Luke 11:12

Luke 11:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
• New International Version (NIV)Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
• English Standard Version (ESV)or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

Context of Luke 11:12

10Everyone that asks for something will receive it. Everyone that looks for something will find it. God will open the door for everyone that knocks on it. 11Some of you are fathers. If your son asks you for a fish, you would not give him a snake instead. If he asks you for an egg, you would not give him something dangerous. 13You are bad. But even you know how to give good things to your children. Your Father in heaven knows much better than you do how to give good things to his children. So he will give the Holy Spirit to everyone who asks him.’ 14One day, Jesus was telling a bad spirit to go out of a man. Because of the bad spirit, the man could not speak. But after it had gone out of him, the man could speak again. All the people that were watching were surprised at this.

Luke 11:12 word by word

ἢ καὶ αἰτήσει ᾠόν, ἐπιδώσει αὐτῷ σκορπίον;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Orἤē · orG2228
• ·καίkai · andG2532
• ifἐάνean · ifG1437
• he shall askαἰτέωaiteō · to askG154
• an eggᾠόνōon · an eggG5609
• ·μήmē · notG3361
• will he offerἐπιδίδωμιepididōmi · to give/deliverG1929
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• a scorpionσκορπίοςskorpios · scorpionG4651

Cross-references for Luke 11:12

• Luke 10:19Listen! I have given power to you. You will even stand on dangerous snakes and insects and you will have authority over all the power of the Devil. Nothing will hurt you.
• Ezekiel 2:6You must not be afraid of them, son of man. Do not be afraid of their words either. It may seem that you are living with thorn bushes all around you. You may think that they can hurt you like dangerous scorpions. But do not be afraid of what they say to you, or how they look at you. Remember that they refuse to obey me.
• Revelation 9:10They had poison in their tails, like scorpions. They had power to attack people with their tails and to cause them pain for five months.

Commentaries on Luke 11:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Offer him a scorpion? - . The Greek etymologists derive the name from , scattering the poison. But is there any similitude between a scorpion and an egg, that the one might be given and taken in place of the other? We know there is the utmost similitude between some fish, especially those of the eel kind, and serpents: and that there are stones exactly similar to bread in their appearance; from which we may conjecture that our Lord intended to convey the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9-12Verses 9-12 See this explained in the notes at Matthew 7:7-11. Luke 11:12 “A scorpion” See the notes at Luke 10:19. Dr. Thomson (The Land and the Book, vol. i. p. 379) says: “There is no imaginable likeness between an egg and the ordinary black scorpion of this country, neither in color nor size, nor, when the tail is extended, in shape; but old writers speak of a “white” scorpion, and such a one, with the tail folded up, as in specimens of fossil…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-13Verses 5-13 Christ encourages fervency and constancy in prayer. We must come for what we need, as a man does to his neighbour or friend, who is kind to him. We must come for bread; for that which is needful. If God does not answer our prayers speedily, yet he will in due time, if we continue to pray. Observe what to pray for; we must ask for the Holy Spirit, not only as necessary in order to our praying well, but as all spiritual blessings are included in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-12a fish … an egg: These were common foods. A scorpion can look like an egg when it curls into a ball. A snake or scorpion in place of food would be a cruel trick, giving something dangerous instead of a good meal. No loving father would do that.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-139-13. (See on Mt 7:7-11.)Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 11:12

• Jesus, the Christ
• Parents
• Penitent
• Prayer
• Scorpion
• Seekers

In the dictionaries

• Allow
• Clean
• Egg
• Hinder
• Judgment
• Manner
• Ravening
• Seek
• Sign
• Teach

Commentaries on Luke 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings