Berean Standard Bible

“So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!”

Matthew 7:11

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Jesus is teaching about prayer in the Sermon on the Mount, urging people to ask, seek and knock. He appeals to what any parent would do when a child asks for bread or fish.

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Luke 11:13So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
James 1:17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
Romans 8:32He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

World English Bible (WEB)

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 those who ask him!

King James Version (KJV)

If 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?

American Standard Version (ASV)

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

If you, then, being evil, are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who make requests to him?

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

If, therefore, you being evil, have known good gifts to give to your children, how much more shall your Father who is in the heavens give good things to those asking him?

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Pues si vosotros, siendo malos, sabéis dar buenas dádivas á vuestros hijos, ¿cuánto más vuestro Padre que está en los cielos, dará buenas cosas á los que le piden?

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Pues si ustedes que son malos saben dar buenas cosas a sus hijos, ¡cuánto más su Padre que está en los cielos dará buenas cosas a los que se las pidan!

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Matthew 7:11

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