Matthew 21:22

In addition to that, whenever you ask God for something when you pray to him, if you believe that he will give it to you, you will receive it from him.”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

In Context

21Jesus said to us, “Think about this: If you believe that God has power to do what you ask him to and you do not doubt that, you will be able to do things like what I have done to this fig tree. You will even be able to do marvelous deeds like saying to a nearby hill, ‘Uproot yourself and throw yourself into the sea’, and it will happen!

23After that, Jesus went into the Temple courtyard. While he was teaching the people, the chief priests and the elders of the Jewish Council approached him. They asked, “By what authority are you doing these things? Who authorized you to do what you did here yesterday [DOU]?”

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Cross References

Matthew 7:11You, who are evil, know how to give good things to your children. So God, your Father who is in heaven, will certainly give good things to the people who ask him.”

Mark 11:24So I tell you, whenever you ask God for something when you pray, believe that you will receive it, and, if you do, God will do it for you.

John 14:13And whatever you, using my authority, ask me to do, I will do it, in order that I can show you how great my Father is.

John 16:24Up to the present time, using my authority you have not asked God to do anything for you [MTY]. Now keep asking him for things that you need. If you do that, you will receive them, and then you will be completely joyful.

1 John 3:22And, when we confidently pray to him and request something from him, we receive it because we do what he commands us to do, and because we do what pleases him.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 21:19-23

The Barren Fig-Tree Cursed. 18 Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered. 19 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away. 20 And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away! 21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do… Read the whole commentary →

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