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Know how to give (οιδατε διδονα). See on Mt 7:11 for this same saying. Only here Jesus adds the Holy Spirit (πνευμα αγιον) as the …
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
How much more shall your heavenly Father . . .?—We note a change here also, the one highest gift of the…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
Or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If ye then, being evil, kn…
Church Fathers
ChurchFathers
St. Augustine of Hippo: Having set aside the metaphor, our Lord added an exhortation, explicitly urging us to ask, seek, and kno…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
The bizarre examples in vv.11–12 reinforce the point that God will respond to our petitions only in kindness. There are two steps in the argument: …
John Gill
JohnGill
If you then being evil know how to give good gifts to
your children (See Gill on Matthew 7:11).
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
Christ encourages fervency and constancy in prayer. We must come for what we need, as a person does to their neighbor or friend, who is kind to the…
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson