New American Standard Bible 1995

Matthew 7:6-12

6“1Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

7“2 3Ask, and 4it will be given to you; 5seek, and you will find; 6knock, and it will be opened to you. 8For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 9Or what man is there among you 7who, when his son asks for a loaf, 8will give him a stone? 10Or 9if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he? 11If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, 10how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!

12“In everything, 11therefore, 12treat people the same way you want 13them to treat you, for 14this is the Law and the Prophets.

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Notes

1. Matthew 7:6 Matt 15:26 ↩
2. Matthew 7:7 Or Keep asking ↩
3. Matthew 7:7 Matt 7:7-11: Luke 11:9-13 ↩
4. Matthew 7:7 Matt 18:19; 21:22; Mark 11:24; John 14:13; 15:7, 16; 16:23f; James 1:5f; 1 John 3:22; 5:14f ↩
5. Matthew 7:7 Or keep seeking ↩
6. Matthew 7:7 Or keep knocking ↩
7. Matthew 7:9 Lit whom his son will ask ↩
8. Matthew 7:9 Lit he will not give him a stone, will he? ↩
9. Matthew 7:10 Lit also will ask ↩
10. Matthew 7:11 Ps 84:11; Is 63:7; Rom 8:32; James 1:17 ↩
11. Matthew 7:12 Luke 6:31 ↩
12. Matthew 7:12 Lit you, too, do so for them ↩
13. Matthew 7:12 Lit people; Gr anthropoi ↩
14. Matthew 7:12 Matt 22:40; Rom 13:8ff; Gal 5:14 ↩

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