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"Now which one of you fathers will his son ask for a fish, and instead of a fish, he will give him a snake?

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?

"Or he will even ask for an egg, and his father will give him a scorpion?

Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

"So if you, despite being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?"

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?