Matthew 7:11
So if even you who are evil know to give good things to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him.
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10Or if he asked for fish, would you give him a snake?
12Treat others the way you want them to treat you. This sums up the law and the prophets.
Cross References
Genesis 6:5The Lord saw how terribly evil people on earth had become—every single thought in their minds was evil all the time!
Exodus 34:6The Lord passed in front of him, calling out, “Yahweh! Yahweh! I am the God of grace and mercy! I am slow to become angry, full of trustworthy love and always faithful.
Job 15:16How much less pure are those who are unclean and corrupt, drinking in sin like water!
Psalms 85:12The Lord will certainly give us all that is good, and our land will produce fine crops.
Psalms 86:15But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to become angry, full of trustworthy love and faithfulness.
Isaiah 49:15Really? Can a mother forget her nursing baby? Can she forget to be kind to the child she carried in her womb? Even if she could forget, I will never forget you!
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 →