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 from within he may answer, saying, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up to give you anything.’ 8I tell you, even if the friend will not get up and give him anything out of friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs. “So I say to you, ‘Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you. 10For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.’ 11What father, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?

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; for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
• Matthew 6:29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.
• Matthew 21:31Which of the two did the will of the father?” “The first,” they said. Yeshua said to them, “Amen, I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are going ahead of you into the kingdom of God.
• Mark 13:37What I say to you I say to all: ‘Stay alert!’”
• Revelation 2:24“But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold to this teaching and have not learned the so-called ‘deep things’ of satan—I place on you no other burden.
• Psalms 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble. When I rescue you, you will honor Me.”
• Psalms 118:5Out of a tight place I called on Adonai— Adonai answered me with a spacious place.
• Jeremiah 33:3“Call to Me, and I will answer you— I will tell you great and hidden things, which you do not know.”
• Matthew 7:7“Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.
• Matthew 21:22And whatever you ask in prayer, trusting, you shall receive.”
• Mark 11:24For this reason I say to you, whatever you pray and ask, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
• John 4:10Yeshua replied to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
• John 14:13And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
• John 15:7“If you abide in Me and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it shall be done for you.
• John 16:23“In that day, you will ask Me nothing. Amen, amen I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
• 2 Corinthians 12:8I pleaded with the Lord three times about this, that it might 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