"For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened." — Luke 11:10

Luke 11:10 · KJV

“For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.”

— Luke 11:10

And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if {he ask} a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

Luke 11 — Context

I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.

And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

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

If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if {he ask} a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? {offer: Gr. give}

Cross References

James 4:3

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume {it} upon your lusts. {lusts: or, pleasures}

Lamentations 3:54-58

Waters flowed over mine head; {then} I said, I am cut off.

Lamentations 3:18

And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:

James 5:11

Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

Luke 18:1

And he spake a parable unto them {to this end}, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

Jonah 2:2-8

And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, {and} thou heardest my voice. {by...: or, out of mine affliction} {hell: or, the grave}

Psalms 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

Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.