Matthew 7:9-12

Ask, and It Will Be Given

9 Or which one of you, if his son asks him for c bread, will give him c a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? 11 If you then, d who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will z your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

The Golden Rule

12 "So e whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is f the Law and the Prophets.

  1. Cross References
    Matthew 4:3
    And the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.
  2. Cross References
    Matthew 4:3
    And the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.
  3. Cross References
    Matthew 12:34
    You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
    Genesis 6:5
    The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
    Genesis 8:21
    And when the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, "I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done.
  4. Cross References
    Matthew 7:7
    Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
  5. Cross References
    Luke 6:31
    And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.
  6. Cross References
    Matthew 22:40
    On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.
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