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Matthew 7:11

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?

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εἰeiIfεἰconjunction — “If”G1487if.Ifοὖνounthenοὖνconjunction — “then”G3767therefore, then.This verse uses “then”.thenὑμεῖςhumeisyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, nominative, plural — “you”, the subject formG4771you.πονηροὶponēroievilπονηρός (ponēros)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “evil”, the subject formG4190evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful.This verse uses “evil”.evilὄντεςontesto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.οἴδατεoidateto perceiveοἶδα (oida)verb, perfect active indicative, 2nd person plural — “to perceive”, a completed action with a present resultG6063to perceiveδόματαdomatagiftsδόμα (doma)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “gifts”, the object formG1390a gift, present.giftsἀγαθὰagathagood thingsἀγαθός (agathos)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “good things”, the object formG18intrinsically good, good in nature, good whether it be seen to be so or not, the widest and most colorless of all words with this meaning.good thingsδιδόναιdidonaito giveδίδωμι (didōmi)verb, present active infinitive — “to give”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1325I offer, give; I put, place.This verse uses “give”.τοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.τέκνοιςteknoischildτέκνον (teknon)noun, dative, plural, neuter — “child”, the to- or for-formG5043a child, descendent, inhabitant.ὑμῶνhumōnyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “you”, the of-formG4771you.πόσῳposōhow muchπόσος (posos)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, dative, singular, neuter — “how much”, the to- or for-formG4214how much, how great, how many.This verse uses “how much”.μᾶλλονmallonmoreμᾶλλονadverb — “more”G3123more, rather.This verse uses “more”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πατὴρpatērfatherπατήρnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “father”, the subject formG3962father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior.This verse uses “father”.ὑμῶνhumōnyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “you”, the of-formG4771you.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.τοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.οὐρανοῖςouranoisheavenοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “heaven”, the to- or for-formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.δώσειdōseito giveδίδωμι (didōmi)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to give”, an action still aheadG1325I offer, give; I put, place.This verse uses “give”.ἀγαθὰagathagood-doerἀγαθός (agathos)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “good-doer”, the object formG18intrinsically good, good in nature, good whether it be seen to be so or not, the widest and most colorless of all words with this meaning.τοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.αἰτοῦσινaitousinto them that askαἰτέω (aiteō)verb, present active participle, dative, plural, masculine — “to them that ask”, an ongoing or repeated actionG154I ask, request, petition, demand.This verse uses “ask”.to them that askαὐτόνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.him

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

if, therefore, ye being evil, have known good gifts to give to your children, how much more shall your Father who [is] in the heavens give good things to those asking him?

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American Standard Version (1901)

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?

Young’s Literal Translation

if, therefore, ye being evil, have known good gifts to give to your children, how much more shall your Father who [is] in the heavens give good things to those asking him?

World English Bible

If you then , being evil , know how to give good gifts to your children , how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him !

Darby Translation

If therefore ye , being wicked, know [how] to give good gifts to your children, how much rather shall your Father who is in the heavens give good things to them that ask of him?

Douay-Rheims

If you then being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children: how much more will your Father who is in heaven, give good things to them that ask him?

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