10 Or also if he will ask for a fish, will give him a snake? 11 Therefore if you, although you[a] are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him? 12 Therefore in all things, whatever you want that people should do to you, thus also you do to them. For this is the law and the prophets.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 7:11 Here “although” is supplied as a component of the participle (“are”) which is understood as concessive

10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts(A) to those who ask him! 12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you,(B) for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.(C)

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