A Scorpion for an Egg? - Luke 11:12

Luke the beloved physician wrote how Jesus asked His disciples, “If a son shall ask for bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?”, and in chapter eleven and verse twelve of his book Luke shared how Jesus asked a question concerning, “an egg” and “a scorpion” where we read:

Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

The verse reads, “Or if he shall ask an egg, ...” Luke began with the words, “or if he shall ask” or “or whether the son of a father request, beg for, crave and desire” “an egg” which means “the egg of a bird to eat”. Luke shared how Jesus referred to a “son” who asks his father for an “egg” to eat.

The verse goes on to say, “... will he offer him a scorpion?” Luke continued with the words, “will he offer him” or “will the father deliver or hand to the son” “a scorpion” which is “the name of a little animal, somewhat resembling a lobster, which in warm regions lurks especially in stone walls”? Luke shared how Jesus questioned whether the father would offer to his “son” a “scorpion” instead of “an egg”.

When we meditate upon Luke's words in this verse, we see how Jesus presented an extreme example to His disciples concerning a “son” who asks his “father” for sustenance. When the “son” asks for an “egg”, the father doesn't give the son a “scorpion” instead, and neither will God the Father who sent His only Son to die for the sins of mankind provide terrible things for those who follow Him. God loves people, and He has their best interest in mind. When people “deny themselves, take up their crosses and follow Him”, they may ask for anything they desire without expecting something terrible in response.

Next time Luke shares how Jesus asks a question about the, “heavenly Father” giving “the Holy Spirit to them that ask him”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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