Matthew 6:6

6:6 But whenever you pray, go into your room, 1  close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you. 2 

Matthew 7:7-8

Ask, Seek, Knock

7:7 “Ask 3  and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door 4  will be opened for you. 7:8 For everyone who asks 5  receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

1 sn The term translated room refers to the inner room of a house, normally without any windows opening outside, the most private location possible (BDAG 988 s.v. ταμεῖον 2).

2 tc See the tc note on “will reward you” in 6:4: The problem is the same and the ms support differs only slightly.

3 sn The three present imperatives in this verse (Ask…seek…knock) are probably intended to call for a repeated or continual approach before God.

4 tn Grk “it”; the referent (a door) is implied by the context and has been specified in the translation here and in v. 8 for clarity.

5 sn The actions of asking, seeking, and knocking are repeated here from v. 7 with the encouragement that God does respond.