Bible verse

Luke 11:12

Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

Luke 11:12 · BSB

Luke 11:12 in context

The verses around it, from Luke 11.

8 I tell you, even though he will not get up to provide for him because of his friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

9 So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

10 For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

11 What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?

12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

13 So 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!”

14 One day Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. And when the demon was gone, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed,

15 but some of them said, “It is by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons, that He drives out demons.”

16 And others tested Him by demanding a sign from heaven.

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Luke 11:12 in other translations

KJV

Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

ASV

Or if he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion?

ERV

Or if he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion?

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