Verse 8
Matthew 7:8
New Living Translation
8
For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.
Original Language Text
greek
πᾶς γὰρ ὁ αἰτῶν λαμβάνει καὶ ὁ ζητῶν εὑρίσκει καὶ τῷ κρούοντι ⸀ἀνοιγήσεται.
English Translation
For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 7 Context
1
“Do not judge others, and you will not be judged.
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For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by whic...
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3
“And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye when you have a log in your own?
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How can you think of saying to your friend, ‘Let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye,’ whe...
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Hypocrite! First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal with the...
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“Don’t waste what is holy on people who are unholy. Don’t throw your pearls to pigs! They will tramp...
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7
“Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on...
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8
For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door wil...
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“You parents — if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead?
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Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not!
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So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heaven...
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12
“Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught i...
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13
“You can enter God (Elohim)’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, an...
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14
But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it.
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15
“Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves.
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You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thornbu...
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A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit.
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A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit.
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So every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire.
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Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit, so you can identify people by their actions.
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“Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who ac...
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On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in...
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23
But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who break God (Elohim)’s laws.’
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“Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid...
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Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it...
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But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on...
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When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty...
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When Yashua (Jesus) had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching,
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for he taught with real authority — quite unlike their teachers of religious law.
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