Matthew 7:7,24 - Compare All Versions

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“Don’t bargain with God. Be direct. Ask for what you need. This isn’t a cat-and-mouse, hide-and-seek game we’re in. If your child asks for bread, do you trick him with sawdust? If he asks for fish, do you scare him with a live snake on his plate? As bad as you are, you wouldn’t think of such a thing. You’re at least decent to your own children. So don’t you think the God who conceived you in love will be even better?

“These words I speak to you are not incidental additions to your life, homeowner improvements to your standard of living. They are foundational words, words to build a life on. If you work these words into your life, you are like a smart carpenter who built his house on solid rock. Rain poured down, the river flooded, a tornado hit—but nothing moved that house. It was fixed to the rock.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you

Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.

“Ask, and God will give to you. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will open for you.

“Everyone who hears my words and obeys them is like a wise man who built his house on rock.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you

Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

“Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock

“ Ask and keep on asking and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking and you will find; knock and keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you. [Luke 11:9-13]

“So everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, will be like a wise man [a far-sighted, practical, and sensible man] who built his house on the rock. [Luke 6:47-49]

“Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.

“Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock.

“Ask, and the gift is yours. Seek, and you’ll discover. Knock, and the door will be opened for you.

“Everyone who hears my teaching and applies it to his life can be compared to a wise man who built his house on an unshakable foundation.

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.