Luke 11:9-12

9 “So I say to 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; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
11 “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for[a] a fish, will give him a snake instead?
12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

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  • [a]. Some manuscripts "for bread, will give him a stone?" "Or if he asks for"
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