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11 “You fathers—if your children ask[a] for a fish, do you give them a snake instead? 12 Or if they ask for an egg, do you give them a scorpion? Of course not! 13 So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him.”

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  1. 11:11 Some manuscripts add for bread, do you give them a stone? Or [if they ask].

11 What father among you, if his son asks for bread, would give him a stone, or if he asks for a fish,[a] would give him a snake instead of the fish? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, would he give him a scorpion? 13 So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who keep asking him!”

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  1. Luke 11:11 Other mss. read What father among you, if his son asks for a fish