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Luke 11:11–12

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11If 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? 12Or if he shall ask an egg, will he †offer him a gscorpion?

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Footnotes

  1. †[Gr. give]. ver. 11. Matt. 7:9, 10.

Cross references

  1. gDeut. 8:15. 1 Kin. 12:11, 14. 2 Chr. 10:11, 14. Ezek. 2:6. ch. 10:19. Rev. 9:3, 5, 10.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

NLTNew Living Translation

“You fathers—if your children ask for a fish, do you give them a snake instead? Or if they ask for an egg, do you give them a scorpion? Of course not!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But what father from among you, if his son will ask for a fish, instead of a fish will give him a snake? Or also, if he will ask for an egg, will give him a scorpion?