¹⁹ And all the people said to Samuel, ^(A)“Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for ourselves a king.”

^28 (A)Plead with the Lord, for there has been enough of God's thunder and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.”

¹⁶ If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and ^(A)God^[a] will give him life—to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. ^(B)There is sin that leads to death; ^(C)I do not say that one should pray for that.

²³ Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing ^(A)to pray for you, ^(B)and I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

¹⁷ Now therefore, forgive my sin, please, only this once, and ^(A)plead with the Lord your God only to remove this death from me.”

¹⁵ And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And ^(A)if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

²⁴ And Simon answered, ^(A)“Pray for me to the Lord, that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.”

⁹ And now ^(A)entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us. With such a gift from your hand, ^(B)will he show favor to any of you? says the Lord of hosts.

The Lord Will Not Relent

15 Then the Lord said to me, ^(A)“Though ^(B)Moses ^(C)and Samuel ^(D)stood before me, yet my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them out of my sight, and let them go!