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.


In Context

6 for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him,'

7 and he from within will answer and say, 'Don't bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I can't get up and give it to you'?

8 I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.

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.

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

11 |Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won't give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?

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 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 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.