Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
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Gill's Exposition
Or what man is there of you,.... "That is a father", as in Luk 11:11 that is, is in the relation, and has the affections of a father; and indeed is a man, and has the nature and passions of a man;…
Ask, and it shall be given you ... - There are here three different forms presented of seeking the things which we need from God - asking, ‘seeking, and knocking. The latter is taken from the act of…
Our Saviour, in the foregoing chapter, had spoken of prayer as a commanded duty, by which God is honoured, and which, if done aright, shall be rewarded; here he speaks of it as the appointed means of…
Cambridge Bible
bread … a stone … fish … a serpent The things contrasted have a certain superficial resemblance, but in each case one thing is good, the other unclean or even dangerous.