Matthew 7:8 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

For every person who asks will [certainly] receive; and the one who looks will [certainly] find; and to the person who knocks, the door will [certainly] be opened.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For everyone who keeps on asking receives; and he who keeps on seeking finds; and to him who keeps on knocking, [the door] will be opened.

American Standard Version (1901)

for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

Common English Bible

For everyone who asks, receives. Whoever seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door is opened.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For everyone who asks, receives; and whoever seeks, finds; and to anyone who knocks, it will be opened.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For every one that asketh, receiveth: and he that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

Matthew 7:8 Cross References

Matthew 7:7

“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.

Matthew 7:9

Or, what person among you would give his son a stone if he asked you for a piece of bread?

Luke 11:10

For every person who asks will [certainly] receive; and the one who looks will [certainly] find; and to the person who knocks, the door will [certainly] be opened up.

John 2:2

and Jesus and His disciples had been invited to it also.

Acts 9:11

The Lord said to him, “Get up and go to Straight Street and ask for a person named Saul, from Tarsus, at the home of Judas; you will find him [there] praying.”