Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

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When you ask, you do not receive,(A) because you ask with wrong motives,(B) that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

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14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

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14 This is the confidence(A) we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.(B)

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22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

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22 and receive from him anything we ask,(A) because we keep his commands(B) and do what pleases him.(C)

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But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

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But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt,(A) because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.

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From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

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Submit Yourselves to God

What causes fights and quarrels(A) among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle(B) within you?

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The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

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The Lord detests the sacrifice(A) of the wicked,(B)
    but the prayer of the upright pleases him.(C)

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Then shall they cry unto the Lord, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.

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Then they will cry out to the Lord,
    but he will not answer them.(A)
At that time he will hide his face(B) from them
    because of the evil they have done.(C)

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18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

19 But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

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18 If I had cherished sin in my heart,
    the Lord would not have listened;(A)
19 but God has surely listened
    and has heard(B) my prayer.

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13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

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13 Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor
    will also cry out(A) and not be answered.(B)

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12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.

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12 He does not answer(A) when people cry out
    because of the arrogance(B) of the wicked.(C)

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For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?

10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?

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For what hope have the godless(A) when they are cut off,
    when God takes away their life?(B)
Does God listen to their cry
    when distress comes upon them?(C)
10 Will they find delight in the Almighty?(D)
    Will they call on God at all times?

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16 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.

And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.

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The Parable of the Shrewd Manager

16 Jesus told his disciples: “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.(A) So he called him in and asked him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.’

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13 Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the Lord of hosts:

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13 “‘When I called, they did not listen;(A) so when they called, I would not listen,’(B) says the Lord Almighty.(C)

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