The Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 7:8

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

For every one that asketh receiveth. Every one that asketh of God receiveth, for he is not the censorious Judge that you are inclined to be in your dealings with others. Therefore ask expectantly. He "giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not" (James 1:5).

Matthew 7:9, Matthew 7:10

Or what man is there of you, etc.? Or. Is not what I say true? or—if you think not—what man of you yourselves would act otherwise towards his own son? Our Lord appeals to the experience and natural feelings of his hearers themselves to emphasize the readiness of the Father—"your Father," whose nature you share, and from whom you derive your feelings of fatherhood (Ephesians 3:15)—to grant the prayers of his children. Observe:

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