Matthew 7:9

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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  • Luke 11:11-13 : 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? 12 and if he may ask an egg, will he present to him a scorpion? 13 If, 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!'

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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.

    8`I say to you, even if he will not give to him, having risen, because of his being his friend, yet because of his importunity, having risen, he will give him as many as he doth need;

    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?

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

    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 7:10-11
    2 verses
    87%

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

    11if, therefore, ye being evil, have known good gifts to give to your children, how much more shall your Father who `is' in the heavens give good things to those asking him?

  • Matt 7:6-8
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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.

    7`Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

    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.

  • Matt 6:8-9
    2 verses
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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;

    9thus therefore pray ye: `Our Father who `art' in the heavens! hallowed be Thy name.

  • Luke 11:3
    72%

    3our appointed bread be giving us daily;

  • Matt 6:11
    71%

    11`Our appointed bread give us to-day.

  • Luke 6:30
    70%

    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;

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    5And he said unto them, `Who of you shall have a friend, and shall go on unto him at midnight, and may say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves,

  • Mark 8:4-5
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    4And his disciples answered him, `Whence shall any one be able these here to feed with bread in a wilderness?'

    5And he was questioning them, `How many loaves have ye?' and they said, `Seven.'

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

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    5and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

  • Lam 4:4
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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.

  • Luke 12:29-30
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    29`And ye -- seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense,

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

  • Matt 4:3-4
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    3And the Tempter having come to him said, `If Son thou art of God -- speak that these stones may become loaves.'

    4But he answering said, `It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.'

  • John 6:31-34
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    31our fathers the manna did eat in the wilderness, according as it is having been written, Bread out of the heaven He gave them to eat.'

    32Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread out of the heaven; but my Father doth give you the true bread out of the heaven;

    33for the bread of God is that which is coming down out of the heaven, and giving life to the world.'

    34They said, therefore, unto him, `Sir, always give us this bread.'

  • Luke 9:13
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    13And he said unto them, `Give ye them to eat;' and they said, `We have no more than five loaves, and two fishes: except, having gone, we may buy for all this people victuals;'

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    69%

    3and the Devil said to him, `If Son thou art of God, speak to this stone that it may become bread.'

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    68%

    37And he answering said to them, `Give ye them to eat,' and they say to him, `Having gone away, may we buy two hundred denaries' worth of loaves, and give to them to eat?'

  • Luke 17:7
    68%

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  • Matt 6:31-32
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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?

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  • John 6:27
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  • Prov 22:9
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    7for let not that man suppose that he shall receive anything from the Lord --

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    9`There is one little lad here who hath five barley loaves, and two fishes, but these -- what are they to so many?'

  • Mark 10:36
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    36and he said to them, `What do ye wish me to do for you?'

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    7if ye may remain in me, and my sayings in you may remain, whatever ye may wish ye shall ask, and it shall be done to you.

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    27And Jesus said to her, `Suffer first the children to be filled, for it is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast `it' to the little dogs.'

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    9And his disciples were questioning him, saying, `What may this simile be?'

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