Lucas 11:11

11 O suponed que a uno de vosotros que es padre, su hijo le pide pan; ¿acaso le dará una piedra? O si le pide un pescado; ¿acaso le dará una serpiente en lugar del pescado?

Lucas 11:11 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 11:11

If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father,
&c.] Our Lord illustrates and confirms what he had said before by an instance common among men: the relation between a father and a son is natural, and it is very near; and it is usual for a son, when hungry, and at the proper times of meals, to ask bread of his father: and when he does,

will he give him a stone?
should he do so, he would show that his heart was as hard, or harder than the stone he gives:

or if he ask a fish, will he, for a fish, give him a serpent?
And endeavour to deceive him by the likeness of the one to the other, especially some sort of fish, which would poison or sting him, but not refresh and nourish him: such inhuman brutish parents are not surely to be found; (See Gill on Matthew 7:9), (See Gill on Matthew 7:10).

Lucas 11:11 In-Context

9 Y yo os digo: Pedid, y se os dará; buscad, y hallaréis; llamad, y se os abrirá.

10 Porque todo el que pide, recibe; y el que busca, halla; y al que llama, se le abrirá.

11 O suponed que a uno de vosotros que es padre, su hijo le pide pan; ¿acaso le dará una piedra? O si le pide un pescado; ¿acaso le dará una serpiente en lugar del pescado?

12 O si le pide un huevo; ¿acaso le dará un escorpión?

13 Pues si vosotros siendo malos, sabéis dar buenas dádivas a vuestros hijos, ¿cuánto más vuestro Padre celestial dará el Espíritu Santo a los que se lo pidan?