Matthew 7:10
Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
Or if he aske a fish, will hee giue him a serpent?
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Matthew 7:10
Sense 1: An aquatic animal. Sense 2: As a verb, to catch fish.
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To grant, hand, offer, supply, yield, or cause to have.
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7:7¶ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
7:7¶ *Aske, and it shalbe giuen you: seeke, and ye shall finde: knocke, and it shalbe opened vnto you.
7:8For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
7:8For euery one that asketh, receiueth: and he that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shalbe opened.
7:9Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
7:9Or what man is there of you, whom if his sonne aske bread, will hee giue him a stone?
7:10Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
7:10Or if he aske a fish, will hee giue him a serpent?
Selected passage7:11If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
7:11If ye then being euill, know how to giue good giftes vnto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heauen, giue good things to them that aske him?
7:12Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
7:12Therefore all things *whatsoeuer ye would that men should doe to you, doe ye euen so to them: for this is the Law and the Prophets.