Luke 11:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

So I tell you to ask and you will receive, search and you will find, knock and the door will be opened for you.

Cross References

Psalm 118:5

When I was really suffering, I prayed to the LORD. He answered my prayer, and took my worries away.

Psalm 27:4

I ask only one thing, LORD: Let me live in your house every day of my life to see how wonderful you are and to pray in your temple.

Psalm 27:8

My heart tells me to pray. I am eager to see your face,

Psalm 34:10

Young lions may go hungry or even starve, but if you trust the LORD, you will never miss out on anything good.

Psalm 34:4

I asked the LORD for help, and he saved me from all my fears.

Psalm 50:15

Pray to me in time of trouble. I will rescue you, and you will honour me.

Song of Solomon 5:6

My heart stood still while he spoke to me, but when I opened the door, my darling had disappeared. I searched and shouted, but I could not find him— there was no answer.

Isaiah 45:19

The LORD did not speak in a dark secret place or command Jacob's descendants to search for him in vain. The LORD speaks the truth, and this is what he says

Jeremiah 29:12

You will turn back to me and ask for help, and I will answer your prayers.

Jeremiah 33:3

Ask me, and I will tell you things that you don't know and can't find out.

Daniel 9:3

Then, to show my sorrow, I went without eating and dressed in sackcloth and sat in ashes. I confessed my sins and earnestly prayed to the LORD my God: Our Lord, you are a great and fearsome God, and you faithfully keep your agreement with those who love and obey you.

Matthew 21:22

If you have faith when you pray, you will be given whatever you ask for.”

Matthew 21:31

Which one of the sons obeyed his father? “The elder one,” the chief priests and leaders answered. Then Jesus told them: You can be sure that tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of God before you ever will!

Matthew 6:29

But I tell you that Solomon with all his wealth wasn't as well clothed as one of them.

Mark 11:24

Everything you ask for in prayer will be yours, if you only have faith.

Mark 13:37

I tell everyone just what I have told you. Be alert!

Luke 11:10

Everyone who asks will receive, everyone who searches will find, and the door will be opened for everyone who knocks.

John 14:13

Ask me, and I will do whatever you ask. This way the Son will bring honour to the Father.

John 15:16

You did not choose me. I chose you and sent you out to produce fruit, the kind of fruit that will last. Then my Father will give you whatever you ask for in my name.

John 15:7

Stay joined to me and let my teachings become part of you. Then you can pray for whatever you want, and your prayer will be answered.

John 4:10

Jesus answered, “You don't know what God wants to give you, and you don't know who is asking you for a drink. If you did, you would ask me for the water that gives life.”

Romans 2:7

He will give eternal life to everyone who has patiently done what is good in the hope of receiving glory, honour, and life that lasts for ever.

2 Corinthians 6:2

In the Scriptures God says, “When the time came, I listened to you, and when you needed help, I came to save you.” That time has come. This is the day for you to be saved.

Hebrews 11:6

But without faith no one can please God. We must believe that God is real and that he rewards everyone who searches for him.

Hebrews 4:16

So whenever we are in need, we should come bravely before the throne of our merciful God. There we will be treated with undeserved kindness, and we will find help.

James 1:5

If any of you need wisdom, you should ask God, and it will be given to you. God is generous and won't correct you for asking.

James 5:15

If you have faith when you pray for sick people, they will get well. The Lord will heal them, and if they have sinned, he will forgive them.

1 John 3:22

He will give us whatever we ask, because we obey him and do what pleases him.

Revelation 2:24

Some of you in Thyatira don't follow Jezebel's teaching. You don't know anything about what her followers call the “deep secrets of Satan”. So I won't burden you down with any other commands.