April 19, 2015

Ask, and It Will Be Given

⁷ “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. ⁸ For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. ⁹ Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? ¹⁰ Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? ¹¹ If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

The Golden Rule

¹² “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

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Cross references

Matthew 7:7 : For ver. 7-11, see Luke 11:9-13 Matthew 7:7 : ch. 18:19; 21:22; Mark 11:24; John 14:13; 15:7, 16; 16:23, 24; James 1:5, 6, 17; 1 John 3:22; 5:14, 15 Matthew 7:7 : 1 Chr. 28:9; 2 Chr. 15:2; Prov. 8:17; Jer. 29:13; [Isa. 55:6] Matthew 7:7 : [Rev. 3:20] Matthew 7:9 : ch. 4:3 Matthew 7:9 : ch. 4:3 Matthew 7:11 : ch. 12:34; Gen. 6:5; 8:21 Matthew 7:11 : [See ver. 7 above]; ch. 18:19; 21:22; Mark 11:24; John 14:13; 15:7, 16; 16:23, 24; James 1:5, 6, 17; 1 John 3:22; 5:14, 15 Matthew 7:12 : Luke 6:31 Matthew 7:12 : See ch. 22:40

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