Matthew 7:7 (ASV)

Passage

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

Nearby Context

Matthew 7:5 Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother`s eye.

Matthew 7:6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them under their feet, and turn and rend you.

Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

Matthew 7:8 for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

Matthew 7:9 Or what man is there of you, who, if his son shall ask him for a loaf, will give him a stone;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "given", "seek", "find", "knock", and "opened". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "given", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "Give not that which is holy unto..." into verse 8's "for every one that asketh receiveth and...", so "shall" and "given" belong inside that flow. In Matthew context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shall" and "given" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.