Luke 11:12

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 2:6 : 6 `And thou, son of man, thou art not afraid of them, yea, of their words thou art not afraid, for briers and thorns are with thee, and near scorpions thou art dwelling, of their words thou art not afraid, and of their faces thou art not affrighted, for they `are' a rebellious house,
  • Luke 10:19 : 19 lo, I give to you the authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and on all the power of the enemy, and nothing by any means shall hurt you;
  • Rev 9:10 : 10 and they have tails like to scorpions, and stings were in their tails; and their authority `is' to injure men five months;

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    7and he from within answering may say, Do not give me trouble, already the door hath been shut, and my children with me are in the bed, I am not able, having risen, to give to thee.

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

    10for every one who is asking doth receive; and he who is seeking doth find; and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.

    11`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?

  • Matt 7:6-11
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    6`Ye may not give that which is `holy' to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, that they may not trample them among their feet, and having turned -- may rend you.

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    8for every one who is asking doth receive, and he who is seeking doth find, and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.

    9`Or what man is of you, of whom, if his son may ask a loaf -- a stone will he present to him?

    10and if a fish he may ask -- a serpent will he present to him?

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  • Luke 11:13
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    13If, then, ye, being evil, have known good gifts to be giving to your children, how much more shall the Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those asking Him!'

  • Matt 6:8
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    8be ye not therefore like to them, for your Father doth know those things that ye have need of before your asking him;

  • Luke 11:3-5
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    3our appointed bread be giving us daily;

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

  • Matt 12:39
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    39And he answering said to them, `A generation, evil and adulterous, doth seek a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet;

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    19`But if I by Beelzeboul cast forth the demons -- your sons, by whom do they cast forth? because of this your judges they shall be;

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    11`Our appointed bread give us to-day.

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    30`And to every one who is asking of thee, be giving; and from him who is taking away thy goods, be not asking again;

  • Mark 10:35-36
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    35And there come near to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying, `Teacher, we wish that whatever we may ask for ourselves, thou mayest do for us;'

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  • Matt 12:11
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    11And he said to them, `What man shall be of you, who shall have one sheep, and if this may fall on the sabbaths into a ditch, will not lay hold on it and raise `it'?

  • Matt 12:33-34
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    33`Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad, for from the fruit is the tree known.

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    26and, if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in the heavens forgive your trespasses.'

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    4Cleaved hath the tongue of a suckling unto his palate with thirst, Infants asked bread, a dealer out they have none.

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    31therefore ye may not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we put round?

  • 1 Kgs 12:11
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    11and now, my father laid on you a heavy yoke, and I add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, and I -- I chastise you with scorpions.'

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    8but will not `rather' say to him, Prepare what I may sup, and having girded thyself about, minister to me, till I eat and drink, and after these things thou shalt eat and drink?

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    37Or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?

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    14so it is not will in presence of your Father who is in the heavens, that one of these little ones may perish.

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    6Eaten is an insipid thing without salt? Is there sense in the drivel of dreams?

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    62%

    16and others, tempting, a sign out of heaven from him were asking.

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    13The wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk.

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    26look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?

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    19lo, I give to you the authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and on all the power of the enemy, and nothing by any means shall hurt you;

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    62%

    30for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father hath known that ye have need of these things;

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    15he who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.

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    68and if I also question `you', ye will not answer me or send me away;

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    2it is more profitable to him if a weighty millstone is put round about his neck, and he hath been cast into the sea, than that he may cause one of these little ones to stumble.