Matthew 7:11 (WEB)

Passage

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!

Nearby Context

Matthew 7:9 Or who is there among you, who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?

Matthew 7:10 Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent?

Matthew 7:11 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!

Matthew 7:12 Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

Matthew 7:13 “Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "Or if he asks for a fish..." into verse 12's "Therefore whatever you desire for men to...", so "evil" and "give" 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 "evil" and "give" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.