Luke 11:10

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire; and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jas 5:11 : 11 We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.
  • Ps 31:22 : 22 And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from before your eyes; but you gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my cry went up to you.
  • Lam 3:8 : 8 Even when I send up a cry for help, he keeps my prayer shut out.
  • Lam 3:18 : 18 And I said, My strength is cut off, and my hope from the Lord.
  • Lam 3:54-58 : 54 Waters were flowing over my head; I said, I am cut off. 55 I was making prayer to your name, O Lord, out of the lowest prison. 56 My voice came to you; let not your ear be shut to my breathing, to my cry. 57 You came near in the day when I made my prayer to you: you said, Have no fear. 58 O Lord, you have taken up the cause of my soul, you have made my life safe.
  • Jonah 2:2-8 : 2 Then Jonah made prayer to the Lord his God from the inside of the fish, and said, 3 In my trouble I was crying to the Lord, and he gave me an answer; out of the deepest underworld I sent up a cry, and you gave ear to my voice. 4 For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me. 5 And I said, I have been sent away from before your eyes; how may I ever again see your holy Temple? 6 The waters were circling round me, even to the neck; the deep was about me; the sea-grass was twisted round my head. 7 I went down to the bases of the mountains; as for the earth, her walls were about me for ever: but you have taken up my life from the underworld, O Lord my God. 8 When my soul in me was overcome, I kept the memory of the Lord: and my prayer came in to you, into your holy Temple.
  • Luke 18:1 : 1 And he made a story for them, the point of which was that men were to go on making prayer and not get tired;
  • Jas 4:3 : 3 You make your request but you do not get it, because your request has been wrongly made, desiring the thing only so that you may make use of it for your pleasure.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 7:7-11
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    95%

    7 Make a request, and it will be answered; what you are searching for you will get; give the sign, and the door will be open to you:

    8 Because to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire, and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.

    9 Or which of you, if his son makes a request for bread, will give him a stone?

    10 Or if he makes a request for a fish, will give him a snake?

    11 If you, then, being evil, are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who make requests to him?

  • Luke 11:7-9
    3 verses
    93%

    7 And he, from inside the house, would say in answer, Do not be a trouble to me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; it is not possible for me to get up and give to you?

    8 I say to you, Though he will not get up and give to him, because he is his friend, still, if he keeps on making his request, he will get up and give him as much as he has need of.

    9 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.

  • Luke 11:11-13
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    76%

    11 And which of you, being a father, will give a stone to his son, who makes request for bread? or for a fish, will give him a snake?

    12 Or for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

    13 If, then, you who are evil are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who make request to him?

  • Matt 21:22
    72%

    22 And all things, whatever you make request for in prayer, having faith, you will get.

  • Mark 11:24
    72%

    24 For this reason I say to you, Whatever you make a request for in prayer, have faith that it has been given to you, and you will have it.

  • Luke 6:30
    72%

    30 Give to everyone who comes with a request, and if a man takes away your property, make no attempt to get it back again.

  • Jas 1:5
    71%

    5 But if any man among you is without wisdom, let him make his request to God, who gives freely to all without an unkind word, and it will be given to him.

  • Mark 4:25
    70%

    25 He who has, to him will be given: and he who has not, from him will be taken even that which he has.

  • Luke 13:24-25
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    70%

    24 Do your best to go in by the narrow door, for I say to you, A number will make the attempt to go in, but will not be able to do so.

    25 When the master of the house has got up, and the door has been shut, and you, still outside, give blows on the door, saying, Lord, let us in; he will make answer and say, I have no knowledge of where you come from.

  • Matt 13:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11 And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

    12 Because whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have more; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

  • Luke 12:30-31
    2 verses
    70%

    30 For the nations of the world go in search of all these things: but your Father has knowledge that you have need of them.

    31 But let your chief care be for his kingdom, and these other things will be given to you in addition.

  • Matt 10:39-40
    2 verses
    69%

    39 He who has the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him.

    40 He who gives honour to you gives honour to me; and he who gives honour to me gives honour to him who sent me.

  • Rev 3:20
    69%

    20 See, I am waiting at the door and giving the sign; if my voice comes to any man's ears and he makes the door open, I will come in to him, and will take food with him and he with me.

  • Matt 11:15
    69%

    15 He who has ears, let him give ear.

  • Matt 25:29
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    29 For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have more: but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

  • Luke 19:26
    68%

    26 And I say to you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

  • Matt 6:8
    68%

    8 So be not like them; because your Father has knowledge of your needs even before you make your requests to him.

  • Luke 8:18
    68%

    18 So take care how you give hearing, for to him who has will be given, and from him who has not will be taken even what he seems to have.

  • John 15:7
    68%

    7 If you are in me at all times, and my words are in you, then anything for which you make a request will be done for you.

  • Luke 11:5
    68%

    5 And he said to them, Which of you, having a friend, would go to him in the middle of the night and say to him, Friend, let me have three cakes of bread;

  • Prov 11:27
    68%

    27 He who, with all his heart, goes after what is good is searching for grace; but he who is looking for trouble will get it.

  • Matt 6:33
    67%

    33 But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.

  • Matt 6:6
    67%

    6 But when you make your prayer, go into your private room, and, shutting the door, say a prayer to your Father in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

  • Luke 6:38
    67%

    38 Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, crushed down, full and running over, they will give to you. For in the same measure as you give, it will be given to you again.

  • Matt 25:11
    67%

    11 After that the other virgins came, saying, Lord, Lord, let us in.

  • Matt 10:11
    67%

    11 And into whatever town or small place you go, make search there for someone who is respected, and make his house your resting-place till you go away.

  • Prov 8:35
    67%

    35 For whoever gets me gets life, and grace from the Lord will come to him.

  • John 16:24
    67%

    24 Up to now you have made no request in my name: do so, and it will be answered, so that your hearts may be full of joy.

  • Luke 11:3
    67%

    3 Give us every day bread for our needs.

  • Matt 6:4
    67%

    4 So that your giving may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

  • Luke 6:47
    67%

    47 Everyone who comes to me and gives ear to my words and does them, I will make clear to you what he is like:

  • Matt 10:13
    67%

    13 And if the house is good enough, let your peace come on it: but if not, let your peace come back to you.

  • Matt 13:9
    67%

    9 He who has ears, let him give ear.

  • Luke 12:36
    67%

    36 And be like men who are looking for their lord, when he comes back from the bride-feast; so that when he comes to the door, it will be open to him quickly.

  • Matt 5:7
    66%

    7 Happy are those who have mercy: for they will be given mercy.

  • Mark 10:36
    66%

    36 And he said to them, What would you have me do for you?

  • Matt 9:38
    66%

    38 Make prayer, then, to the Lord of the grain-fields, that he may send out workers to get in his grain.

  • Mark 10:15
    66%

    15 Truly I say to you, Whoever does not put himself under the kingdom of God like a little child, will not come into it at all.