You ask and don’t receive because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your evil desires.

你们求也得不着，是因为你们妄求，要浪费在你们的宴乐中。

你们求也得不着，是因为你们妄求，为了要浪费在你们的宴乐中。

你们求也得不着，是因为你们妄求，为了要浪费在你们的宴乐中。

你们求也得不到是因为你们动机不纯，只求享乐和满足自己的欲望。

你们求也得不到，因为你们的动机不良，要把所得的耗费在你们的私欲上。

你们求也不能得到，是因为你们求的动机不对，为了要花费在自己的私欲上。

你們求也得不着，是因為你們妄求，要浪費在你們的宴樂中。

你們求也得不着，是因為你們妄求，為了要浪費在你們的宴樂中。

你們求也得不着，是因為你們妄求，為了要浪費在你們的宴樂中。

你們求也得不到是因為你們動機不純，只求享樂和滿足自己的慾望。

你們求也得不到，因為你們的動機不良，要把所得的耗費在你們的私慾上。

你們求而無所得，因為你們妄求，要浪費在你們的宴樂中。

你們求也不能得到，是因為你們求的動機不對，為了要花費在自己的私慾上。

爾求而不得、以爾妄求、欲用之於爾慾也、

爾求而不得、妄求從欲故也、

爾求而不得、因爾妄求、欲以所求者、縱爾之慾、

求而不得者、以爾求之不以其道、蓋爾所求者、徒為縱情恣慾而已

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

When you do ask for something, you don’t receive it. That’s because you ask for the wrong reason. You want to spend your money on your sinful pleasures.

You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.

And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong— you want only what will give you pleasure.

You ask and don’t receive because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.

You ask and do not receive, because you ask with the wrong motives, so that you may spend what you request on your pleasures.

You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures.

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

you ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so you can spend it on your passions.

You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.

and can receive whatever we ask from Him because we keep His commands and do what is pleasing in His sight.

But let him ask in faith without doubting. For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind.That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.

What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from the cravings that are at war within you?

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Then they will cry out to the Lord, but He will not answer them. He will hide His face from them at that time because of the crimes they have committed.

If I had been aware of malice in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.However, God has listened; He has paid attention to the sound of my prayer.

But Jesus said to them,“ You don’t know what you’re asking. Are you able to drink the cup I drink or to be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?”

They cry for help, but there is no one to save them— they cry to the Lord, but He does not answer them.

For what hope does the godless man have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?Will God hear his cry when distress comes on him?Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times?

Just as He had called, and they would not listen, so when they called, I would not listen,” says the Lord of Hosts.

“ Therefore, this is what the Lord says: I am about to bring on them disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not hear them.

If they fast, I will not hear their cry of despair. If they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. Rather, I will finish them off by sword, famine, and plague.”

The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor will himself also call out and not be answered.

“ As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me at the time of their disaster.

When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will refuse to look at you; even if you offer countless prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.“ Wash yourselves. Cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil.

Then they will call me, but I won’t answer; they will search for me, but won’t find me.

But Jesus answered,“ You don’t know what you’re asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?”“ We are able,” they said to Him.

The sacrifice of a wicked person is detestable— how much more so when he brings it with ulterior motives!

There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.

Not many days later, the younger son gathered together all he had and traveled to a distant country, where he squandered his estate in foolish living.

He also said to the disciples:“ There was a rich man who received an accusation that his manager was squandering his possessions.So he called the manager in and asked,‘ What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you can no longer be my manager.’

But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you slaughtered the fattened calf for him.’