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.


In Context

6 because a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have nothing to set before him.'

7 "Then the one inside answers, 'Don't bother me. The door is already locked, and my children are with me in bed. I can't get up and give you anything.'

8 I tell you, though he will not get up and give him the bread because he is his friend, yet because of the man's boldness he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

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.

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

11 "Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?

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 Douay-Rheims 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.

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.