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Or if he shall ask him a fish, will he reach him a serpent?

Context
Ask, Seek, Knock
…9Or what man is there among you, of whom if his son shall ask bread, will he reach him a stone? 10Or if he shall ask him a fish, will he reach him a serpent? 11If you then being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children: how much more will your Father who is in heaven, give good things to them that ask him?…
Cross References
Matthew 7:9
Or what man is there among you, of whom if his son shall ask bread, will he reach him a stone?

Matthew 7:11
If you then being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children: how much more will your Father who is in heaven, give good things to them that ask him?

John 3:14
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of man be lifted up:

2 Corinthians 11:3
But I fear lest, as the serpent seduced Eve by his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted and fall from the simplicity that is in Christ.

Lexicon
Or
ἢ (ē)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than.

[if]
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

he asks for
αἰτήσει (aitēsei)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 154: To ask, request, petition, demand. Of uncertain derivation; to ask.

a fish,
ἰχθὺν (ichthyn)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2486: A fish. Of uncertain affinity; a fish.

will give
ἐπιδώσει (epidōsei)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1929: (a) trans: I hand in, give up, (b) intrans: I give way (to the wind). From epi and didomi; to give over.

him
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

a snake?
ὄφιν (ophin)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3789: Probably from optanomai; a snake, figuratively, an artful malicious person, especially Satan.


Additional Translations
Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

Or also, if he will ask for a fish, will give him a serpent?

Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

or if he shall ask for a fish, will give him a serpent?

and if he ask a fish, will give him a serpent?

or if he shall ask for a fish, will give him a serpent?

Or if he shall ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

Or if the son shall ask him for a fish will offer him a snake?

Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent?

and if a fish he may ask -- a serpent will he present to him?
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