Luke 11:10
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
KJV
πᾶς γὰρ ὁ αἰτῶν λαμβάνει, καὶ ὁ ζητῶν εὑρίσκει, καὶ τῷ κρούοντι ἀνοιχθήσεται.
Greek NT
Omnis enim qui petit, accipit : et qui quærit, invenit : et pulsanti aperietur.
Vulgate
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
ASV
For every one that asketh receiveth: and he that seeketh findeth: and to him that knocketh it shall be opened:
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αἰτέω
aiteo
verb · 70×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
εὑρίσκω
eurisko
verb · 175×
ζητέω
zeteo
verb · 117×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κρούω
krouo
verb · 9×
λαμβάνω
lambano
verb · 259×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ἀνοίγω
anoigo
verb · 76×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2613Three principal parables on prayer are transmitted to us by St. Luke: - the first, "the importunate friend,"75 invites us to urgent prayer: "Knock, and it will be opened to you." To the one who prays like this, the heavenly Father will "give whatever he needs," and above all the Holy Spirit who contains all gifts. - the second, "the importunate widow,"76 is centered on one of t…
Q. Why do Christians need to pray? A. Because prayer is the most important part of the thankfulness God requires of us. And also because God gives his grace and Holy Spirit only to those who pray continually and groan inwardly, asking God for these gifts and thanking him for them.
It is one and the same God Whom both the Old and the New Testament proclaim, Who is praised and glorified in the Trinity: I have come, says the Lord, not to destroy the law but to fulfil it. Matthew 5:17 For He Himself worked out our salvation for which all Scripture and all mystery exists. And again, Search the Scriptures for they are they that testify of Me. John 5:39 And the…
Cross-references
- Jas 4:3 — Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
- Jas 5:11 — Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
- Jonah 2:2 — And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
- Lam 3:8 — Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
- Lam 3:18 — And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
- Lam 3:54 — Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
- Luke 18:1 — And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
- Ps 31:22 — For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.