Luke 11:11 - Plain English Version

¹¹ Some of you are fathers. If your kid asks you for a fish to eat, will you give him a cheeky snake instead? No, of course not.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ 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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ What father among you, if his son asks for a loaf of bread, will give him a stone; or if he asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent?

American Standard Version (1901)

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?

Common English Bible

¹¹ “Which father among you would give a snake to your child if the child asked for a fish?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ So then, who among you, if he asks his father for bread, he would give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he would give him a serpent, instead of a fish?

Luke 11:11 Cross References

Matthew 7:10

Or if your son asks you for a fish, will you give him a cheeky snake? No way.

Matthew 7:9

It’s like this. If your son asks you for some bread, will you give him a stone? No way.

Luke 11:10

You see, everyone that asks God for something will get it. Everyone that looks for something will find it. God will open the door for everyone that knocks on it.

Luke 11:12

Or if your kid asks you for an egg, will you give him a cheeky scorpion instead? No, of course not.