Matthew 7:8

Bishops' Bible (1568)

For he that asketh, receaueth: and he that seketh, fyndeth: and to hym that knocketh, it shalbe opened.

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  • 2 Chr 33:19 : 19 And his prayer, and howe that he was hearde, and all his sinnes, and his trespasse, and the places where he made high places and set vp groues and images before he was meekened, beholde they are written among the sayinges of the sears.
  • Ps 81:10 : 10 I am God thy Lorde which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wyde, and I wyll fill it.
  • Ps 81:16 : 16 He woulde haue fed them also with the finest wheate flowre: and I would haue satisfied thee with honie out of the stonie rocke.
  • Matt 15:22-28 : 22 And beholde, a woman of the Chananites, which came out of the same coastes, cryed vnto hym, saying: Haue mercie on me O Lorde, thou sonne of Dauid: My daughter is greeuously vexed with a deuyll. 23 But he aunswered her not a worde: and his disciples came, and besought hym, saying: sende her away, for she cryeth after vs. 24 But he aunswered, and sayde: I am not sent but vnto the lost sheepe of the house of Israel. 25 Then came she, and worshipped him, saying: Lorde, helpe me. 26 He aunswered, and sayde: it is not meete to take the chyldrens bread, and to cast it to litle dogges. 27 She aunswered and sayde, trueth Lorde: and yet litle dogges eate of the crummes, which fall fro their maisters table. 28 Then Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto her: O woman, great is thy fayth, be it vnto thee, euen as thou wylt. And her daughter was made whole, euen from that same tyme.
  • Luke 23:42-43 : 42 And he sayde vnto Iesus: Lorde, remember me, when thou commest into thy kyngdome. 43 And Iesus sayde vnto hym: Ueryly I say vnto thee, to day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
  • John 2:2 : 2 And Iesus was called, and his disciples vnto the mariage.
  • John 3:8-9 : 8 The wynde bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sounde therof: but canst not tell whence it commeth, and whither it goeth. So is euery one that is borne of the spirite. 9 Nicodemus aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: howe can these thynges be? 10 Iesus aunswered, & sayde vnto hym: Art thou a maister in Israel, and knowest not thesethynges?
  • Acts 9:11 : 11 And the Lorde sayde vnto hym: aryse, and go into the streate, whiche is called strayght, and seeke in the house of Iudas, after one called Saul, of Tarsus: for beholde he prayeth,
  • 2 Chr 33:1-2 : 1 Manasse was twelue yeres olde when he began to raigne, and he raigned fiftie and fiue yeres in Hierusalem: 2 But dyd euyll in the sight of the Lorde, like vnto the abhominations of the heathen whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.

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    7And he within aunswere, & say, trouble me not, the doore is nowe shut, and my children are with me in bedde, I can not ryse and geue thee.

    8I saye vnto you, though he wyll not ryse and geue hym, because he is his friende: yet because of his importunitie he wyll ryse, and geue hym as many as he needeth.

    9And I say vnto you, aske, and it shalbe geuen you, seke, and ye shall fynde, knocke, and it shalbe opened vnto you.

    10For euery one that asketh, receaueth, and he that seketh, fyndeth, and vnto hym that knocketh, shall it be opened.

    11If the sonne shall aske breade, of any of you that is a father, wyll he geue him a stone? Or yf he aske fisshe, wyll he for fisshe geue hym a serpent?

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    6Geue not that which is holy, vnto dogges, neyther caste ye your pearles before swyne, lest they treade them vnder their feete, and turning agayne, all to rent you.

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  • Matt 7:9-13
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    9Is there any among you, which, yf his sonne aske hym bread, wyll geue hym a stone?

    10Or yf he aske fyshe, wyll he geue hym a serpent?

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    12Therfore all thynges, whatsoeuer ye woulde that men shoulde do to you, do ye euen so to them: For this is the lawe, and the prophetes.

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    30Geue to euery man that asketh of thee: And of hym that taketh away thy goodes, aske them not agayne.

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    24Stryue to enter in at the strayte gate: for many I say vnto you, wyll seke to enter in, and shall not be able.

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