Matthew 7:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • 2 Chr 33:19 : 19 And the prayer which he made to God, and how God gave him an answer, and all his sin and his wrongdoing, and the places where he made high places and put up pillars of wood and images, before he put away his pride, are recorded in the history of the seers.
  • Ps 81:10 : 10 I am the Lord your God, who took you up from the land of Egypt: let your mouth be open wide, so that I may give you food.
  • Ps 81:16 : 16 I would give them the best grain for food; you would be full of honey from the rock.
  • Matt 15:22-28 : 22 And a woman of Canaan came out from those parts, crying and saying, Have pity on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is greatly troubled with an unclean spirit. 23 But he gave her no answer. And his disciples came and said to him, Send her away, for she is crying after us. 24 But he made answer and said, I was sent only to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel. 25 But she came and gave him worship, saying, Help, Lord. 26 And he made answer and said, It is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs. 27 But she said, Yes, Lord: but even the dogs take the bits from under their masters' table. 28 Then Jesus, answering, said to her, O woman, great is your faith: let your desire be done. And her daughter was made well from that hour.
  • Luke 23:42-43 : 42 And he said, Jesus, keep me in mind when you come in your kingdom. 43 And he said to him, Truly I say to you, Today you will be with me in Paradise.
  • John 2:2 : 2 And Jesus with his disciples came as guests.
  • John 3:8-9 : 8 The wind goes where its pleasure takes it, and the sound of it comes to your ears, but you are unable to say where it comes from and where it goes: so it is with everyone whose birth is from the Spirit. 9 And Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for these things to be? 10 And Jesus, answering, said, Are you the teacher of Israel and have no knowledge of these things?
  • Acts 9:11 : 11 And the Lord said to him, Get up, and go to the street which is named Straight, and make search at the house of Judas for one named Saul of Tarsus: for he is at prayer;
  • 2 Chr 33:1-2 : 1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he was ruling for fifty-five years in Jerusalem. 2 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the disgusting ways of the nations whom the Lord had sent out of the land before the children of Israel.

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    7And 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?

    8I 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.

    9And 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.

    10For 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.

    11And 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?

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

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

    11If 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?

    12All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.

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