Ask, Seek, Knock - Readers Theater, Matthew 7:7-12 with Luke 11:5-8

Ask, Seek, Knock - Readers Theater
Matthew 7:7-12 with Luke 11:5-8

by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson

Part of a study on the Sermon on the Mount

Free E-mail Bible Study Faith of Abraham (Genesis 11-25)

READER 1	Ask and it will be given to you;
READER 2	Seek and you will find;
READER 3	Knock and the door will be opened to you.
READER 1	For everyone who asks receives.
READER 2	He who seeks finds.
READER 3	And to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
READER 1	Ask.
ALL	Keep on asking.
READER 2	Seek.
ALL	Keep on seeking.
READER 3	Knock.
ALL	Keep on knocking.
READER 1	Suppose one of you has a friend,
READER 2	A friend.
READER 1	And he goes to him at midnight and says,
READER 3	'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, because a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have nothing to set before him.'
READER 1	Then the one inside answers,
READER 2	'Don't bother me. The door is already locked, and my children are with me in bed.
READER 3	I can't get up and give you anything.'
READER 2	I tell you, though he will not get up and give him the bread because he is his friend,
READER 1	Yet because of the man's boldness
READER 2	Persistence
READER 3	Continued knocking
READER 2	He will get up and give him as much as he needs.
READER 1	Ask and it will be given to you;
READER 2	Seek and you will find;
READER 3	Knock and the door will be opened to you.
READER 1	For everyone who asks receives.
READER 2	He who seeks finds.
READER 3	And to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
READER 1	Which of you, if his son asks for bread,
READER 2	For bread
READER 1	will give him a stone?
READER 3	A stone.
READER 1	Or if he asks for a fish,
READER 2	For a fish.
READER 1	will give him a snake?
READER 3	A snake.
READER 1	If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children,
READER 2	How much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
READER 1	Ask
READER 2	Seek
READER 3	Knock
READER 1	So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
ALL	The Golden Rule
READER 1	Do to others
READER 2	What you would have them
READER 3	Do to you.
READER 1	Ask
READER 2	Seek
READER 3	Knock
ALL	And it shall be given unto you.

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Ask, Seek, Knock - Readers Theater Matthew 7:7-12 with Luke 11:5-8

Ask, Seek, Knock - Readers Theater
Matthew 7:7-12 with Luke 11:5-8