Matthew 7:7 - Plain English Version

⁷ Jesus kept on teaching the people. He said, “Whenever you need something, you have to keep asking God for it, and he will give it to you. Keep looking for whatever you need, and God will let you find it. Maybe something will block you, so you can’t get what you need, like there is a door that is shut and you can’t get through it. Well, then keep on knocking at that door, and God will open it for you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Keep on asking and it will be given you; keep on seeking and you will find; keep on knocking [reverently] and [the door] will be opened to you.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

Common English Bible

⁷ “Ask, and you will receive. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.

Matthew 7:7 Cross References

Genesis 26:32

Later that day, Isaac’s workers came to him, and they said, “We dug a water-hole, just like you said, and we found water.”

Psalm 34:4

You see, I prayed to God, and he listened to me. He took away everything that frightened me.

Matthew 18:19

I’m telling you this again. If you agree together about something, even if it is only 2 of you, and then you ask my father in heaven to do that thing, then he will do it for you.

Matthew 6:33

Think, instead, about the things that are good for God’s family, and try to do the good things that God wants you to do. Then God will give you all those other things that you need.

Matthew 7:11

You see, you might be bad, but you give good things to your kids. Well, your father in heaven is a lot better than you. He is always good, so he will always give good things to people that ask him.”

Matthew 7:8

Everyone that asks God for something will get it. Everyone that looks for something will find it. God will open the door for everyone that knocks on it.

Mark 11:24

So I’m telling you, if you ask God for something, and if you trust him properly, that is, if you believe that he will give you that thing, then God will make it happen for you.

Luke 18:1

Jesus told his followers a picture story to teach them to keep on praying to God, and never give up.

John 15:16

You didn’t pick me, but I picked you. And I am sending you out to do my work. I want you to be like branches that grow the sort of fruit that stays good for ever. Then you can ask God for anything that I say is good, and he will give it to you.

John 15:7

But, if you stay joined to me, and keep on doing what I taught you, you can ask me for anything, and I will do it.

John 4:10

Jesus said to her, “I asked you for a drink of water, but really, you should ask me for a drink. You don’t know who I am, and you don’t know about the good thing that God can give you. If you ask me, I will give you the fresh water that makes people live.”

Romans 2:7

Some people keep on doing good things, and later on God will be good to them. They want to make God happy, so they listen to him, and they do the good things he tells them to do. Later on, he will give them life that never ends. They will live with him for ever.

Romans 3:11

nobody understands about God, nobody even tries to get to know him.

James 5:15

Whenever somebody prays and really trusts God to make a sick person better, God will do what they are asking him to do. Jesus, our leader, will make that sick person good again. And if they got sick because they did something wrong, God will not punish them any more for doing that bad thing.