Luke 11:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

Or if he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

Or if he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion?

Common English Bible

If a child asked for an egg, what father would give the child a scorpion?

Catholic Public Domain Version

Or if he will ask for an egg, he would offer to him a scorpion?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Or if he shall ask an egg, will he reach him a scorpion?

Luke 11:12 Cross References

Ezekiel 2:6

And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

Luke 10:19

Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you.

Luke 11:11

And of which of you that is a father shall his son ask a loaf, and he give him a stone? or a fish, and he for a fish give him a serpent?

Luke 11:13

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?

Revelation 9:10

And they have tails like unto scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men five months.