Then she said, “I ask one small petition of you; don’t deny me.” The king said to her, “Ask on, my mother; for I will not deny you.”
Parallel translations
- KJV Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.
- BSB “I have just one small request of you,” she said. “Do not deny me.” “Make your request, my mother,” the king replied, “for I will not deny you.”
- NKJV Then she said, “I desire one small petition of you; do not refuse me.” And the king said to her, “Ask it, my mother, for I will not refuse you.”
- NASB Then she said, “I am making one small request of you; do not refuse me.” And the king said to her, “Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse you.”
- NLT “I have one small request to make of you,” she said. “I hope you won’t turn me down.” “What is it, my mother?” he asked. “You know I won’t refuse you.”
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Matt 11:24But I tell you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom, on the day of judgment, than for you.”
- Matt 10:35–36For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
- John 15:16You didn’t choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
- John 2:3–4When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no wine.”
- Luke 11:9–10“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.
- Matt 18:19Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.
- John 14:13–14Whatever you will ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
- Matt 7:7–11“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
- Matt 20:20–21Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him.
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