And Jehovah hath turned [to] the captivity of Job in his praying for his friends, and Jehovah doth add [to] all that Job hath — to double.
What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? Yea, art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him: The salvation of my countenance — My God!
And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me.
Only — for God, be silent, O my soul, For from Him [is] my hope.
Seek ye Jehovah, while He is found, Call ye Him, while He is near,
Forsake doth the wicked his way, And the man of iniquity his thoughts, And he returneth to Jehovah, and He pitieth him, And unto our God for He multiplieth to pardon.
‘And ye have called Me, and have gone, and have prayed unto Me, and I have hearkened unto you,
And ye have sought Me, and have found, for ye seek Me with all your heart;
Call unto Me, and I do answer thee, yea, I declare to thee great and fenced things — thou hast not known them.
And he saith unto me: Do not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that thou didst give thy heart to understand, and to humble thyself before thy God, thy words have been heard, and I have come because of thy words.
‘And when thou mayest pray, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites, because they love in the synagogues, and in the corners of the broad places — standing — to pray, that they may be seen of men; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.
‘But thou, when thou mayest pray, go into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who [is] in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.
‘And — praying — ye may not use vain repetitions like the nations, for they think that in their much speaking they shall be heard,
be ye not therefore like to them, for your Father doth know those things that ye have need of before your asking him;
‘Again, I say to you, that, if two of you may agree on the earth concerning anything, whatever they may ask — it shall be done to them from my Father who is in the heavens,
And Jesus answering said to them, ‘Verily I say to you, If ye may have faith, and may not doubt, not only this of the fig-tree shall ye do, but even if to this mount ye may say, Be lifted up and be cast into the sea, it shall come to pass;
and all — as much as ye may ask in the prayer, believing, ye shall receive.’
watch, and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.’
And Jesus said to him, ‘If thou art able to believe! all things are possible to the one that is believing;’
and Peter having remembered saith to him, ‘Rabbi, lo, the fig-tree that thou didst curse is dried up.’
And Jesus answering saith to them, ‘Have faith of God;
for verily I say to you, that whoever may say to this mount, Be taken up, and be cast into the sea, and may not doubt in his heart, but may believe that the things that he saith do come to pass, it shall be to him whatever he may say.
Because of this I say to you, all whatever — praying — ye do ask, believe that ye receive, and it shall be to you.
And he spake also a simile to them, that it behoveth [us] always to pray, and not to faint,
And he said, ‘All these I did keep from my youth;’
and having heard these things, Jesus said to him, ‘Yet one thing to thee is lacking; all things — as many as thou hast — sell, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me;’
and he, having heard these things, became very sorrowful, for he was exceeding rich.
And Jesus having seen him become very sorrowful, said, ‘How hardly shall those having riches enter into the reign of God!
for it is easier for a camel through the eye of a needle to enter, than for a rich man into the reign of God to enter.’
And those who heard, said, ‘And who is able to be saved?’
and he said, ‘The things impossible with men are possible with God.’
And Peter said, ‘Lo, we left all, and did follow thee;’
and he said to them, ‘Verily I say to you, that there is not one who left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the reign of God,
who may not receive back manifold more in this time, and in the coming age, life ageduring.’
And having taken the twelve aside, he said unto them, ‘Lo, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things shall be completed — that have been written through the prophets — to the Son of Man,
for he shall be delivered up to the nations, and shall be mocked, and insulted, and spit upon,
and having scourged they shall put him to death, and on the third day he shall rise again.’
And they none of these things understood, and this saying was hid from them, and they were not knowing the things said.
And it came to pass, in his coming nigh to Jericho, a certain blind man was sitting beside the way begging,
and having heard a multitude going by, he was inquiring what this may be,
and we have known that God doth not hear sinners, but, if any one may be a worshipper of God, and may do His will, him He doth hear;
if ye may remain in me, and my sayings in you may remain, whatever ye may wish ye shall ask, and it shall be done to you.
for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;
and the peace of God, that is surpassing all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
continually pray ye;
I wish, therefore, that men pray in every place, lifting up kind hands, apart from anger and reasoning;
and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.
and let him ask in faith, nothing doubting, for he who is doubting hath been like a wave of the sea, driven by wind and tossed,
for let not that man suppose that he shall receive anything from the Lord —
a two-souled man [is] unstable in all his ways.
The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with [them], according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel — to the wife — imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.
Beloved, if our heart may not condemn us, we have boldness toward God,
and whatever we may ask, we receive from Him, because His commands we keep, and the things pleasing before Him we do,
And this is the boldness that we have toward Him, that if anything we may ask according to his will, He doth hear us,
and if we have known that He doth hear us, whatever we may ask, we have known that we have the requests that we have requested from Him.