James 4:3

James Moffatt - New Testament

you do ask and you do not get it, because you ask with the wicked intention of spending it on your pleasures.

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Now the confidence we have in him is this, that he listens to us whenever we ask anything in accordance with his will;

and we get from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commands and do what is pleasing in his sight.

Where do conflicts, where do wrangles come from, in your midst? Is it not from these passions of yours that war among your members?

Not many days later, the younger son sold off everything and went abroad to a distant land, where he squandered his means in loose living.

Jesus said, "You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup I have to drink, or undergo the baptism I have to undergo?"

Jesus replied, "You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?" They said to him, "We can."

But as soon as this son of yours arrives, after having wasted your means with harlots, you kill the fatted calf for him!'

for everyone who asks receives, the seeker finds, the door is opened to anyone who knocks.