As for me, I said in my haste, *I am cut off from before your eyes.* Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.
Luke 11:10 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 asks and keeps on asking receives; and he who seeks and keeps on seeking finds; and to him who knocks and keeps on knocking, the door shall 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 Everyone who asks, receives. Whoever seeks, finds. To everyone who knocks, the door is opened. Catholic Public Domain Version For everyone who asks, receives. And whoever seeks, finds. And whoever knocks, it shall be opened to him. 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. |
As for me, I said in my haste, *I am cut off from before your eyes.* Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.
Give to him who asks you, and don't turn away him who desires to borrow from you.
For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
*Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won't give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?
*I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.
He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,
You ask, and don't receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.
Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the patience of Iyov, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.