Luke 11:12 - Plain English Version

¹² Or if your kid asks you for an egg, will you give him a cheeky scorpion instead? No, of course not.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² Or if he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion?

Common English Bible

¹² If a child asked for an egg, what father would give the child a scorpion?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Or if he will ask for an egg, he would offer to him a scorpion?

Luke 11:12 Cross References

Luke 11:11

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.

Luke 11:13

You see, you might be bad, but you always give good things to your kids. Well, your father in heaven is a lot better than you, so you can be sure that he will always give you good things. He will send the Holy Spirit to everyone that asks him.” (We have not yet translated 11:14-36. You can read about that teaching in Mark 3:20-27; 8:12; Matthew 5:15; 6:22-23; 12:41-45.)