⁹ Or what person is there among you ^[a]who, when his son asks for a loaf of bread, ^[b]will give him a stone? ¹⁰ Or ^[c]if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he? ¹¹ So if you, despite being ^[d]evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, ^(A)how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!