Luke 11:11

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Which one of you fathers would give your hungry child a snake if the child asked for a fish?

Cross References

Isaiah 49:15

The LORD answered, “Could a mother forget a child who nurses at her breast? Could she fail to love an infant who came from her own body? Even if a mother could forget, I will never forget you.

Matthew 7:10

Would you give your child a snake if the child asked for a fish?

Matthew 7:9

Would any of you give your hungry child a stone, if the child asked for some bread?

Luke 11:10

Everyone who asks will receive, everyone who searches will find, and the door will be opened for everyone who knocks.

Luke 11:12

Which one of you would give your child a scorpion if the child asked for an egg?