World English Bible
Luke 11:12
“Or if he asks for an egg, he won't give him a scorpion, will he?”
Verse in context — Luke 11
10
For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
11
Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won't give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?
12
Or if he asks for an egg, he won't give him a scorpion, will he?
13
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?
14
He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. It happened, when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marveled.
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