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John Gill
And I say unto you, ask, and it shall be given you,.... This is said by Christ, to encourage to prayer, and importunity in it; that if any one asks of God, in the name of Christ, and in faith, whether it be bread for the body, or food for the soul; or any blessing whatever, whether temporal or spiritual, it shall be given; not according to their deserts, but according to the riches of the grace...
Matthew Henry
In this chapter, I. Christ teaches his disciples to pray, and quickens and encourages them to be frequent, instant, and importunate in prayer, ver. 1-13. II. He fully answers the blasphemous imputation of the Pharisees, who charged him with casting out devils by virtue of a compact and confederacy with Beelzebub, the prince of the devils, and shows the absurdity and wickedness of it, ver. 14-26....
Charles H. Spurgeon
And I say unto you, ask, and it shall be given you; But if asking does not seem to prevail with God, — Luk_11:9. Seek, and ye shall find; And if, for a while, you do not find, come closer in; — Luk_11:9. Knock, and it shall be opened unto you. There are different methods of praying, and each one has its special adaptation to the state in which you may be; so use that method to which the Holy...