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Main point summary
Jesus encourages His disciples to pray, assuring them that the Father will answer the prayers of His children, given them what is good.
Arc
editing
NT
Matthew 7:7-11
nasb
“ 1 a Ask,
and b it will be given to you;
actionresult
2 seek,
and you will find;
3 knock,
and it will be opened to you.
series
For everyone who asks
receives,
and he who seeks
finds,
and to him who knocks
it will be opened.
ground
Or what man is there among you 1 who, when his son asks for a loaf,
2 will give him a stone?
temporal
Or 1 if he asks for a fish,
he will not give him a snake, will he?
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children,
a how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!
conditional
inference
ideaexplanation
First class conditional assumed to be true from the author's perspective.
Rhetorical question - No man among you, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone.
Rhetorical question - When he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake.
discourse
Phrase
Matthew 7:7-11
A. Command
“Ask,
and it will be given to you;
seek,
and you will find;
knock,
and it will be opened to you.
B. Reason
For everyone who asks
receives,
and he who seeks
finds,
and to him who knocks
it will be opened.
C. Argument
Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf,
will give him a stone?
Or if he asks for a fish,
he will not give him a snake, will he?
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children,
how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!
phrasing