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


In Context

9 |I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.

10 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

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?

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

13 If 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?|

14 He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. It happened, when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marveled.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:12Or if he asks for an egg, will give 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 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?