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Or what man is there of you, if his son asks him for a loaf of bread, will hand him a stone?

10 Or if he asks for a fish, will hand him a serpent?

11 If you then, evil as you are, know how to give good and [a]advantageous gifts to your children, how much more will your Father Who is in heaven [perfect as He is] give good and [b]advantageous things to those who [c]keep on asking Him!

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 7:11 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
  2. Matthew 7:11 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
  3. Matthew 7:11 Kenneth Wuest, Word Studies.

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