Luke 11:9–10
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11:9“So26 I tell you: Ask,27 and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door28 will be opened for you. 11:10For everyone who asks29 receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door30 will be opened.
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- 26 Here καί (kai, from καγώ [kagō]) has been translated as “so” to indicate the conclusion drawn from the preceding parable.
- 27 The three present imperatives in this verse (Ask … seek … knock) are probably intended to call for a repeated or continual approach before God.
- 28 Grk “it”; the referent (a door) is implied by the context and has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 29 The actions of asking, seeking, and knocking are repeated here from v. 9 with the encouragement that God does respond.
- 30 Grk “it”; the referent (a door) is implied by the context and has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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ESVEnglish 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. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
“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. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
“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. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
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NLTNew 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. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.
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LEBThe 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. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
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KJV 1900King 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. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
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