Ask, Seek, Knock (Matthew 7:7-12)
Matthew 7:7-12 · Berean Standard Bible
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus invites his followers to ask, seek, and knock, promising that the Father answers those who come to him. He compares God to a good parent: if human fathers give good gifts to their children, how much more will God. The passage closes with the Golden Rule, tying prayer to how we treat others.
7Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
8For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
9Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
10Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?
11So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
12In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.
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