Matthew 7:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

2 Chronicles 33:19

His prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself: behold, they are written in the history of Hozai.

Psalm 37:4

Delight thyself also in the LORD; And he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Psalm 81:10

I am the LORD thy God, Which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

Psalm 81:16

He should feed them also with the finest of the wheat: And with honey out of the rock should I satisfy thee.

Matthew 7:7

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

Matthew 7:9

Or what man is there of you, who, if his son shall ask him for a loaf, will give him a stone;

Luke 11:10

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

John 2:2

and Jesus also was bidden, and his disciples, to the marriage.

Acts 9:11

And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go to the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one named Saul, a man of Tarsus: for behold, he prayeth;