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OET-RV by cross-referenced section MAT 7:7

MAT 7:7–7:12 ©

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Requesting, searching, and knocking

Mat 7:7–12

Luke 11:9–13

7:7 Requesting, searching, and knocking

(Luke 11:9-13)

7Make your requests and they’ll be given to you. Keep looking and you’ll find it. Knock on doors and they’ll be opened. 8Because everyone who makes requests, receives, and everyone who searches will find, and the door will be opened for the one knocking. 9Which one of you who has a child that asks for something to eat would give them a stone? 10Or if the child asked for some fish, who would give them a snake? 11So if evil people know how to give good gifts to their children, how much more will your father in the heavens give good things to those who are making their requests to him?

12[ref]So in every area, whatever you’d like others to be doing for all of you, that’s how you should also be treating them.


9So this is what I’m telling you: Keep submitting your requests and it’ll be given to you all, keep searching and you’ll all find what you’re looking for, keep knocking and the door will be opened for you all, 10because everyone who requests will receive, and everyone who searches will find, and everyone who knocks will find opened doors. 11How many of you fathers, if your child asked you for some fish, you’d give them a snake instead? 12Or the child would ask for an egg and you’d pass them a scorpion? 13So if you all know how to give good things to your children despite your being evil, how much more the father in heaven will give the holy spirit to those who ask him.

Collected OET-RV cross-references

Luk 6:31:

31[ref]However you’d all like people to treat you, that’s how you should be treating them.


6:31: Mat 7:12.