Matthew 7:8

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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  • 2 Chr 33:19 : 19 The Annals of the Prophets include his prayer, give an account of how the LORD responded to it, record all his sins and unfaithful acts, and identify the sites where he built high places and erected Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself.
  • Ps 81:10 : 10 I am the LORD, your God, the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it!’
  • Ps 81:16 : 16 “I would feed Israel the best wheat, and would satisfy your appetite with honey from the rocky cliffs.”
  • Matt 15:22-28 : 22 A Canaanite woman from that area came and cried out,“Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is horribly demon-possessed!” 23 But he did not answer her a word. Then his disciples came and begged him,“Send her away, because she keeps on crying out after us.” 24 So he answered,“I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” 25 But she came and bowed down before him and said,“Lord, help me!” 26 “It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs,” he said. 27 “Yes, Lord,” she replied,“but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.” 28 Then Jesus answered her,“Woman, your faith is great! Let what you want be done for you.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.
  • Luke 23:42-43 : 42 Then he said,“Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom.” 43 And Jesus said to him,“I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.”
  • John 2:2 : 2 and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding.
  • John 3:8-9 : 8 The wind blows wherever it will, and you hear the sound it makes, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” 9 Nicodemus replied,“How can these things be?” 10 Jesus answered,“Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you don’t understand these things?
  • Acts 9:11 : 11 Then the Lord told him,“Get up and go to the street called‘Straight,’ and at Judas’ house look for a man from Tarsus named Saul. For he is praying,
  • 2 Chr 33:1-2 : 1 Manasseh’s Reign Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem. 2 He did evil in the sight of the LORD and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations whom the LORD drove out ahead of the Israelites.

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