'Request' in the Bible

Give to him who comes with a request, and keep not your property from him who would for a time make use of it.

Make a request, and it will be answered; what you are searching for you will get; give the sign, and the door will be open to you:

Because to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire, and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.

Or which of you, if his son makes a request for bread, will give him a stone?

Or if he makes a request for a fish, will give him a snake?

And when Jesus was come into Capernaum, a certain captain came to him with a request,

And all the town came out to Jesus; and seeing him they made request that he would go away from their part of the country.

When He had dismissed the people and had returned to the house, His disciples came to Him with the request, "Explain to us the parable of the darnel sown in the field."

So he gave her his word with an oath to let her have whatever she might make request for.

And [although] the king was distressed, because of his oaths and his {dinner guests} he commanded [the request] to be granted.

With the request that they might only put their hands on the edge of his robe: and all those who did so were made well.

And the Pharisees and Sadducees came and, testing him, made a request to him to give them a sign from heaven.

Furthermore, I tell all of you with certainty that if two of you agree on earth about anything you request, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven,

Then his lord sent for him and said, You evil servant; I made you free of all that debt, because of your request to me:

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to Jesus with her sons, bowing down and making a request of Him.

And all things, whatever you make request for in prayer, having faith, you will get.

Does it not seem possible to you that if I make request to my Father he will even now send me an army of angels?

Now the chief priests and those in authority got the people to make request for Barabbas, and for Jesus to be put to death.

This man went in to Pilate, and made a request for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate gave orders for it to be given to him.

And a leper came to him and, going down on his knees before him, made a request, saying, If it is your pleasure, you have the power to make me clean.

And he made a request to his disciples to have a little boat ready for him, so that he might not be crushed by the people;

And they made a request to him to go out of their country.

And when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and did a dance, Herod and those who were at table with him were pleased with her; and the king said to the girl, Make a request for anything and I will give it you.

And she went out and said to her mother, What is my request to be? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

Immediately the girl hurried back to the king with her request, "I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter."

Although it grieved the king deeply, he did not want to reject her request because of his oath and his guests.

Now the woman was a Greek, a Syro-phoenician by birth: and she made a request to him that he would send the evil spirit out of her daughter.

And they came to him with one who had no power of hearing and had trouble in talking; and they made a request to him to put his hands on him.

And he gave them orders not to give news of it to anyone; but the more he made this request, so much the more they made it public.

And wherever it takes him, it puts him down violently, streaming at the lips and twisted with pain; and his strength goes from him; and I made a request to your disciples to send it out, and they were not able.

And there came to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying to him, Master, will you give us whatever may be our request?

For this reason I say to you, Whatever you make a request for in prayer, have faith that it has been given to you, and you will have it.

And he went forward a little, and falling down on the earth, made request that, if possible, the hour might go from him.

Now at the feast every year he let one prisoner go free at their request.

So the crowd came and began to request that Pilate do for them what he always did.

There came Joseph of Arimathaea, a responsible man in high honour, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God; and he went in to Pilate without fear, and made a request for the body of Jesus.

But the angel said to him, "Don't be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

Then He got up and left the synagogue, and entered Simon’s home. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Him to help her.

And he got into one of the boats, the property of Simon, and made a request to him to go a little way out from the land. And being seated he gave the people teaching from the boat.

Give to everyone who comes with a request, and if a man takes away your property, make no attempt to get it back again.

And they, when they came to Jesus, made their request warmly, saying,

And one of the Pharisees made a request that he would take a meal with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house and took his seat at the table.

And they made a request to him that he would not give them an order to go away into the deep.

Now there was a great herd of pigs in that place, getting food on the mountain: and the evil spirits made a request to him that he would let them go into the pigs, and he let them.

And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes made a request to him to go away from them; for they were in great fear: and he got into a boat and went back.

And a man from among them, crying out, said, Master, I make a request to you, give a thought to my son, for he is my only child:

And I made a request to your disciples to send it out of him, but they were not able to do it.

I say to you, Though he will not get up and give to him, because he is his friend, still, if he keeps on making his request, he will get up and give him as much as he has need of.

For to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire; and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.

And which of you, being a father, will give a stone to his son, who makes request for bread? or for a fish, will give him a snake?

If, then, you who are evil are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who make request to him?

Now, while he was talking, a Pharisee made a request that he would come to a meal with him; and he went in and took his seat at the meal.

When you get a request to come to a feast, do not take the best seat, for a more important man than you may be coming,

But he was angry and would not go in; and his father came out and made a request to him to come in.

