““Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.”
Jesus – Matthew 7:7-8
Matthew 7:7-8 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/mat.7.7-8.NLT
Matthew 7:7-8 is part of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. In these verses, Jesus encourages his listeners to ask, seek, and knock with the promise that each action will be rewarded². These words imply a progression: “asking” means making a request, “seeking” implies persistence or fervor, and “knocking” represents continued and ongoing persistence².
Jesus makes it clear that he is talking about prayer: asking from the Father, seeking from the Father, symbolically knocking on the Father’s door². Everyone who asks of God receives an answer. Everyone who seeks Him finds Him. The door is opened to everyone who knocks². By including everyone, Jesus shows that God’s responsiveness to prayer is not based on the goodness of the one who prays, but on the goodness of God².
Source:
(1) What does Matthew 7:8 mean? | BibleRef.com. https://www.bibleref.com/Matthew/7/Matthew-7-8.html.
(2) word study – Understanding of Matthew 7-7,8 – Biblical Hermeneutics …. https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/28848/understanding-of-matthew-7-7-8.
(3) Matthew 7:7,8 – Sermon Bible Commentary. https://www.biblecomments.org/c/30/sermon-bible-commentary/matthew/7/7,8.
(4) Matthew 7:7-8 NKJV – Keep Asking, Seeking, Knocking – Bible Gateway. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%207:7-8&version=NKJV.
(5) Matthew 7:7-8 NIV – Ask, Seek, Knock – “Ask and it will – Bible Gateway. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%207:7-8&version=NIV.