Verse (Click for Chapter) 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 loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead? English Standard Version Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Berean Standard Bible Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Berean Literal Bible Or which man is among you who, if his son will ask for bread, will give him a stone? King James Bible Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? New King James Version Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? New American Standard Bible Or what person is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf of bread, will give him a stone? NASB 1995 “Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone? NASB 1977 “Or what man is there among you, when his son shall ask him for a loaf, will give him a stone? Legacy Standard Bible Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone? Amplified Bible Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will [instead] give him a stone? Christian Standard Bible Who among you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Holman Christian Standard Bible What man among you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? American Standard Version Or what man is there of you, who, if his son shall ask him for a loaf, will give him a stone; Aramaic Bible in Plain English And who is the man among you whose son will ask him for bread and will hand him a stone? Contemporary English Version Would any of you give your hungry child a stone, if the child asked for some bread? Douay-Rheims Bible Or what man is there among you, of whom if his son shall ask bread, will he reach him a stone? English Revised Version Or what man is there of you, who, if his son shall ask him for a loaf, will give him a stone; GOD'S WORD® Translation "If your child asks you for bread, would any of you give him a stone? Good News Translation Would any of you who are fathers give your son a stone when he asks for bread? International Standard Version "There isn't a person among you who would give his son a stone if he asked for bread, is there? Literal Standard Version Or what man is of you, of whom, if his son may ask [for] a loaf—a stone will he present to him? Majority Standard Bible Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? New American Bible Which one of you would hand his son a stone when he asks for a loaf of bread, NET Bible Is there anyone among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? New Revised Standard Version Is there anyone among you who, if your child asks for bread, will give a stone? New Heart English Bible Or who is there among you, who, if his son will ask him for bread, will give him a stone? Webster's Bible Translation Or what man is there of you, who, if his son shall ask bread, will give him a stone? Weymouth New Testament What man is there among you, who if his son shall ask him for bread will offer him a stone? World English Bible Or who is there among you who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Young's Literal Translation 'Or what man is of you, of whom, if his son may ask a loaf -- a stone will he present to him? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Ask, Seek, Knock…8For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. 9 Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?… Cross References Matthew 7:8 For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. Matthew 7:10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? Treasury of Scripture Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Luke 11:11-13 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? … Jump to Previous Bread Loaf Makes Offer Present Request StoneJump to Next Bread Loaf Makes Offer Present Request StoneMatthew 7 1. Do Not Judge7. Ask, Seek, Knock 13. Enter through the Narrow Gate 15. A Tree and Its Fruit 24. The Wise and the Foolish Builders 28. Jesus ends his sermon, and the people are astonished. (9) Or what man is there of you.--The meaning of the illustrations is obvious enough, yet their homeliness is noticeable as addressed to the peasants of Galilee, who found in fish and bread, as in the miracles of the Five thousand and the Four thousand, the staple of their daily food.Verses 9, 10. - Or what man is there of you, etc.? Or. Is not what I say true? or - if you think not - what man of you yourselves would act otherwise towards his own son? Our Lord appeals to the experience and natural feelings of his hearers themselves to emphasize the readiness of the Father - "your Father," whose nature you share, and from whom you derive your feelings of fatherhood (Ephesians 3:15) - to grant the prayers of his children. Observe: (1) Our Lord assumes that our natural feelings are of the same kind as God's. (2) Our Lord speaks of God's children asking him for gifts (cf. Matthew 5:16, note). (3) Our Lord does not suggest, "Will he absolutely refuse him?" but "Will he give him something which is an answer in appearance only (a stone for bread, a serpent for a fish)?" i.e. our Lord implies that God's gifts, like an earthly father's to his son, are such as really and completely to satisfy the need which is expressing itself. A blessed encouragement, for he will thus answer the underlying desire, though not necessarily the verbal expression of the prayer. So when Monica prayed that her son might not sail to Rome, God did not grant this, but gave her "the hinge of her desire," for it was Augustine's journey to Italy that was the means of his conversion (Aug., 'Conf.,' 5:15). Bread... fish. The most usual food on the Lake of Galilee (cf. Matthew 14:17; John 6:9; cf. Matthew 4:3, note). Greek Whichτίς (tis) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what. of ἐξ (ex) Preposition Strong's 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. you, ὑμῶν (hymōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. if his ὃν (hon) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that. son υἱὸς (huios) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 5207: A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship. asks for αἰτήσει (aitēsei) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 154: To ask, request, petition, demand. Of uncertain derivation; to ask. bread, ἄρτον (arton) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 740: Bread, a loaf, food. From airo; bread or a loaf. will give ἐπιδώσει (epidōsei) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 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 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 stone? λίθον (lithon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3037: A stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building. Apparently a primary word; a stone. Links Matthew 7:9 NIVMatthew 7:9 NLT Matthew 7:9 ESV Matthew 7:9 NASB Matthew 7:9 KJV Matthew 7:9 BibleApps.com Matthew 7:9 Biblia Paralela Matthew 7:9 Chinese Bible Matthew 7:9 French Bible Matthew 7:9 Catholic Bible NT Gospels: Matthew 7:9 Or who is there among you who (Matt. Mat Mt) |
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