 | Richard Alvis Webster - 1993 - 380 pages
...find; knock and it will be opened to you... If you then being evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask Him." So we should make the choice that Mary made, and come with great expectancy to... | |
 | James B. Stenson - 2002 - 172 pages
...or a snake when he asks for a fish? If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him" (Matthew 7: 7-11). So many rimes in the Gospel we see Jesus do just this— answer... | |
 | Catholic Church. National Conference of Catholic Bishops, Patrick W. Carey - 1998 - 924 pages
...or a snake when he asks for a fish? If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him" (Mt 7:7-11). Jesus welcomed and blessed children (Mt 19:12-15) and called his disciples... | |
 | William Barclay - 2001 - 134 pages
...again to be noted that Matthew transmits this saying differently. In his version the last phrase reads: 'How much more will your heavenly Father give good things to them that ask Him?' (Matthew 7.11). Once again, we do not need to make choice between alternatives. We may well hold... | |
 | Anna Wierzbicka - 2001 - 524 pages
...God and men. It is another a fortiori or "how much more" argument: if human parents (although evil) know how to give good gifts to their children, how much more will our heavenly Father (who is not evil but wholly good) give good things to those who ask him? (Stott... | |
 | Matthew Henry - 2001 - 128 pages
...encouragement we have to ask this gift, from the relation of a Father, wherein God stands towards us: if earthly parents "know how to give good gifts to their children," such as are needful and proper for them, "much more shall our heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit... | |
 | Liturgy Training Publications - 2002 - 928 pages
...a snake when he asked for a fish? If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him. "Do to others whatever you would have them do to you. This is the law and the prophets."... | |
 | Liturgy Training Publications - 2002 - 1020 pages
...a snake when he asked for a fish? If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him. "Do to others whatever you would have them do to you. This is the law and the prophets."... | |
 | Liturgy Training Publications - 2001 - 612 pages
...or a snake when he asks for a fish? If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him." The Gospel of the Lord. 2. MATTHEW 1 1:25-30 YOU HAVE HIDDEN THESE THINGS FROM... | |
 | David Edward Aune - 2003 - 620 pages
...scorpion?" 4. Concluding application: "If you then, being selfish know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him?" The compositional sophistication of Q means that macro-textual comparisons between... | |
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If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him 
