Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Matthew 7:8

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 ἀνοιγήσεται.

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×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: ἀνοιγήσεται | WH/NIV/RP: ἀνοιγήσεται | Treg: ἀνοίγεται
  • ἀνοιγήσεται — SBLGNT
  • ἀνοιγήσεται — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • ἀνοίγεται — Tregelles
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2609Once committed to conversion, the heart learns to pray in faith. Faith is a filial adherence to God beyond what we feel and understand. It is possible because the beloved Son gives us access to the Father. He can ask us to "seek" and to "knock," since he himself is the door and the way.65
1. To every careful thinker there is a gain Proverbs 14:23, Septuagint, says the proverb; and Christ implied more than this, when He said, He that seeks finds. Matthew 7:8 Wherefore it does not occur to me any more to wonder how Philip followed Christ. Andrew was persuaded when he had heard from John, and Peter the same from Andrew, but Philip not having learned anything from a…
Chapter 12.—To Whose Person the Entreaty for the Promises is to Be Understood to Belong, When He Says in the Psalm, “Where are Thine Ancient Compassions, Lord?” Etc. But the rest of this psalm runs thus: “Where are Thine ancient compassions, Lord, which Thou swarest unto David in Thy truth? Remember, Lord, the reproach of Thy servants, which I have borne in my bosom of many nat…
1. The Parable of the Tares: the House of Jesus. Then He left the multitudes and went into His house, and His disciples came unto Him saying, Declare to us the parable of the tares of the field. Matthew 13:36 When Jesus then is with the multitudes, He is not in His house, for the multitudes are outside of the house, and it is an act which springs from His love of men to leave t…
1. The Power of Harmony in Relation to Prayer. Again I say unto you that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them. Matthew 18:19 The word symphony is strictly applied to the harmonies of sounds in music. And there are indeed among musical sounds some accordant and others discordant. But the Evangelic Scripture is fam…
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.

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 33:19 — His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold,
  • Acts 9:11 — And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,
  • Amos 5:4 — For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
  • Luke 23:42 — And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
  • Matt 7:7 — Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
  • Matt 15:22 — And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
  • Ps 81:10 — I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
  • Ps 81:16 — He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.