And he said, Father, it is my request that you will send him to my father's house;

Simon, Simon, Satan has made a request to have you, so that he may put you to the test as grain is tested:

and Pilate gave judgment for their request being done,

And in answer to their request, he let that man go free who had been in prison for acting against the government and causing death, and Jesus he gave up to their pleasure.

This man went to Pilate and made a request for the body of Jesus.

The woman of Samaria said to him, Why do you, a Jew, make a request for water to me, a woman of Samaria? She said this because Jews have nothing to do with the people of Samaria.

So when the people came to him they made request to him to be among them for a time, and he was there two days.

When it came to his ears that Jesus had come from Judaea into Galilee, he went to him and made a request that he would come down to his son, who was near to death, and make him well.

But I am certain that, even now, whatever request you make to God, God will give it to you.

these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”

And whatever request you make in my name, that I will do, so that the Father may have glory in the Son.

If you make any request to me in my name, I will do it.

But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send at my request, will teach you everything, and will bring to your memories all that I have said to you.

If you are in me at all times, and my words are in you, then anything for which you make a request will be done for you.

You did not take me for yourselves, but I took you for myself; and I gave you the work of going about and producing fruit which will be for ever; so that whatever request you make to the Father in my name he may give it to you.

And on that day you will put no questions to me. Truly I say to you, Whatever request you make to the Father, he will give it to you in my name.

Up to now you have made no request in my name: do so, and it will be answered, so that your hearts may be full of joy.

'In that day, in my name ye will make request, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father for you,

"I am making request for them: for the world I do not make any request, but for those whom Thou hast given me. Because they are Thine,

“I do not pray for these alone [it is not for their sake only that I make this request], but also for [all] those who [will ever] believe and trust in Me through their message,

He made this request in order that the words He had spoken might be fulfilled, "As for those whom Thou hast given me, I have not lost one."

But every year you make a request to me to let a prisoner go free at the Passover. Is it your desire that I let the King of the Jews go free?

Now it was the day of getting ready for the Passover, and so that the bodies might not be on the cross on the Sabbath (because the day of that Sabbath was a great day), the Jews made a request to Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, made a request to Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate said he might do so. So he went and took away his body.

He then, seeing Peter and John going into the Temple, made a request to them.

But you would have nothing to do with the Holy and Upright One, and made request for a man of blood to be given to you,

And made a request for letters from him to the Synagogues of Damascus, so that if there were any of the Way there, men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

Lud, however, being near Jaffa, the disciples, who had heard that Peter was at Lud, sent two men to him with an urgent request that he would come across to them without delay.

Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon: and they came to him, all together, and having made friends with Blastus, the controller of the king's house, they made a request for peace, because their country was dependent on the king's country for its food.

Then at their request for a king, God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the family of Benjamin, who was their king for forty years.

And though no cause of death was seen in him, they made a request to Pilate that he might be put to death.

And when they went out, they made a request that these words might be said to them again on the Sabbath after.

And when she and her family had had baptism, she made a request to us, saying, If it seems to you that I am true to the Lord, come into my house and be my guests. And she made us come.

And hearing these things, we and those who were living in that place made request to him not to go to Jerusalem.

But Paul said, I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, which is not an unimportant town: I make a request to you to let me say a word to the people.

So now you, along with the Sanhedrin, make a request to the commander that he bring him down to you as if you were going to investigate his case more thoroughly. However, before he gets near, we are ready to kill him.”

So he took him to the chief captain and said, Paul, the prisoner, made a request to me to take this young man to you, for he has something to say to you.

and he said -- 'The Jews agreed to request thee, that to-morrow to the sanhedrim thou mayest bring down Paul, as being about to enquire something more exactly concerning him;

So do not let them persuade you to do this, because more than forty of them are lying in ambush for him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they have killed him, and now they are ready, waiting for you to agree to their request."

But, so that I may not make you tired, I make a request to you of your mercy, to give hearing to a short statement.

But when Paul made a request that he might be judged by Caesar, I gave orders for him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.

But, in my opinion, there is no cause of death in him, and as he himself has made a request to be judged by Caesar, I have said that I would send him.

The more so, because you are expert in all questions to do with the Jews and their ways: so I make my request to you to give me a hearing to the end.

So I make request to you to take food; for this is for your salvation: not a hair from the head of any of you will come to destruction.

Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.

For this reason I make request to you, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you will give your bodies as a living offering, holy, pleasing to God, which is the worship it is right for you to give him.