Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Parallel translations
- WEB Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.
- BSB Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
- NKJV Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.
- NASB Therefore, I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted to you.
- NLT I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that you’ve received it, it will be yours.
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Quick answer
Jesus urges believing prayer, assuring that what is asked in faith will be received.
Overview
Jesus calls His disciples to pray with confident trust in God's power and goodness. This promise is rightly read alongside the rest of Scripture, which teaches that we ask according to God's will (1 John 5:14) and not for selfish ends (James 4:3). Genuine faith rests in the Father who gives good gifts to His children.
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Cross-references · 12
- Matt 21:22And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
- 1 Jn 5:14–15And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
- 1 Jn 3:22And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
- Jas 1:5–6If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
- John 15:7If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
- Matt 18:19Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
- John 14:13And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
- Matt 7:7–11Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
- John 16:23–27And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
- Luke 11:9–13And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
- Jas 5:15–18And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
- Luke 18:1–8And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
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