Luke 11:10
New International Version
For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

New Living Translation
For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.

English Standard Version
For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.

Berean Standard Bible
For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

Berean Literal Bible
For everyone asking receives; and the one seeking finds; and to the one knocking, it will be opened.

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

New King James Version
For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

New American Standard Bible
For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, it will be opened.

NASB 1995
“For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened.

NASB 1977
“For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it shall be opened.

Legacy Standard Bible
For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened.

Amplified Bible
For everyone who keeps on asking [persistently], receives; and he who keeps on seeking [persistently], finds; and to him who keeps on knocking [persistently], the door will be opened.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For everyone who asks receives, and the one who searches finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“For everyone who asks receives, and whoever seeks finds, and whoever knocks, it is opened to him.”

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Everyone who asks will receive. The one who searches will find, and for the person who knocks, the door will be opened.

Good News Translation
For those who ask will receive, and those who seek will find, and the door will be opened to anyone who knocks.

International Standard Version
because everyone who keeps asking will receive, and the person who keeps searching will find, and the person who keeps knocking will have the door opened.

Literal Standard Version
for everyone who is asking receives; and he who is seeking finds; and to him who is knocking it will be opened.

Majority Standard Bible
For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

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

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

New Revised Standard Version
For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.

New Heart English Bible
For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

Webster's Bible Translation
For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, the door shall be opened.

Weymouth New Testament
For every one who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, the door shall be opened.

World English Bible
For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

Young's Literal Translation
for every one who is asking doth receive; and he who is seeking doth find; and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Ask, Seek, Knock
9So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. 10For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. 11What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?…

Cross References
Matthew 5:42
Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

Matthew 7:8
For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

Luke 11:9
So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

Luke 11:11
What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?


Treasury of Scripture

For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.

Luke 18:1
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

Psalm 31:22
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

Lamentations 3:8,18,54-58
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer…

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Luke 11
1. Jesus teaches us to pray, and that instantly;
11. assuring us that God will give all good things to those who ask him.
14. He, casting out a demon, rebukes the blasphemous Pharisees;
27. and shows who are blessed;
29. preaches to the people;
37. and reprimands the outward show of holiness.
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
For
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

everyone
πᾶς (pas)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

who asks
αἰτῶν (aitōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 154: To ask, request, petition, demand. Of uncertain derivation; to ask.

receives;
λαμβάνει (lambanei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2983: (a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.

he who
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

seeks
ζητῶν (zētōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2212: To seek, search for, desire, require, demand. Of uncertain affinity; to seek; specially, to worship, or to plot.

finds;
εὑρίσκει (heuriskei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2147: A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

to him who
τῷ (tō)
Article - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

knocks,
κρούοντι (krouonti)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2925: To knock, beat a door with a stick, to gain admittance. Apparently a primary verb; to rap.

[the door] will be opened.
ἀνοιγήσεται (anoigēsetai)
Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 455: To open. From ana and oigo; to open up.


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