Luke 11:10

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

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  • Jas 5:11 : 11 Think of how we regard as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job’s endurance and you have seen the Lord’s purpose, that the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
  • Ps 31:22 : 22 I jumped to conclusions and said,“I am cut off from your presence!” But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.
  • Lam 3:8 : 8 Also, when I cry out desperately for help, he has shut out my prayer.
  • Lam 3:18 : 18 So I said,“My endurance has expired; I have lost all hope of deliverance from the LORD.”
  • Lam 3:54-58 : 54 The waters closed over my head; I thought I was about to die. 55 ק(Qof) I have called on your name, O LORD, from the deepest pit. 56 You heard my plea:“Do not close your ears to my cry for relief!” 57 You came near on the day I called to you; you said,“Do not fear!” 58 ר(Resh) O Lord, you championed my cause, you redeemed my life.
  • Jonah 2:2-8 : 2 and said,“I called out to the LORD from my distress, and he answered me; from the belly of Sheol I cried out for help, and you heard my prayer. 3 You threw me into the deep waters, into the middle of the sea; the ocean current engulfed me; all the mighty waves you sent swept over me. 4 I thought I had been banished from your sight, that I would never again see your holy temple! 5 Water engulfed me up to my neck; the deep ocean surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head. 6 I went down to the very bottoms of the mountains; the gates of the netherworld barred me in forever; but you brought me up from the Pit, O LORD, my God. 7 When my life was ebbing away, I called out to the LORD. And my prayer came to you, to your holy temple. 8 Those who worship worthless idols forfeit the mercy that could be theirs.
  • Luke 18:1 : 1 Prayer and the Parable of the Persistent Widow Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart.
  • Jas 4:3 : 3 you ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so you can spend it on your passions.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 7:7-11
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    95%

    7Ask, Seek, Knock“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you.

    8For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

    9Is there anyone among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

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

    11If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!

  • Luke 11:7-9
    3 verses
    93%

    7Then he will reply from inside,‘Do not bother me. The door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything.’

    8I tell you, even though the man inside will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of the first man’s sheer persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs.

    9“So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

  • Luke 11:11-13
    3 verses
    76%

    11What father among you, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?

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

    13If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

  • Matt 21:22
    72%

    22And whatever you ask in prayer, if you believe, you will receive.”

  • Mark 11:24
    72%

    24For this reason I tell you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

  • Luke 6:30
    72%

    30Give to everyone who asks you, and do not ask for your possessions back from the person who takes them away.

  • Jas 1:5
    71%

    5But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.

  • Mark 4:25
    70%

    25For whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.”

  • Luke 13:24-25
    2 verses
    70%

    24“Exert every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.

    25Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him,‘Lord, let us in!’ But he will answer you,‘I don’t know where you come from.’

  • Matt 13:11-12
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    11He replied,“You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.

    12For whoever has will be given more, and will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

  • Luke 12:30-31
    2 verses
    70%

    30For all the nations of the world pursue these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

    31Instead, pursue his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.

  • Matt 10:39-40
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    69%

    39Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life because of me will find it.

    40Rewards“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.

  • Rev 3:20
    69%

    20Listen! I am standing at the door and knocking! If anyone hears my voice and opens the door I will come into his home and share a meal with him, and he with me.

  • Matt 11:15
    69%

    15The one who has ears had better listen!

  • Matt 25:29
    68%

    29For the one who has will be given more, and he will have more than enough. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

  • Luke 19:26
    68%

    26‘I tell you that everyone who has will be given more, but from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.

  • Matt 6:8
    68%

    8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

  • Luke 8:18
    68%

    18So listen carefully, for whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him.”

  • John 15:7
    68%

    7If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want, and it will be done for you.

  • Luke 11:5
    68%

    5Then he said to them,“Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him,‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

  • Prov 11:27
    68%

    27The one who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but the one who searches for evil– it will come to him.

  • Matt 6:33
    67%

    33But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

  • Matt 6:6
    67%

    6But whenever you pray, go into your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

  • Luke 6:38
    67%

    38Give, and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive.”

  • Matt 25:11
    67%

    11Later, the other virgins came too, saying,‘Lord, lord! Let us in!’

  • Matt 10:11
    67%

    11Whenever you enter a town or village, find out who is worthy there and stay with them until you leave.

  • Prov 8:35
    67%

    35For the one who finds me has found life and received favor from the LORD.

  • John 16:24
    67%

    24Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive it, so that your joy may be complete.

  • Luke 11:3
    67%

    3Give us each day our daily bread,

  • Matt 6:4
    67%

    4so that your gift may be in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

  • Luke 6:47
    67%

    47“Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and puts them into practice– I will show you what he is like:

  • Matt 10:13
    67%

    13And if the house is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.

  • Matt 13:9
    67%

    9The one who has ears had better listen!”

  • Luke 12:36
    67%

    36be like people waiting for their master to come back from the wedding celebration, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.

  • Matt 5:7
    66%

    7“Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

  • Mark 10:36
    66%

    36He said to them,“What do you want me to do for you?”

  • Matt 9:38
    66%

    38Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest-ready fields.”

  • Mark 10:15
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    15I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”