求もとめよさらば与あたえられん

expression

ask, and it shall be given you

A biblical proverb (Matthew 7:7) meaning that if you seek something earnestly, you will receive it. Used in a literary or formal context.

• 「求もとめよさらば与あたえられん」という言こと葉ばは、聖せい書しょの一いっ節せつとしてよく知しられている。

  The phrase 'ask, and it shall be given you' is well known as a passage from the Bible.