Luke 11:9

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

“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.

📖 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 For this reason I tell you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
• John 16:23-24 : 23 At that time you will ask me nothing. I tell you the solemn truth, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you. 24 Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive it, so that your joy may be complete.
• Matt 21:22 : 22 And whatever you ask in prayer, if you believe, you will receive.”
• John 15:16 : 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that remains, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.
• John 15:7 : 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want, and it will be done for you.
• 1 John 5:14-15 : 14 And this is the confidence that we have before him: that whenever we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us in regard to whatever we ask, then we know that we have the requests that we have asked from him.
• John 14:13 : 13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
• 1 John 3:22 : 22 and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing to him.
• Jas 1:5 : 5 But 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.
• Ps 118:5 : 5 In my distress I cried out to the LORD. The LORD answered me and put me in a wide open place.
• Jas 5:15 : 15 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick and the Lord will raise him up– and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
• 2 Cor 12:8-9 : 8 I asked the Lord three times about this, that it would depart from me. 9 But he said to me,“My grace is enough for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me.
• Heb 11:6 : 6 Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
• Ps 34:10 : 10 Even young lions sometimes lack food and are hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
• Heb 4:16 : 16 Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help.
• Matt 7:7-9 : 7 Ask, Seek, Knock“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. 9 Is there anyone among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 11 If 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!
• Jer 33:3 : 3 ‘Call on me in prayer and I will answer you. I will show you great and mysterious things which you still do not know about.’
• Jer 29:12 : 12 When you call out to me and come to me in prayer, I will hear your prayers.
• Ps 50:15 : 15 Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver you, and you will honor me!”
• Ps 34:4 : 4 I sought the LORD’s help and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.
• 2 Cor 6:2 : 2 For he says,“I heard you at the acceptable time, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Look, now is the acceptable time; look, now is the day of salvation!
• Mark 13:37 : 37 What I say to you I say to everyone: Stay alert!”
• Luke 13:24-25 : 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. 25 Once 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.’
• Ps 27:8 : 8 My heart tells me to pray to you, and I do pray to you, O LORD.
• Matt 6:29 : 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these!
• Dan 9:3 : 3 So I turned my attention to the Lord God to implore him by prayer and requests, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
• Rom 2:7 : 7 eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality,
• Isa 55:6-7 : 6 Seek the LORD while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby! 7 The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle and sinful people their plans. They should return to the LORD, and he will show mercy to them, and to their God, for he will freely forgive them.
• Ps 27:4 : 4 I have asked the LORD for one thing– this is what I desire! I want to live in the LORD’s house all the days of my life, so I can gaze at the splendor of the LORD and contemplate in his temple.
• Ps 105:3-4 : 3 Boast about his holy name! Let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice! 4 Seek the LORD and the strength he gives! Seek his presence continually!
• John 1:45-49 : 45 Philip found Nathanael and told him,“We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets also wrote about– Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” 46 Nathanael replied,“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip replied,“Come and see.” 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and exclaimed,“Look, a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit!” 48 Nathanael asked him,“How do you know me?” Jesus replied,“Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” 49 Nathanael answered him,“Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel!”
• Acts 10:4-6 : 4 Staring at him and becoming greatly afraid, Cornelius replied,“What is it, Lord?” The angel said to him,“Your prayers and your acts of charity have gone up as a memorial before God. 5 Now send men to Joppa and summon a man named Simon, who is called Peter. 6 This man is staying as a guest with a man named Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea.”
• Amos 5:4-6 : 4 The LORD says this to the family of Israel:“Seek me so you can live! 5 Do not seek Bethel! Do not visit Gilgal! Do not journey down to Beer Sheba! For the people of Gilgal will certainly be carried into exile; and Bethel will become a place where disaster abounds.” 6 Seek the LORD so you can live! Otherwise he will break out like fire against Joseph’s family; the fire will consume and no one will be able to quench it and save Bethel.
• Matt 21:31 : 31 Which of the two did his father’s will?” They said,“The first.” Jesus said to them,“I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God!
• John 4:10 : 10 Jesus answered her,“If you had known the gift of God and who it is who said to you,‘Give me some water to drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
• Isa 45:19 : 19 I have not spoken in secret, in some hidden place. I did not tell Jacob’s descendants,‘Seek me in vain!’ I am the LORD, the one who speaks honestly, who makes reliable announcements.
• Song 3:1-4 : 1 The Lost Lover is FoundThe Beloved about Her Lover: All night long on my bed I longed for my lover. I longed for him but he never appeared. 2 “I will arise and look all around throughout the town, and throughout the streets and squares; I will search for my beloved.” I searched for him but I did not find him. 3 The night watchmen found me– the ones who guard the city walls.“Have you seen my beloved?” 4 Scarcely had I passed them by when I found my beloved! I held onto him tightly and would not let him go until I brought him to my mother’s house, to the bedroom chamber of the one who conceived me.
• Rev 2:24 : 24 But to the rest of you in Thyatira, all who do not hold to this teaching(who have not learned the so-called“deep secrets of Satan”), to you I say: I do not put any additional burden on you.
• Song 5:6 : 6 I opened for my beloved, but my lover had already turned and gone away. I fell into despair when he departed. I looked for him but did not find him; I called him but he did not answer me.