Luke 11:9

Easy-to-Read Version

So I tell you, continue to ask, and God will give to you. Continue to search, and you will find. Continue to knock, and the door will open for you.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“So

King James Version (1611)
And I say vnto you, Aske, and it shalbe giuen you: seeke, and ye shal find: knocke, and it shalbe opened vnto you.

King James Version
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

English Standard Version
And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

New American Standard Bible
"So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

New Century Version
So I tell you, ask, and God will give to you. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will open for you.

Amplified Bible
"So I say to you, ask and keep on asking, and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking, and you will find; knock and keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Legacy Standard Bible
"So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Berean Standard Bible
So I tell you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

Contemporary English Version
So I tell you to ask and you will receive, search and you will find, knock and the door will be opened for you.

Complete Jewish Bible
"Moreover, I myself say to you: keep asking, and it will be given to you; keep seeking, and you will find; keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you.

Darby Translation
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.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And I say vnto you, Aske, and it shall be giuen you: seeke, and yee shall finde: knocke, and it shalbe opened vnto you.

George Lamsa Translation
I say to you also, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.

Good News Translation
And so I say to you: Ask, and you will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

Lexham English Bible
And I tell you, ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened for you.

Literal Translation
And I say to you, Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

American Standard Version
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

Bible in Basic English
And I say to you, Make requests, and they will be answered; what you are searching for, you will get; when you give the sign, the door will be open to you.

Hebrew Names Version
"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.

International Standard Version
So I say to you: Keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the doorit">[fn] will be opened for you.Matthew 7:7; 21:22; Mark 11:24; John 15:7; James 1:6; 1 John 3:22;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
I say also to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.

Murdock Translation
I say also to you: Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and ye will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And I say vnto you, aske, and it shalbe geuen you, seke, and ye shall fynde, knocke, and it shalbe opened vnto you.

English Revised Version
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

World English Bible
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.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
because he is his friend, yet, because of his importunity, he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you.

Weymouth's New Testament
"So I say to you, `Ask, and what you ask for shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you.'

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y seie to you, axe ye, and it schal be youun to you; seke ye, and ye schulen fynde; knocke ye, and it schal be openyd to you.

Update Bible Version
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
And 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.

New English Translation
"So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

New King James Version
Matthew 7:7-11">[xr] "So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

New Living Translation
"And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.

New Life Bible
I say to you, ask, and what you ask for will be given to you. Look, and what you are looking for you will find. Knock, and the door you are knocking on will be opened to you.

New Revised Standard
"So I say to you, Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I, therefore, unto you, say - Be asking, and it shall be given to you, Be seeking, and ye shall find, - Be knocking, and it shall be opened unto you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Revised Standard Version
And I tell you, Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And I saye vnto you: axe and it shalbe geven you. Seke and ye shall fynde. knocke and it shalbe opened vnto you.

Young's Literal Translation
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;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And I saye vnto you also: Axe, and it shal be geuen you: Seke, and ye shal fynde: knocke, and it shalbe opened vnto you.

Mace New Testament (1729)
I tell you likewise, ask, and it shall be given: seek, and ye shall find: knock, and the door shall be opened.

THE MESSAGE
"Here's what I'm saying: Ask and you'll get; Seek and you'll find; Knock and the door will open.

Simplified Cowboy Version
"So I'm telling you to knock on the Boss's door until he answers and don't go away until he gives you what you need.

Contextual Overview

¹ One time Jesus was out praying, and when he finished, one of his followers said to him, "John taught his followers how to pray. Lord, teach us how to pray too." ² Jesus said to the followers, "This is how you should pray: ‘Father, we pray that your name will always be kept holy. We pray that your kingdom will come. ³ Give us the food we need for each day. ⁴ Forgive our sins, just as we forgive everyone who has done wrong to us. And don't let us be tempted.'" ⁵Then Jesus said to them, "Suppose one of you went to your friend's house very late at night and said to him, ‘A friend of mine has come into town to visit me. But I have nothing for him to eat. Please give me three loaves of bread.' ⁷ Your friend inside the house answers, ‘Go away! Don't bother me! The door is already locked. My children and I are in bed. I cannot get up and give you the bread now.' ⁸ I tell you, maybe friendship is not enough to make him get up to give you the bread. But he will surely get up to give you what you need if you continue to ask. ⁹ So I tell you, continue to ask, and God will give to you. Continue to search, and you will find. Continue to knock, and the door will open for you. ¹⁰ Yes, whoever continues to ask will receive. Whoever continues to look will find. And whoever continues to knock will have the door opened for them. ¹¹ Do any of you have a son? What would you do if your son asked you for a fish? Would any father give him a snake?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I say: Luke 13:24, Matthew 6:29, Matthew 21:31, Mark 13:37, Revelation 2:24

