Matthew 7:9-11

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!

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.