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Matthew 7:7

马太福音 7:7

The Passage

Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

In the other language

你们祈求，就给你们；寻找，就寻见；叩门，就给你们开门。

Theme

Ask and receive

Bring a question to this passage

Many readers arrive here from a real question. These are reflections for how this passage speaks to the questions people bring most often — not an answer about what will happen, but an invitation to sit with it slowly.

How do I face this season of pressure at work?

Asking can feel risky when you are expected to be capable. Jesus invites asking, seeking, and knocking, giving prayer the shape of honest approach rather than silent self-sufficiency. These words are not a guarantee that a deadline will move or a manager will respond as you hope. They invite you to bring your needs before God instead of hiding them. That posture can also help you notice where you need clarity, support, or a more honest conversation at work. You do not have to know the whole answer before naming the need. This passage gives no workplace advice. In what way could asking, seeking, and knocking shape how you bring the pressures of work before God?

Carry thisAn honest request does not require a complete answer first.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

I want to learn to love better in this relationship.

Asking, seeking, and knocking are the movements Jesus names here. The verse does not directly give relationship advice, but it invites you to bring your desire to love better into prayer. You do not have to begin with a polished account of what is wrong or a plan for changing the other person. You can ask for wisdom, acknowledge what you do not understand, and stay willing to learn. These words are not a guarantee that your relationship will take the shape you want. They offer a way to approach God honestly with your need. This verse gives no direct relationship advice. How much of your desire to love better are you willing to bring into prayer without first knowing the answer?

Carry thisYour desire to love better has a place in prayer.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

What do I need to let go of in the coming weeks?

Asking begins with admitting that something is beyond your own resources. Jesus speaks of asking, seeking, and knocking; he does not give a list of things to discard in the coming weeks. What he offers is an invitation to bring your need rather than conceal it. You might consider whether the thing to loosen is not a responsibility, but the insistence that you must meet it without help. Seeking also leaves room for not yet knowing, and knocking acknowledges a door you cannot open by yourself. These words invite prayer, not a forecast of how circumstances will unfold. What need have you been reluctant to put into words?

Carry thisHonest asking leaves room for need without disguising it.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

How can I find stillness in a busy life?

An honest request can be a small beginning when you long for stillness. This passage does not explain how to quiet a busy schedule, but it invites you to ask, seek, and knock. You do not have to arrive at prayer already calm or certain of what you need. You might simply bring your scattered attention to God and ask for help being present. These words leave room for your longing without turning prayer into a guarantee that your day will unfold as you wish. Asking seeking and knocking are invitations in this passage; what would you like to ask God for as you pause here?

Carry thisAn honest request belongs within a busy day.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

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Matthew 7 — in context

1“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged.

2For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.

3Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye?

4Or how will you tell your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye;’ and behold, the beam is in your own eye?

5You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother’s eye.

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.

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

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

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

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

11If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

12Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

13“Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.

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