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;


In Context

6 seeing a friend of mine came out of the way unto me, and I have not what I shall set before him,

7 and he from within answering may say, Do not give me trouble, already the door hath been shut, and my children with me are in the bed, I am not able, having risen, to give to thee.

8 'I say to you, even if he will not give to him, having risen, because of his being his friend, yet because of his importunity, having risen, he will give him as many as he doth need;

9 and 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;

10 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.

11 And of which of you — the father — if the son shall ask a loaf, a stone will he present to him? and if a fish, will he instead of a fish, a serpent present to him?

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 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 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.