Matthew 7:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Or which of you, if his son makes a request for bread, will give him a stone?

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  • Luke 11:11-13 : 11 And which of you, being a father, will give a stone to his son, who makes request for bread? or for a fish, will give him a snake? 12 Or for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If, then, you who are evil are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who make request to him?

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  • Luke 11:7-13
    7 verses
    91%

    7And he, from inside the house, would say in answer, Do not be a trouble to me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; it is not possible for me to get up and give to you?

    8I say to you, Though he will not get up and give to him, because he is his friend, still, if he keeps on making his request, he will get up and give him as much as he has need of.

    9And I say to you, Make requests, and they will be answered; what you are searching for, you will get; when you give the sign, the door will be open to you.

    10For to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire; and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.

    11And which of you, being a father, will give a stone to his son, who makes request for bread? or for a fish, will give him a snake?

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

    13If, then, you who are evil are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who make request to him?

  • Matt 7:10-11
    2 verses
    87%

    10Or if he makes a request for a fish, will give him a snake?

    11If you, then, being evil, are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who make requests to him?

  • Matt 7:6-8
    3 verses
    77%

    6Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.

    7Make a request, and it will be answered; what you are searching for you will get; give the sign, and the door will be open to you:

    8Because to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire, and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.

  • Matt 6:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8So be not like them; because your Father has knowledge of your needs even before you make your requests to him.

    9Let this then be your prayer: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

  • Luke 11:3
    72%

    3Give us every day bread for our needs.

  • Matt 6:11
    71%

    11Give us this day bread for our needs.

  • Luke 6:30
    70%

    30Give to everyone who comes with a request, and if a man takes away your property, make no attempt to get it back again.

  • Luke 11:5
    70%

    5And he said to them, Which of you, having a friend, would go to him in the middle of the night and say to him, Friend, let me have three cakes of bread;

  • Mark 8:4-5
    2 verses
    69%

    4And his disciples said in answer, How will it be possible to get enough bread for these men here in a waste place?

    5And he put the question, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes.

  • Luke 15:11
    69%

    11And he said, A certain man had two sons:

  • Jas 1:5
    69%

    5But if any man among you is without wisdom, let him make his request to God, who gives freely to all without an unkind word, and it will be given to him.

  • Lam 4:4
    69%

    4The tongue of the child at the breast is fixed to the roof of his mouth for need of drink: the young children are crying out for bread, and no man gives it to them.

  • Luke 12:29-30
    2 verses
    69%

    29And do not give overmuch thought to your food and drink, and let not your mind be full of doubts.

    30For the nations of the world go in search of all these things: but your Father has knowledge that you have need of them.

  • Matt 4:3-4
    2 verses
    69%

    3And the Evil One came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, give the word for these stones to become bread.

    4But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.

  • John 6:31-34
    4 verses
    69%

    31Our fathers had the manna in the waste land, as the Writings say, He gave them bread from heaven.

    32Jesus then said to them, Truly I say to you, What Moses gave you was not the bread from heaven; it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.

    33The bread of God is the bread which comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.

    34Ah, Lord, they said, give us that bread for ever!

  • Luke 9:13
    69%

    13But he said, Give them food yourselves. And they said, We have only five cakes of bread and two fishes, if we do not go and get food for all these people.

  • Luke 4:3
    69%

    3And the Evil One said to him, If you are the Son of God, give orders to this stone to become bread.

  • Mark 6:37
    68%

    37But he said to them in answer, Give them food yourselves. And they said to him, Are we to go and get bread for two hundred pence, and give it to them?

  • Luke 17:7
    68%

    7But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have a meal,

  • Matt 6:31-32
    2 verses
    68%

    31Then do not be full of care, saying, What are we to have for food or drink? or, With what may we be clothed?

    32Because the Gentiles go in search of all these things: for your Father in heaven has knowledge that you have need of all these things:

  • John 6:27
    67%

    27Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for on him has God the Father put his mark.

  • Prov 22:9
    67%

    9He who is kind will have a blessing, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

  • Jas 1:7
    67%

    7Let it not seem to such a man that he will get anything from the Lord;

  • John 6:9
    67%

    9There is a boy here with five barley cakes and two fishes: but what is that among such a number?

  • Mark 10:36
    67%

    36And he said to them, What would you have me do for you?

  • John 15:7
    67%

    7If you are in me at all times, and my words are in you, then anything for which you make a request will be done for you.

  • Mark 7:27
    67%

    27And he said to her, Let the children first have their food: for it is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs.

  • Matt 15:33
    67%

    33And the disciples say to him, How may we get enough bread in a waste place, to give food to such a number of people?

  • Matt 6:14
    66%

    14For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven.

  • Mark 8:17
    66%

    17And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Why are you reasoning among yourselves because you have no bread? do you still not see, and is it still not clear to you? are your hearts so hard?

  • Matt 5:42
    66%

    42Give to him who comes with a request, and keep not your property from him who would for a time make use of it.

  • Luke 8:9
    66%

    9And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story.

  • Luke 7:31
    66%

    31What comparison am I to make of the men of this generation? what are they like?