Matthew 7:7-12

Ask, and It Will Be Given

7 ¹“Ask, ²and it will be given to you; ³seek, and you will find; ⁴knock, and it will be opened to you.

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

9 Or which one of you, if his son asks him for ⁵bread, will give him ⁶a stone?

10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent?

11 If you then, ⁷who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will ⁸your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

The Golden Rule

12 “So ⁹whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is ¹⁰the Law and the Prophets.

Cross References

• 1. 7:7 For ver. 7-11, see Luke 11:9-13
• 2. 7:7 ch. 18:19; 21:22; Mark 11:24; John 14:13; 15:7, 16; 16:23, 24; James 1:5, 6, 17; 1 John 3:22; 5:14, 15
• 3. 7:7 1 Chr. 28:9; 2 Chr. 15:2; Prov. 8:17; Jer. 29:13; [Isa. 55:6]
• 4. 7:7 [Rev. 3:20]
• 5. 7:9 ch. 4:3
• 6. 7:9 ch. 4:3
• 7. 7:11 ch. 12:34; Gen. 6:5; 8:21
• 8. 7:11 [See ver. 7 above]
• 9. 7:12 Luke 6:31
• 10. 7:12 See ch. 22:40