Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
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Gill's Exposition
Ask and it shall be given you,.... This is to be understood of asking of God in prayer, for such things as are wanting; whether of a temporal nature, as food and raiment, which Christ, in the former…
Ask, and it shall be given you ... - There are here three different forms presented of seeking the things which we need from God - asking, ‘seeking, and knocking. The latter is taken from the act of…
Our Saviour, in the foregoing chapter, had spoken of prayer as a commanded duty, by which God is honoured, and which, if done aright, shall be rewarded; here he speaks of it as the appointed means of…
Cambridge Bible
Ask, and it shall be given The connection is again difficult. The verse may be the answer to the disciples" unspoken questions: (1) "How shall wediscriminate?" or (2) "Who are fit to receive these…
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