KJV King James Version
Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
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Luke 11:12
Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
WEB World English Bible
Or if he asks for an egg, he won’t give him a scorpion, will he?
ASV American Standard Version
Or if he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and if he may ask an egg, will he present to him a scorpion?
Surrounding context — Luke 11
9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if [he ask] a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall [your] heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
14 And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered.
15 But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils.
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Revelation 9:10And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power [was] to hurt men five months.Luke 10:19Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.Ezekiel 2:6And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns [be] with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they [be] a rebellious house.
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