Parallel Verses
NET Bible
What father among you, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
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?
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
What father among you, if his son asks for bread, would give him a stone, or if he asks for a fish, would give him a snake instead of the fish?
A Conservative Version
And which father of you, if the son will ask a loaf, will give him a stone, or also if a fish, in place of a fish will give him a serpent?
American Standard Version
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?
Amplified
An Understandable Version
And what father among you, whose son asks [him] {{Some ancient manuscripts add for a loaf of bread, will give him a stone [instead]? Or, [if he asks]}} for a fish, will give him a snake [instead]?
Anderson New Testament
If a son ask bread of any one of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he, instead of a fish, give him a serpent?
Bible in Basic English
And which of you, being a father, will give a stone to his son, who makes request for bread? or for a fish, will give him a snake?
Common New Testament
What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent?
Daniel Mace New Testament
what father among you would give his son a stone, when he asketh for bread? or if for a fish, instead of a fish would he give him a serpent?
Darby Translation
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?
Godbey New Testament
And which father of you shall if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? or indeed a fish, will he instead of a fish give him a serpent?
Goodspeed New Testament
Which of you fathers, if his son asks him for a fish will give him a snake instead?
John Wesley New Testament
If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone?
Julia Smith Translation
And shall a son ask bread of any of you a father, will he give him a stone ? and if a fish, for a fish he will not give him a serpent.
King James 2000
If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he asks for a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
Lexham Expanded Bible
But what father from among you, [if his] son will ask for a fish, instead of a fish will give him a snake?
Modern King James verseion
For what father of you, if the son asks for bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a snake for a fish?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If the son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father: will he give him a stone? Or if he ask fish, will he for a fish, give him a serpent?
Moffatt New Testament
What father among you, if asked by his son for a loaf, will hand him a stone? Or, if asked for a fish, will hand him a serpent instead of a fish?
Montgomery New Testament
"What father is there among you who, if his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish will give him instead a serpent?
New Heart English Bible
"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, he won't give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?
Noyes New Testament
And what father is there, among you, who, if his son ask for bread, will give him a stone? or if he ask for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent?
Sawyer New Testament
And what father is there of you, who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? or if he asks also for a fish, will for a fish give him a serpent?
The Emphasized Bible
But which is the father, from among yourselves, whom the son will ask for, a fish, who, instead of a fish, will give him, a serpent?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For what father of you, if his son ask a loaf, will he give him a stone? or if a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
Twentieth Century New Testament
What father among you, if his son asks him for a fish, will give him a snake instead,
Webster
If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he shall ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
Weymouth New Testament
And what father is there among you, who, if his son asks for a slice of bread, will offer him a stone? or if he asks for a fish, will instead of a fish offer him a snake?
Williams New Testament
Now is there a father among you who, if his son asks him for a fish, will give him a snake instead?
World English Bible
"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?
Worrell New Testament
And of which of you that is a father shall his son ask bread, and he give him a stone? or a fish, and he, instead of a fish, give him a serpent?
Worsley New Testament
If a son ask bread of any father among you, will he give him a stone? and if he ask for a fish, will he instead of a fish give him a serpent? or if he ask for an egg,
Youngs Literal Translation
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?
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 11:11
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Context Readings
Ask, Seek, Knock
10 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. 11 What father among you, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
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Cross References
Isaiah 49:15
Can a woman forget her baby who nurses at her breast? Can she withhold compassion from the child she has borne? Even if mothers were to forget, I could never forget you!
Matthew 7:9
Is there anyone among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?