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NASB					Matt 7:7 ¶ "¹ ^AAsk¹⁵⁴, and ^Bit will be given¹³²⁵ to you; ²seek²²¹², and you will find²¹⁴⁷; ³knock²⁹²⁵, and it will be opened⁴⁵⁵ to you.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Matt 7:7 ¶ "¹Ask and keep on asking and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking and you will find; knock and keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you. [Luke 11:9-13]

NASB Translator's Notes:
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Or Keep asking

Or keep seeking

Or keep knocking

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
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Here the use of Greek present imperatives (asking, seeking, knocking; vv 7, 8) emphasizes persistent, constant prayer.

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Matt 1:7 Solomon was the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa.

Matt 18:19 ¶ "Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in heaven.

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Greek Heb.

154

aiteô; a prim. vb.; to ask, request:--ask(36), asked(16), asking(7), asks(7), beg(1), called(1), making a request(1), requesting(1).

455

anoigô; from 303 and oigô (to open); to open:--break(1), broke(7), open(22), opened(41), opening(2), opens(4), spoken freely(1).

1325

didômi; redupl. from the root do-; to give (in various senses lit. or fig.):--add(1), allow(2), bestowed(4), cause(2), commanded*(1), dealing(1), drew(1), gave(79), give(122), given(117), gives(14), giving(12), grant(15), granted(10), granting(2), leave(1), make(1), offer(2), pass(1), pay(5), permitted(1), pour(1), poured(1), produce(1), produces(1), producing(1), put(6), puts(1), putting(1), show(1), struck*(1), utter(1), venture*(1), yielded(3).

2147

heuriskô; a prim. vb.; to find:--find(48), finding(9), finds(10), found(104), get(1), obtained(1), proved(1), regarded(1).

2212

zêteô; of unc. or.; to seek:--deliberating(1), demanding(1), inquire(1), looking(11), made efforts(1), search(4), searched(1), seek(36), seek after(1), seeking(35), seeks(9), sought(4), striving(1), tried(1), trying(6), kept trying to obtain(2).

2925

krouô; a prim. vb.; to strike:--knock(4), knocked(1), knocking(1), knocks(3).

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