Luke 11:12 - Forerunner Commentary

Luke 11:12

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

11 ^aIf a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish?

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

13 If you then, being evil, know how to give ^agood gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”

A House Divided Cannot Stand

14 ^aAnd He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. So it was, when the demon had gone out, that the mute spoke; and the multitudes marveled.

15 But some of them said, ^a“He casts out demons by Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons.”

Verse Comparison: Luke 11:12

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American Standard Version
Or `if' he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion?

Amplified® Bible
Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

Contemporary English Version
Which one of you would give your child a scorpion if the child asked for an egg?

Darby English Version
or if also he shall ask an egg, shall give him a scorpion?

Good News Bible
Or would you give him a scorpion when he asks for an egg?

International Standard Version
Or if he asks for an egg, would he give him a scorpion?

King James Version
Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

New American Standard Bible
"Or {if} he is asked for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he?

New International Version
Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

New King James Version
Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Or if he asks for an egg, you will not give him a scorpion, will you?

Young's Literal Translation
and if he may ask an egg, will he present to him a scorpion?

New English Translation
Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?¹

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