Mark 11:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Διὰ τοῦτο λέγω ὑμῖν, Πάντα Ὅσα ἄν προσεύχομενοι, αἰτεῖσθε, πιστεύετε ὅτι λαμβάνετε, καὶ ἔσται ὑμῖν.

Transliteration

Because of this I legō to you, All things as much as when proseuchomenoi, aiteisthe, pisteuete that you lambanete, and it will be estai to you.

Grammar Details

• *legō*: present active indicative, 1st singular - I say
• *proseuchomenoi*: present middle participle, nominative, masculine, plural - praying
• *aiteisthe*: present middle indicative, 2nd plural - you ask/request
• *pisteuete*: present active imperative, 2nd plural - believe
• *lambanete*: present active indicative, 2nd plural - you receive
• *estai*: future middle indicative, 3rd singular - it will be

Word Meanings

• *legō*: say/tell/declare
• *proseuchomenoi*: praying/entreating
• *aiteisthe*: ask for/request/desire
• *pisteuete*: believe/trust/have faith
• *lambanete*: receive/obtain/get
• *estai*: will be/shall be

Referenced Verses

• Matt 21:22 : 22 And all things, whatever you make request for in prayer, having faith, you will get.
• 1 John 3:22 : 22 And he gives us all our requests, because we keep his laws and do the things which are pleasing in his eyes.
• 1 John 5:14-15 : 14 And we are certain that if we make any request to him which is right in his eyes, he will give ear to us: 15 And if we are certain that he gives ear to all our requests, we are equally certain that we will get our requests.
• Jas 1:5-6 : 5 But if any man among you is without wisdom, let him make his request to God, who gives freely to all without an unkind word, and it will be given to him. 6 Let him make his request in faith, doubting nothing; for he who has doubt in his heart is like the waves of the sea, which are troubled by the driving of the wind.
• Matt 18:19 : 19 Again, I say to you, that if two of you are in agreement on earth about anything for which they will make a request, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.
• Matt 7:7-9 : 7 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: 8 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. 9 Or which of you, if his son makes a request for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he makes a request for a fish, will give him a snake? 11 If you, then, being evil, are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who make requests to him?
• John 14:13 : 13 And whatever request you make in my name, that I will do, so that the Father may have glory in the Son.
• John 15:7 : 7 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.
• John 16:23-27 : 23 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. 24 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. 25 All this I have said to you in veiled language: but the time is coming when I will no longer say things in veiled language but will give you knowledge of the Father clearly. 26 In that day you will make requests in my name: and I do not say that I will make prayer to the Father for you, 27 For the Father himself gives his love to you, because you have given your love to me and have had faith that I came from God.
• Luke 11:9-9 : 9 And I say to you, Make requests, and they will be answered; what you are searching for, you will get; when you give the sign, the door will be open to you. 10 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. 11 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? 12 Or for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 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?
• Luke 18:1-8 : 1 And he made a story for them, the point of which was that men were to go on making prayer and not get tired; 2 Saying, There was a judge in a certain town, who had no fear of God or respect for man: 3 And there was a widow in that town, and she kept on coming to him and saying, Give me my right against the man who has done me wrong. 4 And for a time he would not: but later, he said to himself, Though I have no fear of God or respect for man, 5 Because this widow is a trouble to me, I will give her her right; for if not, I will be completely tired out by her frequent coming. 6 And the Lord said, Give ear to the words of the evil judge. 7 And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it? 8 I say to you that he will quickly do right in their cause. But when the Son of man comes, will there be any faith on earth?
• Jas 5:15-18 : 15 And by the prayer of faith the man who is ill will be made well, and he will be lifted up by the Lord, and for any sin which he has done he will have forgiveness. 16 So then, make a statement of your sins to one another, and say prayers for one another so that you may be made well. The prayer of a good man is full of power in its working. 17 Elijah was a man of flesh and blood as we are, and he made a strong prayer that there might be no rain; and there was no rain on the earth for three years and six months. 18 And he made another prayer, and the heaven sent down rain and the earth gave her fruit.