Mateo 7:10

10 O si les piden un pescado, ¿les dan una serpiente? ¡Claro que no!

Mateo 7:10 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 7:10

Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
] Which is somewhat like a fish, especially an eel. Fish and bread are mentioned, because these were common food; see ( Mark 6:41 ) ( Mark 8:6 Mark 8:7 ) ( John 21:13 ) and particularly in Galilee, a fish country, where Christ now was, and from whence he had called his disciples, who were fishermen. In ( Luke 11:12 ) it is added, "or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?" which is used, as the rest, to show the absurdity and inhumanity of such conduct; and that indeed nothing of this kind is to be found among men, unless it be among monsters in nature.

Mateo 7:10 In-Context

8 Pues todo el que pide, recibe; todo el que busca, encuentra; y a todo el que llama, se le abrirá la puerta.

9 »Ustedes, los que son padres, si sus hijos les piden un pedazo de pan, ¿acaso les dan una piedra en su lugar?

10 O si les piden un pescado, ¿les dan una serpiente? ¡Claro que no!

11 Así que si ustedes, gente pecadora, saben dar buenos regalos a sus hijos, cuánto más su Padre celestial dará buenos regalos a quienes le pidan.

12 La regla de oro