'Pleaded' in the Bible

Then Jesus got up and left the synagogue and went to Simon’s (Peter’s) house. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Him to help her.

When they reached Jesus, they pleaded with Him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy for You to grant this,

Just then, a man named Jairus came. He was a leader of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus’ feet and pleaded with Him to come to his house,

"But the gardener pleaded, "'Leave it, Sir, this year also, till I have dug round it and manured it.

"A second pleaded, "'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and am on my way to try them. Pray hold me excused.'

“Then he became angry and didn’t want to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him.

"'No, father Abraham,' he pleaded; 'but if some one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'