Matthew 7:11
9 Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?
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!
12 In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.
13 Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
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 good things 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 Father which is in heaven give good things 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 Father who is in heaven give good things 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 Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
- DARBY
- If therefore *ye*, being wicked, know [how] to give good gifts to your children, how much rather shall your Father who is in the heavens give good things to them that ask of him?
- BLB
- Therefore if you⁺, being evil, know to give good gifts to your⁺ children, how much more will your⁺ Father who [is] in the heavens give good things to those asking Him!
- ÅB
- Dersom dere – som er onde – vet å gi deres barn gode gaver, hvor mye mer skal ikke Faren deres i himmelen gi gode gaver til dem som ber ham?
- OTB
- Når da dere, som er onde, vet å gi barna deres gode gaver, hvor mye mer skal ikke deres Far i himmelen gi gode gaver til dem som ber ham!
- B1930
- Dersom da I, som er onde, vet å gi eders barn gode gaver, hvor meget mere skal da eders Fader i himmelen gi dem gode gaver som beder ham!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 11:11–13
What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?
Read in contextJames 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
Read in contextRomans 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?
Read in contextPsalms 84:11
For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
Read in contextIsaiah 49:15
“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!
Read in contextJohn 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Read in contextPsalms 86:15
But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
Read in contextEphesians 2:1–5
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
Read in context