Luke 11:12

"“Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won’t give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?"

Key Reflection

This passage illustrates the trust and provision of a father to his child, highlighting that God's love and provision are far greater and more reliable than any earthly parent. Jesus uses this analogy to emphasize that just as a father would never give harmful or useless things to his child, so too should we trust in God’s perfect provision and goodness.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verses 9-12. See Barnes "Mt 7:7, See Barnes "Mt 7:8, See Barnes "Mt 7:9, See Barnes "Mt 7:10, See Barnes "Mt 7:11" Verse 12. A scorpion. See Barnes "Lu 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 colour 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 trilobites, would not look unlike a small egg. Perhaps the contrast, however, refers only to the different properties of the egg and the scorpion, which is sufficiently emphatic." Pliny (N. H., xi.

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