Matthew 7:9
7 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
8 For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
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?
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!
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
- KJV
- Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
- WEB
- Or who is there among you who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?
- ASV
- Or what man is there of you, who, if his son shall ask him for a loaf, will give him a stone;
- DARBY
- Or what man is there of you who, if his son shall ask of him a loaf of bread, will give him a stone;
- BLB
- Or which man is of you⁺ who, [if] his son will ask for bread, will give to him a stone,
- ÅB
- Eller hvilket menneske blant dere vil vel gi sin sønn en stein når han ber ham om brød,
- OTB
- Hvem av dere vil gi sønnen sin en stein når han ber om brød?
- B1930
- Eller hvilket menneske iblandt eder er det vel som vil gi sin sønn en sten når han ber ham om brød,
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?
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