Luke 11:11
New International Version
“Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?

New Living Translation
“You fathers—if your children ask for a fish, do you give them a snake instead?

English Standard Version
What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent;

Berean Standard Bible
What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?

Berean Literal Bible
And which father among you, if the son will ask for a fish, and instead of a fish, will give to him a serpent?

King James Bible
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?

New King James Version
If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish?

New American Standard Bible
Now which one of you fathers will his son ask for a fish, and instead of a fish, he will give him a snake?

NASB 1995
“Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?

NASB 1977
“Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?

Legacy Standard Bible
But what father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?

Amplified Bible
What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?

Christian Standard Bible
What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?

American Standard Version
And of which of you that is a father shall his son ask a loaf, and he give him a stone? or a fish, and he for a fish give him a serpent?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Which of you is a father whose son will ask him for bread and would hand him a stone, and if he asks him for a fish will, instead of a fish, hand him a snake,”

Contemporary English Version
Which one of you fathers would give your hungry child a snake if the child asked for a fish?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And which of you, if he ask his father bread, will he give him a stone? or a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

English Revised Version
And of which of you that is a father shall his son ask a loaf, and he give him a stone? or a fish, and he for a fish give him a serpent?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"If your child asks you, his father, for a fish, would you give him a snake instead?

Good News Translation
Would any of you who are fathers give your son a snake when he asks for fish?

International Standard Version
What father among you, if his son asks for bread, would give him a stone, or if he asks for a fish, would give him a snake instead of the fish?

Literal Standard Version
And of which of you—the father—[if] the son will ask [for] a loaf, will present to him a stone? And [if] a fish, instead of a fish, will present to him a serpent?

Majority Standard Bible
What father among you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?

New American Bible
What father among you would hand his son a snake when he asks for a fish?

NET Bible
What father among you, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?

New Revised Standard Version
Is there anyone among you who, if your child asks for a fish, will give a snake instead of a fish?

New Heart English Bible
"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, he won't give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?

Webster's Bible Translation
If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he shall ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

Weymouth New Testament
And what father is there among you, who, if his son asks for a slice of bread, will offer him a stone? or if he asks for a fish, will instead of a fish offer him a snake?

World English Bible
“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?

Young's Literal Translation
'And of which of you -- the father -- if the son shall ask a loaf, a stone will he present to him? and if a fish, will he instead of a fish, a serpent present to him?

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Ask, Seek, Knock
10For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. 11 What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? 12Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?…

Cross References
Matthew 7:10
Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

Luke 11:10
For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

Luke 11:12
Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?


Treasury of Scripture

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?

a son.

Isaiah 49:15
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

Matthew 7:9
Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?

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Luke 11
1. Jesus teaches us to pray, and that instantly;
11. assuring us that God will give all good things to those who ask him.
14. He, casting out a demon, rebukes the blasphemous Pharisees;
27. and shows who are blessed;
29. preaches to the people;
37. and reprimands the outward show of holiness.














Verse 11. - 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? The Master keeps on adducing instances of the loving Fatherhood of God. All the while men were thinking hard things of him and his sovereignty. "Children," urged the Savior, "such things, such a cruel part as you would in your dark sad thoughts ascribe to the loving heavenly Father, is simply unthinkable in the case of earthly parents. They never really turn a deaf ear to their children's pleading; think you that your Father which is in heaven will refuse to listen to you when you indeed call on him?"

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
What
Τίνα (Tina)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

father
πατέρα (patera)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.

among
ἐξ (ex)
Preposition
Strong's 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.

you,
ὑμῶν (hymōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

[if his]
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

son
υἱὸς (huios)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5207: A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.

asks for
αἰτήσει (aitēsei)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 154: To ask, request, petition, demand. Of uncertain derivation; to ask.

a fish,
ἰχθύν (ichthyn)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2486: A fish. Of uncertain affinity; a fish.

will give
ἐπιδώσει (epidōsei)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1929: (a) trans: I hand in, give up, (b) intrans: I give way (to the wind). From epi and didomi; to give over.

him
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

a snake
ὄφιν (ophin)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3789: Probably from optanomai; a snake, figuratively, an artful malicious person, especially Satan.

instead?
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.


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