Ask for an egg! (Lk 11:12-11:12)

“If the child asks

For an egg,

Will the father

Give him

A scorpion?”

 

ἢ καὶ αἰτήσει ᾠόν, ἐπιδώσει αὐτῷ σκορπίον;

 

Luke indicated that Jesus said that if the son or the child asked for an egg (ἢ καὶ αἰτήσει ᾠόν), would the father give him a scorpion (ἐπιδώσει αὐτῷ σκορπίον)?  Of course not.  Matthew, chapter 7:10, was not quite the same.  There Jesus wanted to know if any man among them (ἢ τίς ἐστιν ἐξ ὑμῶν ἄνθρωπος) would be foolish enough to give a round stone (μὴ λίθον ἐπιδώσει αὐτῷ) instead of a loaf of bread (ἄρτον) to his son who was asking for bread (ὃν αἰτήσει ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ).  Luke did not have the son ask for bread and get a stone, but he asked for an egg but got a scorpion.  In either case, it would not happen.  So too, the same can be said about the heavenly Father.  Have you ever asked for an egg?