Matthew 7:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

Or what man among you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

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  • Luke 11:11-13 : 11 If a son asks bread from any of you who is a father, will you give him a stone? or if he asks for a fish, will you give him a serpent instead of a fish? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will you offer him a scorpion? 13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?

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    7And he from within shall answer and say, Do not trouble me: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give you.

    8I say to you, Though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs.

    9And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.

    10For everyone who asks receives; and he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks it shall be opened.

    11If a son asks bread from any of you who is a father, will you give him a stone? or if he asks for a fish, will you give him a serpent instead of a fish?

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

    13If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?

  • Matt 7:10-11
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    10Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent?

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  • Matt 7:6-8
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    6Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

    7Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

    8For everyone who asks receives; and he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks it will be opened.

  • Matt 6:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8Therefore do not be like them, for your Father knows what things you need before you ask Him.

    9In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.

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    72%

    3Give us day by day our daily bread.

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    71%

    11Give us this day our daily bread.

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    70%

    30Give to everyone who asks of you; and from him who takes away your goods, do not ask them back.

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  • Mark 8:4-5
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    4And his disciples answered him, From where can anyone satisfy these people with bread here in the wilderness?

    5And he asked them, How many loaves do you have? And they said, Seven.

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

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  • Matt 4:3-4
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    4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.

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    31Our fathers ate manna in the wilderness; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.

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    7But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say to him immediately when he comes in from the field, Go and sit down to eat?

  • Matt 6:31-32
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    27Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give to you: for him God the Father has sealed.

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