Luke 11:11
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?”
πατήρ
When Jesus teaches His disciples to pray, He begins with the most radical word imaginable — Father. In the ancient world, approaching God as Father was almost unthinkable. Jesus opens the door and says: this is how you come. Not as a subject before a king. As a child before a Father who already knows what you need.
υἱός
son
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υἱός
Son, descendant, one sharing the nature of. Huios. You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Sonship through faith is the highest status available to a human being.
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ὄφις
a serpent
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ὄφις
A serpent, a snake. As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness so the Son of Man must be lifted up. The bronze serpent was a shadow of the cross.
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τίς
Which
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τίς
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
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λίθος
stone
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λίθος
a stone (literally or figuratively)
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ἐπιδίδωμι
will he give
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ἐπιδίδωμι
to give over (by hand or surrender)
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εἰ
if
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εἰ
if, whether, that, etc.
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ἰχθύς
a fish
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ἰχθύς
a fish
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