Matthew Chapter 7 verse 9 Holy Bible
Or what man is there of you, who, if his son shall ask him for a loaf, will give him a stone;
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Or which of you, if his son makes a request for bread, will give him a stone?
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Or what man is there of you who, if his son shall ask of him a loaf of bread, will give him a stone;
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Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
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Or who is there among you, who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?
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`Or what man is of you, of whom, if his son may ask a loaf -- a stone will he present to him?
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Matthew 7 : 9 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 9, 10. - Or what man is there of you, etc.? Or. Is not what I say true? or - if you think not - what man of you yourselves would act otherwise towards his own son? Our Lord appeals to the experience and natural feelings of his hearers themselves to emphasize the readiness of the Father - "your Father," whose nature you share, and from whom you derive your feelings of fatherhood (Ephesians 3:15) - to grant the prayers of his children. Observe: (1) Our Lord assumes that our natural feelings are of the same kind as God's. (2) Our Lord speaks of God's children asking him for gifts (cf. Matthew 5:16, note). (3) Our Lord does not suggest, "Will he absolutely refuse him?" but "Will he give him something which is an answer in appearance only (a stone for bread, a serpent for a fish)?" i.e. our Lord implies that God's gifts, like an earthly father's to his son, are such as really and completely to satisfy the need which is expressing itself. A blessed encouragement, for he will thus answer the underlying desire, though not necessarily the verbal expression of the prayer. So when Monica prayed that her son might not sail to Rome, God did not grant this, but gave her "the hinge of her desire," for it was Augustine's journey to Italy that was the means of his conversion (Aug., 'Conf.,' 5:15). Bread... fish. The most usual food on the Lake of Galilee (cf. Matthew 14:17; John 6:9; cf. Matthew 4:3, note).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) Or what man is there of you.--The meaning of the illustrations is obvious enough, yet their homeliness is noticeable as addressed to the peasants of Galilee, who found in fish and bread, as in the miracles of the Five thousand and the Four thousand, the staple of their daily food.
