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Matthew 7:7-8

Context
Ask, Seek, Knock

7:7 “Ask 1  and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door 2  will be opened for you. 7:8 For everyone who asks 3  receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

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

2 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.

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



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