Matthew 7:8 (YLT)

Passage

for every one who is asking doth receive, and he who is seeking doth find, and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.

Nearby Context

Matthew 7:6 `Ye may not give that which is <FI>holy<Fi> to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, that they may not trample them among their feet, and having turned--may rend you.

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

Matthew 7:8 for every one who is asking doth receive, and he who is seeking doth find, and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.

Matthew 7:9 `Or what man is of you, of whom, if his son may ask a loaf--a stone will he present to him?

Matthew 7:10 and if a fish he may ask--a serpent will he present to him?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "asking", "doth", "receive", "seeking", "find", "knocking", and "shall". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "asking" and "doth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "Ask and it shall be given to..." into verse 9's "Or what man is of you of...", so "asking" and "doth" 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 "asking" and "doth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.