Ask, Seek, Knock
Luke 11:11
In 9 translations
- BSB
- What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?BYZ and TR if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone, or for a fish; see Matthew 7:9–10.
- KJV
- 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?
- WEB
- “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?
- ASV
- And of which of you that is a father shall his son ask a loaf, and he give him a stone? or a fish, and he for a fish give him a serpent?
- LSV
- And of which of you—the father—[if] the son will ask [for] a loaf, will present to him a stone? And [if] a fish, instead of a fish, will present to him a serpent?
- YLT
- 'And of which of you — the father — if the son shall ask a loaf, a stone will he present to him? and if a fish, will he instead of a fish, a serpent present to him?
- DBY
- But of whom of you that is a father shall a son ask bread, and [the father] shall give him a stone? or also a fish, and instead of a fish shall give him a serpent?
- DRC
- And which of you, if he ask his father bread, will he give him a stone? or a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
- GNV
- If a sonne shall aske bread of any of you that is a father, will he giue him a stone? or if hee aske a fish, will he for a fish giue him a serpent?
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἄρτον μὴ λίθον ἐπιδώσει αὐτῷ (“bread surely not stone will he give to him”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
- Textus Receptus read εἰ (“if”); Tregelles, Byzantine text read ἢ (“or”).
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include καὶ (“and”); Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (4)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include ἐξ (“of”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
- Word order: Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place καὶ elsewhere in this verse.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include μὴ (“surely not”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010) do not include this wording.
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place αὐτῷ elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (4)
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- SBLGNT: ἐξ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐξ; Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.
- SBLGNT: υἱὸς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read υἱὸς; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont add ἄρτον μὴ λίθον ἐπιδώσει αὐτῷ ἢ καὶ.
- SBLGNT: καὶ. Nestle–Aland 28th edition read καὶ; Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read μὴ.
- SBLGNT: αὐτῷ ἐπιδώσει. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αὐτῷ ἐπιδώσει; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐπιδώσει αὐτῷ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- τίνα δὲ ἐξ ὑμῶν τὸν πατέρα αἰτήσει ὁ υἱὸς ἰχθύν, καὶ ἀντὶ ἰχθύος ὄφιν αὐτῷ ἐπιδώσει;
- RP2018
- Τίνα δὲ ὑμῶν τὸν πατέρα αἰτήσει ὁ υἱὸς ἄρτον, μὴ λίθον ἐπιδώσει αὐτῷ; Ἢ καὶ ἰχθύν, μὴ ἀντὶ ἰχθύος ὄφιν ἐπιδώσει αὐτῷ;
- TR-Boyd
- Τίνα δὲ ὑμῶν τὸν πατέρα αἰτήσει ὁ υἱὸς ἄρτον, μὴ λίθον ἐπιδώσει αὐτῷ; Εἰ καὶ ἰχθύν, μὴ ἀντὶ ἰχθύος ὄφιν ἐπιδώσει αὐτῷ;
- SCR1894
- τινα δε υμων τον πατερα αιτησει ο υιος αρτον μη λιθον επιδωσει αυτω ει και ιχθυν μη αντι ιχθυος οφιν επιδωσει αυτω
Who and where
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
MarthaPenitentBreadLuke, the Gospel ofSeekersParentsMark, the Gospel According toPrayerJesus, the Christ
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Cross-references most cited first
- Matthew 7:9Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
- Isaiah 49:15“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).