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I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.
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An Escalation in Prayer
Commentators like Charles Spurgeon see 'ask, seek, knock' not just as repetition, but as an escalating series of actions. If simple asking doesn't seem to suffice, we are encouraged to seek more actively, and if we still don't find, to knock with greater urgency and persistence. It's an encouragement to use all methods of prayer until we prevail.
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Luke
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Shall be opened (ανοιγησετα). Second future passive third singular of ανοιγνυμ and the later ανοιγω.
19th Century
Anglican
Ask, and it shall be given you.—See Notes on Matthew 7:7-11; but note:
Baptist
And I say unto you, ask, and it shall be given you;
But if asking does not seem to prevail with God –
Seek, and ye shall f…
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In threefold poetic form, Jesus teaches that “everyone who asks”—not simply the persistent—will receive from God.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I say unto you, ask, and it shall be given you This is said by Christ, to encourage to prayer, and importunity i…
Presbyterian
Christ encourages fervency and constancy in prayer. We must come for what we need, as a person does to their neighbor or friend, who is kind to the…
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