Luke 11:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Κἀγὼ ὑμῖν λέγω, Αἰτεῖτε, καὶ δοθήσεται ὑμῖν· ζητεῖτε, καὶ εὑρήσετε· κρούετε, καὶ ἀνοιγήσεται ὑμῖν.

Transliteration

And I to you legō, Aiteite, and dothēsetai to you; zēteite, and heurēsete; krouete, and anoigēsetai to you.

Grammar Details

• *legō*: present indicative, active, 1st singular - I say/tell
• *Aiteite*: present imperative, active, 2nd plural - ask/request
• *dothēsetai*: future indicative, passive, 3rd singular - it will be given
• *zēteite*: present imperative, active, 2nd plural - seek/search for
• *heurēsete*: future indicative, active, 2nd plural - you will find
• *krouete*: present imperative, active, 2nd plural - knock/beat
• *anoigēsetai*: future indicative, passive, 3rd singular - it will be opened

Word Meanings

• *legō*: say/tell/speak
• *Aiteite*: ask/request/demand
• *dothēsetai*: will be given/will be granted
• *zēteite*: seek/search for/strive for
• *heurēsete*: will find/will discover
• *krouete*: knock/beat/strike
• *anoigēsetai*: will be opened/will be unlocked

Referenced Verses

• Mark 11:24 : 24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
• John 16:23-24 : 23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. 24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
• Matt 21:22 : 22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
• John 15:16 : 16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
• John 15:7 : 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
• 1 John 5:14-15 : 14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
• John 14:13 : 13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
• 1 John 3:22 : 22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
• Jas 1:5 : 5 {G1161} If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
• Ps 118:5 : 5 I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.
• Jas 5:15 : 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
• 2 Cor 12:8-9 : 8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. 9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
• Heb 11:6 : 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
• Ps 34:10 : 10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
• Heb 4:16 : 16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
• Matt 7:7-9 : 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? 10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
• Jer 33:3 : 3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
• Jer 29:12 : 12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
• Ps 50:15 : 15 And call{H8798)} upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver{H8762)} thee, and thou shalt glorify{H8762)} me.
• Ps 34:4 : 4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
• 2 Cor 6:2 : 2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
• Mark 13:37 : 37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
• Luke 13:24-25 : 24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. 25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
• Ps 27:8 : 8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
• Matt 6:29 : 29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
• Dan 9:3 : 3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
• Rom 2:7 : 7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
• Isa 55:6-7 : 6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
• Ps 27:4 : 4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
• Ps 105:3-4 : 3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. 4 Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
• John 1:45-49 : 45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. 46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see. 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! 48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. 49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
• Acts 10:4-6 : 4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. 5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter: 6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.
• Amos 5:4-6 : 4 For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: 5 But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought. 6 Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
• Matt 21:31 : 31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
• John 4:10 : 10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
• Isa 45:19 : 19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
• Song 3:1-4 : 1 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. 2 I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. 3 The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? 4 It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
• Rev 2:24 : 24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.
• Song 5:6 : 6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.