without faith it is impossible to please him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him.
James 5:15
And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up; even if he have 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 teaching, such as have not known "the depths" of Satan, as they speak; I put upon you no other burden;