Luke 11:9

“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.

Ps 27:4,8; Ps 34:4,10; Ps 50:15; Ps 105:3,4; Ps 118:5; So 3:1-4; So 5:6; Isa 45:19; Isa 55:6,7; Jer 29:12; Jer 33:3; Da 9:3; Am 5:4-6; Mt 6:29; Mt 7:7,8; Mt 21:22; Mt 21:31; Mr 11:24; Mr 13:37; Lu 13:24; Lu 13:25; Joh 1:45-49; Joh 4:10; Joh 14:13; Joh 15:7,16; Joh 16:23,24; Ac 10:4-6; Ro 2:7; 2Co 6:2; 2Co 12:8,9; Heb 4:16; Heb 11:6; Jas 1:5; Jas 5:15; 1Jo 3:22; 1Jo 5:14,15; Re 2:24

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.