Discovery BoxMatthew 7:9-11 
Context7:9 Is 1 there anyone among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 7:10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 2 7:11 If you then, although you are evil, 3 know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts 4 to those who ask him!
1 tn Grk “Or is there.”
2 sn The two questions of vv. 9-10 expect the answer, “No parent would do this!”
3 tn The participle ὄντες (ontes) has been translated concessively.
4 sn The provision of the good gifts is probably a reference to the wisdom and guidance supplied in response to repeated requests. The teaching as a whole stresses not that we get everything we want, but that God gives the good that we need.
