Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
'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
King James Version
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
"Keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened for you.
A Conservative Version
Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and ye will find. Knock, and it will be opened to you.
American Standard Version
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Amplified
An Understandable Version
"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
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.
Bible in Basic English
Make a request, and it will be answered; what you are searching for you will get; give the sign, and the door will be open to you:
Common New Testament
"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
Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and ye shall find: knock, and the door shall be opened.
Darby Translation
Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.
Godbey New Testament
Ask, and it shall be given unto you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
Goodspeed New Testament
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
Ask and it shall be given you, seek and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you.
Julia Smith Translation
Ask, and it shall be given you. Seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.
King James 2000
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Lexham Expanded Bible
"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
Ask and it shall be given to you; seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Moffatt New Testament
Ask and the gift will be yours, seek and you will find, knock and the door will open to you;
Montgomery New Testament
"Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
NET Bible
"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
"Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
Noyes New Testament
Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and ye will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
Sawyer New Testament
Ask, and it shall be given you. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.
The Emphasized Bible
Be asking, and it shall be given you, Be seeking, and ye shall find, - Be knocking, and it shall be opened unto you.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Twentieth Century New Testament
Ask, and your prayer shall be granted; search, and you shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you.
Webster
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you:
Weymouth New Testament
"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
Williams New Testament
"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
"Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
Worrell New Testament
"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;
Worsley New Testament
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Topics
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 7:7
Prayers for Matthew 7:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Sermon On The Mount: Ask, Seek, Knock
6 Ye may not give that which is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, that they may not trample them among their feet, and having turned -- may rend you. 7 'Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you; 8 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.
Cross References
Matthew 21:22
and all -- as much as ye may ask in the prayer, believing, ye shall receive.'
John 15:7
if ye may remain in me, and my sayings in you may remain, whatever ye may wish ye shall ask, and it shall be done to you.
Mark 11:24
Because of this I say to you, all whatever -- praying -- ye do ask, believe that ye receive, and it shall be to you.
1 John 3:22
and whatever we may ask, we receive from Him, because His commands we keep, and the things pleasing before Him we do,
John 15:16
'Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and did appoint you, that ye might go away, and might bear fruit, and your fruit might remain, that whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, He may give you.
1 John 5:14-15
And this is the boldness that we have toward Him, that if anything we may ask according to his will, He doth hear us,
Luke 11:9-13
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;
John 14:13-14
and whatever ye may ask in my name, I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son;
John 16:23-24
and in that day ye will question me nothing; verily, verily, I say to you, as many things as ye may ask of the Father in my name, He will give you;
Proverbs 8:17
I love those loving me, And those seeking me earnestly do find me.
Jeremiah 29:12-13
'And ye have called Me, and have gone, and have prayed unto Me, and I have hearkened unto you,
Jeremiah 33:3
Call unto Me, and I do answer thee, yea, I declare to thee great and fenced things -- thou hast not known them.
Matthew 7:11
if, therefore, ye being evil, have known good gifts to give to your children, how much more shall your Father who is in the heavens give good things to those asking him?
James 1:5-6
and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;
1 Kings 3:5
In Gibeon hath Jehovah appeared unto Solomon, in a dream of the night, and God saith, 'Ask -- what do I give to thee?'
Psalm 10:4
The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. 'God is not!' are all his devices.
Psalm 10:17
The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend,
Psalm 27:8
To Thee said my heart 'They sought my face, Thy face, O Jehovah, I seek.'
Psalm 50:15
And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me.
Psalm 69:32
The humble have seen -- they rejoice, Ye who seek God -- and your heart liveth.
Psalm 70:4
Let all those seeking Thee joy and be glad in Thee, And let those loving Thy salvation Say continually, 'God is magnified.'
Psalm 86:5
For Thou, Lord, art good and forgiving. And abundant in kindness to all calling Thee.
Psalm 105:3-4
Boast yourselves in His Holy Name, The heart of those seeking Jehovah rejoiceth.
Psalm 119:12
Blessed art Thou, O Jehovah, teach me Thy statutes.
Psalm 145:18-19
Near is Jehovah to all those calling Him, To all who call Him in truth.
Song of Songs 3:2
-- Pray, let me rise, and go round the city, In the streets and in the broad places, I seek him whom my soul hath loved! -- I sought him, and I found him not.
Isaiah 55:6-7
Seek ye Jehovah, while He is found, Call ye Him, while He is near,
Amos 5:4
For thus said Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek ye Me, and live,
Matthew 6:33
but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.
Matthew 7:8
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.
Matthew 18:19
Again, I say to you, that, if two of you may agree on the earth concerning anything, whatever they may ask -- it shall be done to them from my Father who is in the heavens,
Luke 18:1
And he spake also a simile to them, that it behoveth us always to pray, and not to faint,
John 4:10
Jesus answered and said to her, 'If thou hadst known the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked him, and he would have given thee living water.'
Romans 3:11
There is none who is understanding, there is none who is seeking after God.
Hebrews 11:6
and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.
James 5:15
and the prayer of the faith shall save the distressed one, and the Lord shall raise him up, and if sins he may have committed, they shall be forgiven to him.
Revelation 3:17-18
because thou sayest -- I am rich, and have grown rich, and have need of nothing, and hast not known that thou art the wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked,
Luke 13:25
from the time the master of the house may have risen up, and may have shut the door, and ye may begin without to stand, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, lord, open to us, and he answering shall say to you, I have not known you whence ye are,
Romans 2:7
to those, indeed, who in continuance of a good work, do seek glory, and honour, and incorruptibility -- life age-during;