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?
“Who is there among you whose son asks him for a piece of bread and he gives him a stone?”
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yes, they may forget, yet will I not forget youi.
“Or if he should ask for a fish, he gives him a snake?”
For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.
Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?