Ask, Seek, Knock

While you read, make note of any verses that stick out to you.

Answer from the passage first, then look up the Connecting Scripture.

⁷Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. ⁸For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. ⁹Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? ¹⁰Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? ¹¹So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him! ¹²In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.

Verses that stuck out to me

Questions

vv. 7-8

What three things does Jesus tell us to do in v. 7, and what does He say will happen with each?

Look at v. 8. How does it restate v. 7, and what does the word "everyone" add?

Read James 4:2-3 and 1 John 5:14-15. What do they add to what Jesus says about asking?

Which is hardest for you right now: asking, seeking, or knocking? Why?

vv. 9-11

What does each son ask for in vv. 9-10, and what would a good father not give him instead?

In v. 11, who is compared to whom? What does "how much more" tell you about the Father?

Read Luke 11:13. What does it say the Father gives to those who ask? How does that help you understand "good things" in v. 11?

v. 12

What does "then" at the start of v. 12 connect it to? Look back at v. 11.

What does Jesus say this command is the essence of? Read Matthew 22:37-40 and Romans 13:8-10. What do they add?

Think of one person you will see this week. What would it look like to do v. 12 for them?

Ask, Seek, Knock

Questions

vv. 7-8

vv. 9-11

v. 12

Connecting Scripture

¹v. 7

²v. 8

³v. 11

⁴v. 12

Questions

vv. 7-8

vv. 9-11

v. 12

Connecting Scripture

1v. 7

2v. 8

3v. 11

4v. 12

¹v. 7

²v. 8

³v. 11

⁴v. 12