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


In Context

9 "So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

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

11 "Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?

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

13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"

14 Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon left, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowd was amazed.

Luke 11:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:12Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:12Or if he shall ask an egg, will he reach him a scorpion?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:12Or if he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:12or if also he shall ask an egg, shall give him a scorpion?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:12Or if he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:12Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:12Or if he asks for an egg, he won't give him a scorpion, will he?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:12and if he may ask an egg, will he present to him a scorpion?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:12Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?