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Luke 11:12

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Or if he asks for an egg, he won’t give him a scorpion, will he?

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Luke 11:12 in other translations

Or if he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion?

Luke 11:12 · American Standard Version

Luke 11:12 in context

  1. 10For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
  2. 11“Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won’t give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?
  3. 12Or if he asks for an egg, he won’t give him a scorpion, will he?
  4. 13If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”
  5. 14He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marveled.