Matthew 7:8 (WEB)

Passage

For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

Nearby Context

Matthew 7:6 “Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

Matthew 7:7 “Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

Matthew 7:8 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

Matthew 7:9 Or who is there among you, who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?

Matthew 7:10 Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "everyone", "asks", "receives", "seeks", "finds", "knocks", and "opened". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "everyone" and "asks", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "Ask and it will be given you..." into verse 9's "Or who is there among you who...", so "everyone" and "asks" 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 "everyone" and "asks" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.