Matthew 7:8

In 9 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

for everyone who is asking receives, and he who is seeking finds, and to him who is knocking it will be opened.

YLT

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.

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

For whosoeuer asketh, receiueth: and he, that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

πᾶς γὰρ ὁ αἰτῶν λαμβάνει καὶ ὁ ζητῶν εὑρίσκει καὶ τῷ κρούοντι ἀνοιγήσεται.

RP2018

Πᾶς γὰρ ὁ αἰτῶν λαμβάνει, καὶ ὁ ζητῶν εὑρίσκει, καὶ τῷ κρούοντι ἀνοιγήσεται.

TR-Boyd

Πᾶς γὰρ ὁ αἰτῶν λαμβάνει, καὶ ὁ ζητῶν εὑρίσκει, καὶ τῷ κρούοντι ἀνοιγήσεται.

SCR1894

πας γαρ ο αιτων λαμβανει και ο ζητων ευρισκει και τω κρουοντι ανοιγησεται

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• Psalms 81:10I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
• Psalms 81:16But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
• Luke 23:42–43Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!” And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”
• Matthew 15:22–28And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.” But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged…
• Acts 9:11“Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.
• 2 Chronicles 33:19His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself, they are indeed written in the…
• John 3:8–10The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.” “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked. “You are Israel’s…
• John 2:2and Jesus and His disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
• 2 Chronicles 33:1–2Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before…

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