Discovery BoxMatthew 7:7 
Context7:7 “Ask 1 and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door 2 will be opened for you.
Matthew 18:19
Context18:19 Again, I tell you the truth, 3 if two of you on earth agree about whatever you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you. 4
Matthew 21:24
Context21:24 Jesus 5 answered them, “I will also ask you one question. If you answer me then I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.
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 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”
4 tn Grk “if two of you…agree about whatever they ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.” The passive construction has been translated as an active one in keeping with contemporary English style, and the pronouns, which change from second person plural to third person plural in the Greek text, have been consistently translated as second person plural.
5 tn Grk “answering, Jesus said to them.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
