Luke 11:11

New Living Translation

“You fathers—if your children ask for a fish, do you give them a snake instead?

Cross References

Isaiah 49:15

“Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child? Can she feel no love for the child she has borne? But even if that were possible, I would not forget you!

Matthew 7:10

Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not!

Matthew 7:9

“You parents—if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead?

Luke 11:10

For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.

Luke 11:12

Or if they ask for an egg, do you give them a scorpion? Of course not!