Luke 11:13

God's love The Holy Spirit Prayer Parents and children

¹¹ What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?

¹² Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”

¹⁴ One day Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. And when the demon was gone, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed,

¹⁵ but some of them said, “It is by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons, that He drives out demons.”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
KJV: If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
WEB: If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”
ASV: If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall [your] heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
DARBY: If therefore *ye*, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much rather shall the Father who is of heaven give [the] Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
BLB: Therefore if you⁺, being evil, know to give good gifts to your⁺ children, how much more will the Father who [is] from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those asking Him!”

ÅB: Dersom da dere, som er onde, vet å gi deres barn gode gaver, hvor meget mere skal da Faren, som er i himmelen, gi dem den Hellige Ånd som ber ham!
OTB: Hvis dere da, selv om dere er feilbarlige, vet hvordan dere skal gi gode gaver til deres barn, hvor mye mer vil ikke deres himmelske Far gi Den Hellige Ånd til dem som ber Ham!"
B1930: Dersom da I, som er onde, vet å gi eders barn gode gaver, hvor meget mere skal da Faderen, som er i himmelen, gi dem den Hellige Ånd som beder ham!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Matthew 7:11
So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
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Isaiah 44:3–4
For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
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Romans 8:32
He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
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John 4:10
Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
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Proverbs 1:23
If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.
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Acts 2:38
Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
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John 7:37–39
On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
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Joel 2:28
And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
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