Matius 6:33
Konteks6:33 But above all pursue his kingdom 1 and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Matius 7:7-8
Konteks7:7 “Ask 2 and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door 3 will be opened for you. 7:8 For everyone who asks 4 receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
Matius 11:12
Konteks11:12 From 5 the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and forceful people lay hold of it. 6
[6:33] 1 tc ‡ Most
[6:33] sn God’s kingdom is a major theme of Jesus. It is a realm in which Jesus rules and to which those who trust him belong.
[7:7] 2 sn The three present imperatives in this verse (Ask…seek…knock) are probably intended to call for a repeated or continual approach before God.
[7:7] 3 tn Grk “it”; the referent (a door) is implied by the context and has been specified in the translation here and in v. 8 for clarity.
[7:8] 4 sn The actions of asking, seeking, and knocking are repeated here from v. 7 with the encouragement that God does respond.
[11:12] 5 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
[11:12] 6 tn Or “the kingdom of heaven is forcibly entered and violent people take hold of it.” For a somewhat different interpretation of this passage, see the note on the phrase “urged to enter in” in Luke 16:16.