Ask: Psalms 50:15, Psalms 118:5, Jeremiah 33:3, Matthew 7:7, Matthew 7:8, Matthew 21:22, Mark 11:24, John 4:10, John 14:13, John 15:7, John 15:16, John 16:23, John 16:24, 2 Corinthians 12:8, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Hebrews 4:16, James 1:5, James 5:15, 1 John 3:22, 1 John 5:14, 1 John 5:15

seek: Luke 13:24, Psalms 27:4, Psalms 27:8, Psalms 34:4, Psalms 34:10, Psalms 105:3, Psalms 105:4, Song of Solomon 3:1-4, Song of Solomon 5:6, Isaiah 45:19, Isaiah 55:6, Isaiah 55:7, Jeremiah 29:12, Daniel 9:3, Amos 5:4-6, John 1:45-49, Acts 10:4-6, Romans 2:7, Hebrews 11:6

knock: Luke 13:25, 2 Corinthians 6:2

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 2:20 - Ask on Psalms 65:2 - thou Psalms 86:5 - unto all Proverbs 2:5 - shalt Jeremiah 13:27 - wilt Jeremiah 29:13 - ye shall Acts 8:22 - pray Acts 9:11 - for James 4:2 - because

Cross-References

Genesis 10:5
All the people who lived in the area around the Mediterranean Sea came from these sons of Japheth. The people separated and went to different countries according to languages, families, and nations.

Genesis 10:10
Nimrod's kingdom spread from Babylon to Erech, to Akkad, and then to Calneh in the land of Babylonia.

Genesis 10:20
All these people were descendants of Ham. They are arranged by families, languages, countries, and nations.

Genesis 10:25
Eber was the father of two sons. One son was named Peleg. He was given this name because the earth was divided during his life. The other son was named Joktan.

Genesis 11:1
There was a time when the whole world spoke one language. Everyone used the same words.

Genesis 11:14
After Shelah was 30 years old, his son Eber was born.

Genesis 11:31
Terah took his family and left Ur of Babylonia. They planned to travel to Canaan. Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (Haran's son), and his daughter-in-law Sarai (Abram's wife). They traveled to the city of Haran and decided to stay there.

Genesis 11:32
Terah lived to be 205 years old. He died in Haran.

Acts 17:26
God began by making one man, and from him he made all the different people who live everywhere in the world. He decided exactly when and where they would live.

1 Corinthians 14:23
Suppose the whole church meets together and you all speak in different languages. If some people come in who are without understanding or don't believe, they will say you are crazy.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I say unto you, ask, and it shall be given you,.... This is said by Christ, to encourage to prayer, and importunity in it; that if any one asks of God, in the name of Christ, and in faith, whether it be bread for the body, or food for the soul; or any blessing whatever, whether temporal or spiritual, it shall be given; not according to their deserts, but according to the riches of the grace of God; who is rich unto all that call upon him, in sincerity and truth:

seek, and ye shall find: whether it be Christ, the pearl of great price, or God in Christ; or particularly, pardoning grace and mercy through Christ, or the knowledge of divine things; and both grace here, and glory hereafter, as men seek for hidden treasure; such shall not lose their labour, but shall enjoy all these valuable things, and whatever they are by prayer, and in the use of other means, seeking after:

knock, and it shall be opened to you; the door of mercy with God; the door of fellowship with Christ; the door of the Gospel, and the mysteries of it and of the Gospel dispensation and church state, into which is admission, to all that seek; and the door of heaven, into which there is entrance by the blood of Jesus: the several phrases denote prayer, the continuance of it, and importunity in it;

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this explained in the notes at Matthew 7:7-11.

Luke 11:12

“A scorpion” See the notes at Luke 10:19. Dr. Thomson (The Land and the Book, vol. i. p. 379) says: “There is no imaginable likeness between an egg and the ordinary black scorpion of this country, neither in color nor size, nor, when the tail is extended, in shape; but old writers speak of a “white” scorpion, and such a one, with the tail folded up, as in specimens of fossil trilobites, would not look unlike a small egg. Perhaps the contrast, however, refers only to the different properties of the egg and the scorpion, which is sufficiently emphatic.”

Pliny (“N. H.,” xi. 25) says that in Judea the scorpions are about the size of an egg, and not unlike one in shape.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 11:9. And (or, therefore) I say unto you, Ask — Be importunate with God, not so much to prevail on him to save you, as to get yourselves brought into a proper disposition to receive that mercy which he is ever disposed to give. He who is not importunate for the salvation of his soul does not feel the need of being saved; and were God to communicate his mercy to such they could not be expected to be grateful for it, as favours are only prized and esteemed in proportion to the sense men have of their necessity and importance. See this subject explained Matthew 7:7-8.