“Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent?

Jesus has made an amazing and expansive promise to His followers: Every one of them who asks will receive. Everyone who seeks will find.

9 Or what man is there of you, who, if his son shall ask him for a loaf, will give him a stone; 10 or if he shall ask for a fish, will give him a serpent?

Matthew 7:9 “Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone?... Read verse in New International Version.

New International Version “Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? New Living Translation “You parents—if your children ask for a ...

Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? KJV: King James Version.

Matthew 7:9-10 “Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

Matthew 7:9-10 conveys a profound truth about the nature of God as a loving and caring Father who desires to provide for the needs of his children.

No parent turns away his child with that which would be injurious. He would not give him a stone instead of bread, or a serpent instead of a fish.