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In the original language the terms ask, seek, and knock are/were intended to mean a continuous act versus a one-time act: Ask (and keep asking), and it will be given you. Seek (and keep seeking), and you will find. Knock (and keep knocking) and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks (and keeps on asking) receives.
Chrysostom: Otherwise; The Lord desires to teach that men ought to seek aid from above, but at the same time to contribute what lays in their power; wherefore when He had said, Ask, seek, and knock, He proceeds to teach openly that men should be at pains for themselves, adding, Whatsoever ye would &c. [4]
Below is an alphabetical list of widely used and repeated proverbial phrases. If known, their origins are noted. A proverbial phrase or expression is a type of conventional saying similar to a proverb and transmitted by oral tradition.
The most famous version was performed by country music singer Jim Reeves, who styled the song in his favoured style of Nashville Sound.Reeves' version was included on his 1962 album A Touch of Velvet and was released as a single in the United States in early 1964, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in the spring of that year.
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Specifically, if you, as a father, would never give your child a stone when he asked for bread, then how much more will God give to His children when they ask? Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock, and the door will be opened. ("A.S.K." -> Ask, Seek, Knock.) Geogre 03:50, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
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