Discovery BoxLuke 11:9-10 
Context11:9 “So 1 I tell you: Ask, 2 and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door 3 will be opened for you. 11:10 For everyone who asks 4 receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door 5 will be opened.
Luke 13:24
Context13:24 “Exert every effort 6 to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.
1 tn Here καί (kai, from καγώ [kagw]) has been translated as “so” to indicate the conclusion drawn from the preceding parable.
2 sn The three present imperatives in this verse (Ask…seek…knock) are probably intended to call for a repeated or continual approach before God.
3 tn Grk “it”; the referent (a door) is implied by the context and has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 sn The actions of asking, seeking, and knocking are repeated here from v. 9 with the encouragement that God does respond.
5 tn Grk “it”; the referent (a door) is implied by the context and has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Or “Make every effort” (L&N 68.74; cf. NIV); “Do your best” (TEV); “Work hard” (NLT); Grk “Struggle.” The idea is to exert one’s maximum effort (cf. BDAG 17 s.v. ἀγωνίζομαι 2.b, “strain every nerve to enter”) because of the supreme importance of attaining entry into the kingdom of God.
