And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Parallel translations
- WEB All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
- BSB If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
- NKJV And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
- NASB And whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive it all.”
- NLT You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it.”
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Quick answer
Whatever we ask in believing prayer we will receive. This is a promise of God's faithful response to faith-filled, God-aligned petition.
Overview
This verse caps Jesus' teaching on prayer with a sweeping promise that should be read alongside the rest of Scripture's instruction on prayer. Believing prayer is not a blank check but petition shaped by trust in God and conformity to His will and Word (cf. 1 John 5:14-15). The emphasis falls on confident dependence on a good Father who hears His children.
Cross-references & the web
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- Matt 7:7Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
- 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:
- Mark 11:24Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
- 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.
- John 14:13And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
- Luke 11:8–10I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
- 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.
- Jas 5:16Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
- John 16:24Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
- 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 7:11If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
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Matthew presents Jesus as the promised King — son of David, son of Abraham — the new Moses and true Israel in whom every prophecy reaches 'that it might be fulfilled.'
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