Matthew 7:9
Or what man is there of you, who, if his son may ask for bread, will give him a stone,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
In Context
8For every man who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
10and if he may ask for a fish, will give him a serpent?
Matthew Henry on Matthew 7:8-12
The Sermon on the Mount. 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? 10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to… Read the whole commentary →