Fish--serpent (ιχθυν--οφιν). Fish, common article of food, and water-snakes could easily be substituted. Anacoluthon in this sente…

And he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Or what man is there of you, whom if his son, ask bread, will he give…

St. Augustine of Hippo: Just as He had previously cited the birds of the air and the lilies of the field, so that our hopes migh…

Using an argument similar in style to that in 6:25 (see comment), Jesus stre es that no parent would deceive a child asking for bread or fish by gi…

Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent ?
] Which is somewhat like a fish, especially an eel. Fish and bread…

Prayer is the appointed means for obtaining what we need. Pray; pray often; make a busine of prayer, and be serious and earnest in it. Ask, as a be…

Christ fulfilled the Law regarding its precepts and its promises; now He fulfills the Law regarding its judgments. Firstly, therefore, He directs t…