How much more (ποσω μαλλον). Jesus is fond of the a fortiori argument.

If ye then, being evil—the words at once recognize the fact of man’s depravity, and assert that it is not total. In the midst of all our e…

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…

Your Father will give good things. This is expressly mentioned by Christ so that believers may not give way to foolish and improper desire…

If you then being evil,
&c.] As all mankind in general are, both by nature and practice: they are conceived in sin, …

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…