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“Do Not Let Your Hearts Be Troubled”The Watchtower—1988 | February 15
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14. How can we know whether earnest beseeching of Jehovah is to be done only once?
14 It is worthy of note that such earnest beseeching of Jehovah is usually not done just once. Jesus taught in his famous Sermon on the Mount: “Keep on asking, and it will be given you; keep on seeking, and you will find; keep on knocking, and it will be opened to you.” (Matthew 7:7) Many Bible versions render this: “Ask . . . seek . . . knock.” But the original Greek conveys the thought of continuous action.a
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“Do Not Let Your Hearts Be Troubled”The Watchtower—1988 | February 15
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a In agreement with the precision of the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, Charles B. Williams translates the verse: “Keep on asking . . . keep on seeking . . . keep on knocking, and the door will open to you.”—The New Testament: A Translation in the Language of the People.
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