Luke 11:9

New International Version

“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

Cross References

Psalm 118:5

When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord; he brought me into a spacious place.

Psalm 27:4

One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.

Psalm 27:8

My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, Lord, I will seek.

Psalm 34:10

The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

Psalm 34:4

I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.

Psalm 50:15

and call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”

Song of Solomon 5:6

I opened for my beloved, but my beloved had left; he was gone. My heart sank at his departure. I looked for him but did not find him. I called him but he did not answer.

Isaiah 45:19

I have not spoken in secret, from somewhere in a land of darkness; I have not said to Jacob’s descendants, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I, the Lord, speak the truth; I declare what is right.

Jeremiah 29:12

Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

Jeremiah 33:3

‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’

Daniel 9:3

So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes.

Matthew 21:22

If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

Matthew 21:31

“Which of the two did what his father wanted?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you.

Matthew 6:29

Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.

Mark 11:24

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Mark 13:37

What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’ ”

Luke 11:10

For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

John 14:13

And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

John 15:16

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.

John 15:7

If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

John 4:10

Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”

Romans 2:7

To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life.

2 Corinthians 6:2

For he says, “In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.

Hebrews 11:6

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

Hebrews 4:16

Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

James 1:5

If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.

James 5:15

And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven.

1 John 3:22

and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him.

Revelation 2:24

Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets, ‘I will not impose any other burden on you,