Matt 7:6-10

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Verse 7 - Ask and seek I understand, but how does one "knock"?

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Lexical notes

Verse 9

  • Bread and stone. A similarity between bread and a stone is that they are both round, the former is a basic necessity of life that provides sustenance whereas the latter does not.

Verse 10

  • Fish and serpent. The serpent referred to here is likely a water snake, making the similarity between a fish and a "serpent" that they both are water-dwelling. Like the pairing of bread and stone, the former provides sustenance whereas the latter does not. (Cf. Luke 11:11.)

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