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Matthew 7:9
Matthew 7:9 is verse 9 of Matthew chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
King James Version
Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
World English Bible
Or who is there among you who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?
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Matthew 7:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible
7 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
8 For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
9 Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?
11 So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Luke 11:11What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?
Luke 11:12Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
Luke 11:13So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”