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  • Matthew 7:11
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 11 Therefore, if you, although being wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more so will your Father who is in the heavens give good things+ to those asking him!+

  • Matthew 7:11
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 11 εἰ If οὖν therefore ὑμεῖς YOU πονηροὶ wicked ὄντες being οἴδατε know δόματα gifts ἀγαθὰ good διδόναι to be giving τοῖς to the τέκνοις children ὑμῶν, of YOU, πόσῳ how much μᾶλλον rather ὁ the πατὴρ Father ὑμῶν of YOU ὁ the (one) ἐν in τοῖς the οὐρανοῖς heavens δώσει will give ἀγαθὰ good (things) τοῖς to the (ones) αἰτοῦσιν asking αὐτόν. him.

  • Matthew 7:11
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 11 Therefore, if YOU, although being wicked,+ know how to give good gifts to YOUR children, how much more so will YOUR Father who is in the heavens give good things+ to those asking him?

  • Matthew 7:11
    The Bible in Living English
    • 11 So if you, being bad, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

  • Matthew 7:11
    American Standard Version
    • 11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

  • Matthew 7:11
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 11 If then ye being evil know how good gifts to be giving unto your children How much more will your Father who is in the heavens give good things to them that ask him?

  • Matthew 7:11
    King James Version
    • 11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 7:11 it-1 854; w09 2/15 19; w90 5/15 14-15

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 7:11 w79 2/1 6; w78 11/1 22-23; g75 9/22 3; w72 155; g60 8/8 28; w51 320; w46 278

  • Matthew
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 7:11

      Insight, Volume 1, p. 854

      The Watchtower,

      2/15/2009, pp. 18-19

      5/15/1990, pp. 14-15

  • Matthew Study Notes—Chapter 7
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 7:11

      you, although being wicked: Because of inherited sin, all humans are imperfect and, consequently, comparatively wicked.

      how much more so: Jesus often used this line of reasoning. First he presents an obvious fact or a familiar truth, and then he draws an even more convincing conclusion based on that fact, arguing from the lesser to the greater.​—Mt 10:25; 12:12; Lu 11:13; 12:28.

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