Matthew 21:22

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

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
all things	πάντα panta	G3956	all · adjective — accusative plural neuter
whatsoever	ὅσα hosa	G3745	as (much · correlative pronoun — accusative plural neuter
ye shall ask	αἰτήσητε aitēsēte	G154	to ask (in genitive case) · verb — aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person plural
in	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
prayer	προσευχῇ proseuchēa	G4335	prayer (worship) · noun — dative singular feminine
believing	πιστεύοντες, pisteuontes	G4100	to have faith (in · verb — present active participle, nominative plural masculine
ye shall receive	λήμψεσθε.¶ lēmpsesthe	G2983	while G138 (αἱρέομαι) is more violent · verb — future middle deponent indicative, 2nd person plural

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Cross-references

Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
1 John 5:14-15 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
Mark 11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
1 John 3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
John 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Matthew 18:19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Fat…
Luke 11:8-10 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as…
John 16:24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

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Commentary

John Gill on Matthew 21:22

And all things whatsoever,.... Not only miracles, but any other thing which may be for the honour of God, the interest of religion, the spreading of the Gospel, the enlargement of the kingdom, of Christ, their own spiritual good, and the welfare of immortal souls, ye shall ask in prayer, believing. Munster's Hebrew Gospel reads it, "in prayer, and in faith"; and the Arabic version renders it, "in prayer with faith"; both to the same purpose, and aptly express the sense of the words, which design the prayer of faith; or that prayer which is put up in the strength of faith; and is of great avail with God: for whatever is asked in faith, agreeable to the will of God, which is contained in his…

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John Calvin on Matthew 21:10-22

Matthew 21:10-22 Matthew 21:10-22 Mark 11:11-24 Luke 19:39-48 10. And when he entered into Jerusalem, the whole city was moved, saying, Who is this? 11. And the multitudes said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth in Galilee. 12. And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and drove out all that sold and bought in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of those who sold doves; 13. And said to them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer; but you have made it a den of robbers. 14. And the blind and lame came to him in the temple, and he cured them. 15. When the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful works which he did, and th…

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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Matthew 21:22

Jesus was exhorting the disciples to trust in God and to pray accordingly. He was not offering God’s unconditional endorsement of all that they might desire (1 Jn 5:14-15).

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The Church Fathers

But whenever we are not heard when we pray, it is either because we ask something adverse to the means of our salvation; or because the perverseness of those for whom we ask hinders its being granted to them; or because the performance of our request is put off to a future time, that our desires may wax stronger, and so may have more perfect capacity for the joys they seek after.
— Rabanus Maurus ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

The door of the Giver is opened to the petitions of faith, even as He said, "Whatsoever ye shall ask, not being doubtful, ye shall receive." In the house of God faith giveth her commands like a mistress of wealth and a ruler of possessions. The mystery of faith is a wonderful and exalted thing, and no man is able to fathom its mystery; and it is so great that it is a place of habitation for God.
— Philoxenus of Mabbug, 13 Ascetic Discourses, Discourse 2 -- On Faith

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Dictionary and topics

Faith · 10:20;14:32;26:3;30:15;57:13; — 10:20;14:32;26:3;30:15;57:13;
Prayer · Should be offered up: In faith — Should be offered up: In faith

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).