Luke 11:9

Luke 11:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
• New International Version (NIV)“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Context of Luke 11:9

7Then he will answer from inside and say, ‘Don’t bother me! The door is already locked, and my children and I have gone to bed. I can’t get up to give you anything.’ 8I tell you, even though he won’t get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his friend’s shameless boldness, he will get up and give him as much as he needs. “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you. 10For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. 11What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?

Luke 11:9 word by word

κἀγὼ ὑμῖν λέγω· αἰτεῖτε, καὶ δοθήσεται ὑμῖν· ζητεῖτε, καὶ εὑρήσετε· κρούετε, καὶ ἀνοιγήσεται ὑμῖν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Iκἀγώkagō kamoi kame · and IG2504
• sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto youσύsu · youG4771
• Askαἰτέωaiteō · to askG154
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• it shall be givenδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• seekζητέωzēteō · to seekG2212
• ye shall findεὑρίσκωheuriskō · to find/meetG2147
• knockκρούωkrouō · to knockG2925
• it shall be openedἀνοίγωanoigō · to openG455

Cross-references for Luke 11:9

• Luke 13:24“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because I tell you, many will try to enter and won’t be able
• Matthew 6:29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was adorned like one of these.
• Matthew 21:31Which of the two did his father’s will?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.
• Mark 13:37And what I say to you, I say to everyone: Be alert!”
• Revelation 2:24I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who haven’t known “the so-called secrets of Satan” — as they say — I am not putting any other burden on you.
• Psalms 50:15Call on me in a day of trouble; I will rescue you, and you will honor me.”
• Psalms 118:5I called to the Lord in distress; the Lord answered me and put me in a spacious place.
• Jeremiah 33:3Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and incomprehensible things you do not know.
• Matthew 7:7“Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you.
• Matthew 21:22And if you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
• Mark 11:24Therefore I tell you, everything you pray and ask for — believe that you have received it and it will be yours.
• John 4:10Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God, and who is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would ask him, and he would give you living water.”
• John 14:13Whatever you ask in my name, I will do it so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
• John 15:7If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want and it will be done for you.
• John 16:23“In that day you will not ask me anything. Truly I tell you, anything you ask the Father in my name, he will give you.
• 2 Corinthians 12:8Concerning this, I pleaded with the Lord three times that it would leave me.

Commentaries on Luke 11:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9And (or, therefore) I say unto you, Ask - Be importunate with God, not so much to prevail on him to save you, as to get yourselves brought into a proper disposition to receive that mercy which he is ever disposed to give. He who is not importunate for the salvation of his soul does not feel the need of being saved; and were God to communicate his mercy to such they could not be expected to be grateful for it, as favors are only prized and esteemed in…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9-12Verses 9-12 See this explained in the notes at Matthew 7:7-11. Luke 11:12 “A scorpion” See the notes at Luke 10:19. Dr. Thomson (The Land and the Book, vol. i. p. 379) says: “There is no imaginable likeness between an egg and the ordinary black scorpion of this country, neither in color nor size, nor, when the tail is extended, in shape; but old writers speak of a “white” scorpion, and such a one, with the tail folded up, as in specimens of fossil…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-13Verses 5-13 Christ encourages fervency and constancy in prayer. We must come for what we need, as a man does to his neighbour or friend, who is kind to him. We must come for bread; for that which is needful. If God does not answer our prayers speedily, yet he will in due time, if we continue to pray. Observe what to pray for; we must ask for the Holy Spirit, not only as necessary in order to our praying well, but as all spiritual blessings are included in…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-139-13. (See on Mt 7:7-11.)Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 11:9

• Jesus, the Christ
• Penitent
• Prayer
• Righteous
• Seekers

In the dictionaries

• Allow
• Clean
• Hinder
• Judgment
• Manner
• Ravening
• Seek
• Sign
• Teach
• Tithe

Commentaries on Luke 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings