Mark 11:24
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
KJV
διὰ τοῦτο λέγω ὑμῖν, πάντα ὅσα προσεύχεσθε καὶ αἰτεῖσθε, πιστεύετε ὅτι ἐλάβετε, καὶ ἔσται ὑμῖν.
Greek NT
Propterea dico vobis, omnia quæcumque orantes petitis, credite quia accipietis, et evenient vobis.
Vulgate
Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
ASV
Therefore I say unto you, all things, whatsoever you ask when ye pray, believe that you shall receive: and they shall come unto you.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αἰτέω
aiteo
verb · 70×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λαμβάνω
lambano
verb · 259×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πιστεύω
pisteuo
verb · 241×
προσεύχομαι
proseuchomai
verb · 85×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ὅσος
osos
correlative · 108×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
trivial
SBLGNT: προσεύχεσθε καὶ αἰτεῖσθε | WH/Treg/NIV: προσεύχεσθε καὶ αἰτεῖσθε
- προσεύχεσθε καὶ αἰτεῖσθε — SBLGNT
- προσεύχεσθε καὶ αἰτεῖσθε — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἐλάβετε | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐλάβετε | RP: λαμβάνετε
- ἐλάβετε — SBLGNT
- ἐλάβετε — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- λαμβάνετε — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2610Just as Jesus prays to the Father and gives thanks before receiving his gifts, so he teaches us filial boldness: "Whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you receive it, and you will."66 Such is the power of prayer and of faith that does not doubt: "all things are possible to him who believes."67 Jesus is as saddened by the "lack of faith" of his own neighbors and the "little …
1. The Power of Harmony in Relation to Prayer. Again I say unto you that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them. Matthew 18:19 The word symphony is strictly applied to the harmonies of sounds in music. And there are indeed among musical sounds some accordant and others discordant. But the Evangelic Scripture is fam…
To conclude: look for entire sanctification, look for full salvation, every moment. The very moment you believe, it is yours. You may expect it as you are, and you may expect it now. It is of importance to observe that there is an inseparable connection between these three points — expect it by faith, expect it as you are, and expect it now.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 14:13 — Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.
- 1John 3:22 — And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
- 1John 3:22 — And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
- 1John 5:14 — And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
- 1John 5:15 — And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
- 1Kgs 3:5 — In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
- Isa 45:11 — Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.
- Isa 65:24 — And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
- Jas 1:5 — If 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.
- Jas 5:15 — And 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.
- John 14:13 — And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
- John 14:13 — And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
- John 15:7 — If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
- John 16:23 — And 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 — And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
- Luke 11:9 — And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
- Luke 18:1 — And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
- Matt 7:7 — Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
- Matt 7:7 — Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
- Matt 18:19 — Again 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.
- Matt 18:19 — Again 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.
- Matt 21:22 — And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
- Matt 21:22 — And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.