Matthew 7:11
9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
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?
12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- 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
If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
Read in contextJames 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Read in contextRomans 8:32
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
Read in contextPsalms 84:11
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Read in contextIsaiah 49:15
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
Read in contextJohn 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Read in contextPsalms 86:15
But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
Read in contextEphesians 2:1–5
And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
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