9And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.


In Context

6 Because a friend of mine is come off his journey to me, and I have not what to set before him.

7 And he from within should answer, and say: Trouble me not, the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.

8 Yet if he shall continue knocking, I say to you, although 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.

9 And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.

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

11 And which of you, if he ask his father bread, will he give him a stone? or a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

Luke 11:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:9And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

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

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:9And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:9And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:9And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:9And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:9|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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:9and I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:9And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.