James 4:3 Cross References - Mace

³ you would not obtain it, because you wickedly request to have your passions gratified.

²² but Jesus answered them, ye know not what ye ask. can ye bear to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? they said to him, we can.

³⁸ but Jesus said to them, you know not what you ask. can you drink the cup, that I must drink, and be baptized with the baptism with which I must be baptized?

¹³ a little while after the younger son turn'd all he had into money, and travell'd into a foreign country, where he squander'd away his fortune in luxurious living.

³⁰ whereas this son of yours, who has eat up his fortune among a pack of loose creatures, is no sooner come but you must kill the fatted calf for him.

¹ Jesus said likewise to his disciples, a certain rich man had an information against his steward, for making havock of his estate. ² upon making him appear, he said to him, what information is this, I hear against thee? give an account of your administration, for you must not be my steward any longer.

⁶ but let him be fully persuaded of the lawfulness of what he asks: for he that is diffident about that, is like the waves that fluctuate with the wind. ⁷ such a man must not expect any answer from the Lord.

¹ you breathe slaughter and revenge for what you cannot obtain.

²² whatever we ask, we shall receive it of him, because we keep his commandments, and do what is agreeable to him.

¹⁴ Besides, we have this confidence in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, he will hear us.