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Matthew 7:9

Would any of you give your son a stone if he asked for bread?

Free Bible 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

8Everyone who asks, receives; everyone who seeks, finds; and everyone who knocks has the door opened for them.

10Or if he asked for fish, would you give him a snake?

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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 →

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