Luke 11:9

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

And I saye vnto you: axe and it shalbe geven you. Seke and ye shall fynde. knocke and it shalbe opened vnto 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 Therfore I saye vnto you what soever ye desyre when ye praye beleve yt ye shall have it and it shalbe done vnto you.
• John 16:23-24 : 23 And in that daye shall ye axe me no question. Verely verely I saye vnto you whatsoever ye shall axe the father in my name he will geve it you. 24 Hitherto have ye axed nothinge in my name. Axe and ye shall receave it: that youre ioye maye be full.
• Matt 21:22 : 22 And whatsoever ye shall axe in prayer (if ye beleve) ye shall receave it.
• John 15:16 : 16 Ye have not chosen me but I have chosen you and ordeyned you that ye go and bringe forthe frute and that youre frute remayne that whatsoever ye shall axe of the father in my name he shulde geve it you.
• John 15:7 : 7 Yf ye byde in me and my wordes also byde in you: axe what ye will and it shalbe done to you.
• 1 John 5:14-15 : 14 And this is the trust that we have in him: that yf we axe eny thinge accordynge to his will he heareth vs. 15 And yf we knowe that he heare vs what soever we axe we knowe that we shall have the peticions that we desyre of him.
• John 14:13 : 13 And what soever ye axe in my name yt will I do yt the father might be glorified by the sonne.
• 1 John 3:22 : 22 and what soever we axe we shall receave of him: be cause we kepe his commaundementes and do those thinges which are pleasinge in his sight.
• Jas 1:5 : 5 Yf eny of you lacke wysdome let him axe of God which geveth to all men indifferentlie and casteth no man in the teth: and it shal be geven him.
• Jas 5:15 : 15 and the prayer of fayth shall save the sicke and the LORde shall rayse him vp: and yf he have committed synnes they shalbe forgeuen him.
• 2 Cor 12:8-9 : 8 For this thynge besought I the LORde thryse that it myght departe from me. 9 And he sayde vnto me: my grace is sufficient for the. For my stregth is made perfact thorow weaknes. Very gladly therfore will I reioyce of my weaknes that the strength of Christ maye dwell in me
• Heb 11:6 : 6 but with out fayth it is vnpossible to please him. For he that commeth to God must beleve that God is and that he is a rewarder of them that seke him.
• Heb 4:16 : 16 Let vs therfore goo boldely vnto the seate of grace that we maye receave mercy and fynde grace to helpe in tyme of nede.
• Matt 7:7-9 : 7 Axe and it shalbe geven you. Seke and ye shall fynd. knocke and it shalbe opened vnto you. 8 For whosoever axeth receaveth and he yt seketh fyndeth and to hym that knocketh it shalbe opened. 9 Ys there eny man amoge you which if his sonne axed hym bread wolde offer him astone? 10 Or if he axed fysshe wolde he proffer hym a serpet? 11 Yf ye then which are evyll cane geve to youre chyldren good gyftes: how moche moore shall youre father which is in heve geve good thynges to them yt axe hym?
• Mark 13:37 : 37 And that I saye vnto you I saye vnto all men watche.
• Luke 13:24-25 : 24 stryve with youre selves to enter in at ye strayte gate: For many I saye vnto you will seke to enter in and shall not be able. 25 When the good man of ye housse is rysen vp and hath shett to the dore ye shall beginne to stonde with out and to knocke at the dore sayinge: Lorde LORde open vnto vs: and he shall answer and saye vnto you: I knowe you not whence ye are.
• 2 Cor 6:2 : 2 For he saith: I have hearde the in a tyme accepted: and in ye daye of saluacion have I suckered the. Beholde now is that well accepted tyme: beholde now is yt daye of saluacion.
• Matt 6:29 : 29 And yet for all yt I saye vnto you yt eue Salomon in all his royalte was not arayed lyke vnto one of these.
• Rom 2:7 : 7 that is to saye prayse honoure and immortalite to them which cotinue in good doynge and seke eternall lyfe.
• Acts 10:4-6 : 4 When he looked on him he was afrayde and sayde: what is it LORde? He sayde vnto him. Thy prayers and thy almeses ar come vp into remembraunce before God. 5 And now sende men to Ioppa and call for one Simon named also Peter. 6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner whose housse is by ye see syde. He shall tell the what thou oughtest to doo.
• John 1:45-49 : 45 And Philip founde Nathanael and sayde vnto him. We have founde him of whom Moses in the lawe and the prophetes dyd wryte. Iesus the sonne of Ioseph of Nazareth. 46 And Nathanael sayde vnto him: can ther eny good thinge come out of Nazareth? Philip sayde to him: come and se. 47 Iesus sawe Nathanael commynge to him and sayde of him. Beholde a ryght Israelite in who is no gyle. 48 Nathanael sayd vnto him: where knewest thou me? Iesus answered and sayde vnto him: Before that Philip called the when thou wast vnder ye fygge tree I sawe the. 49 Nathanael answered and sayde vnto him: Rabbi thou arte the sonne of God thou arte the kynge of Israel.
• Matt 21:31 : 31 Whether of the twayne dyd the will of the father? And they sayde vnto hym: the fyrst. Iesus sayde vnto the: verely I saye vnto you that the publicans and the harlotes shall come into ye kyngdome of God before you.
• John 4:10 : 10 Iesus answered and sayde vnto hir: yf thou knewest the gyfte of God and who it is that sayeth to the geve me drynke thou woldest have axed of him and he wolde have geven the water of lyfe.
• Rev 2:24 : 24 Vnto you I saye and vnto other of them of Thiatyra as many as have not this lerninge and which have not knowen the depnes of Satha (as they saye) I will put apo you none other burth