11:9 “So 1 I tell you: Ask, 2 and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door 3 will be opened for you.
1 tn Here καί (kai, from καγώ [kagw]) has been translated as “so” to indicate the conclusion drawn from the preceding parable.
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.
3 tn Grk “it”; the referent (a door) is implied by the context and has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn That is, “If you really feared me why did you not do a minimum to get what I asked for?”
5 tn Grk “on the table”; the idiom refers to a place where money is kept or managed, or credit is established, thus “bank” (L&N 57.215).