For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
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Gill's Exposition
For everyone that asketh receiveth,.... For God is no respecter of persons; whoever makes application, be he a Jew, or a Gentile, rich or poor, bond or free, a man of great gifts, or mean parts,…
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
The triple formula covers every kind of want. The prayer shall be granted, the treasure found, the gate of heaven opened. St Luk 13:24-25. Observe the climax: ask seek knock; the fervour of the prayer…
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