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  • Matthew 7:9
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 9 Indeed, which one of you, if his son asks for bread, will hand him a stone?

  • Matthew 7:9
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 9 ἢ Or τίς who ἐξ out of ὑμῶν YOU ἄνθρωπος, man, ὃν whom αἰτήσει will ask ὁ the υἱὸς son αὐτοῦ of him ἄρτον— bread— μὴ not λίθον stone ἐπιδώσει he will give upon αὐτῷ; him?

  • Matthew 7:9
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 9 Indeed, who is the man among YOU whom his son+ asks for bread—he will not hand him a stone, will he?

  • Matthew 7:9
    The Bible in Living English
    • 9* Or what man is there of you that his son will ask for bread and he will hand him a stone?

  • Matthew 7:9
    American Standard Version
    • 9 Or what man is there of you, who, if his son shall ask him for a loaf, will give him a stone;

  • Matthew 7:9
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 9 Or what man from among yourselves, Whom his son shall ask for a loaf,—A stone will give him?

  • Matthew 7:9
    King James Version
    • 9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 7:9 w90 5/15 14-15; w86 11/15 8

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 7:9 w78 11/1 22; w52 80

  • Matthew
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 7:9

      The Watchtower,

      5/15/1990, pp. 14-15

      11/15/1986, p. 8

  • Matthew Study Notes—Chapter 7
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 7:9

      bread . . . stone: Jesus may have contrasted bread with stones because bread was a staple in the diet of the Jews and surrounding peoples and the size and shape of loaves could have reminded people of stones. The answer to Jesus’ rhetorical question is: “It would be unthinkable for a father to do such a thing.”​—See study note on Mt 7:10.

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