James 4:3
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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 spend it in your pleasures.
You make your request but you do not get it, because your request has been wrongly made, desiring the thing only so that you may make use of it for your pleasure.
Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask evilly, that ye may consume [it] in your pleasures.
You ask, and receive not; because you ask amiss: that you may consume it on your concupiscences.
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures.
You pray, but don't receive anything, because you ask with a wrong motive, wanting to spend what you'd receive on your selfish pleasures.
You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
Ye aske, and receiue not, because ye aske amisse, that ye might lay the same out on your pleasures.
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
you ask, and you do not receive, because you ask badly, that you may spend it in your pleasures.
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong — you want only what will give you pleasure.
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend [it].