Matthew 7:11 (DBY)

Passage

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?

Nearby Context

Matthew 7:9 Or what man is there of you who, if his son shall ask of him a loaf of bread, will give him a stone;

Matthew 7:10 and if he ask a fish, will give him a serpent?

Matthew 7:11 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?

Matthew 7:12 Therefore all things whatever ye desire that men should do to you, thus do *ye* also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

Matthew 7:13 Enter in through the narrow gate, for wide the gate and broad the way that leads to destruction, and many are they who enter in through it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "wicked", "give", "good", "gifts", "children", "much", and "rather". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "wicked", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "and if he ask a fish will..." into verse 12's "Therefore all things whatever ye desire that...", so "therefore" and "wicked" belong inside that flow. In Matthew context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "therefore" and "wicked" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.