Because no man does things secretly if he has a desire that men may have knowledge of him. If you do these things, let yourself be seen by all men.
And some of them had a desire to take him; but no man put hands on him.
I am conscious that you are Abraham's seed; but you have a desire to put me to death because my word has no place in you.
But now you have a desire to put me to death, a man who has said to you what is true, as I had it from God: Abraham did not do that.
His answer was: I have said it before, but your ears were shut: why would you have me say it again? is it your desire to become his disciples?
I was forty years old when Moses, the servant of the Lord, sent me from Kadesh-barnea to make a search through the land; and the account which I gave him was in keeping with his desire.
And as for you, keep yourselves from the cursed thing, for fear that you may get a desire for it and take some of it for yourselves, and so be the cause of a curse and great trouble on the tents of Israel.
When I saw among their goods a fair robe of Babylon and two hundred shekels of silver, and a mass of gold, fifty shekels in weight, I was overcome by desire and took them; and they are put away in the earth in my tent, and the silver is under it.
And the thorn said to the trees, If it is truly your desire to make me your king, then come and put your faith in my shade; and if not, may fire come out of the thorn, burning up the cedars of Lebanon.
Jerusalem keeps in mind, in the days of her sorrow and of her wanderings, all the desired things which were hers in days gone by; when her people came into the power of her hater and she had no helper, her attackers saw their desire effected on her and made sport of her destruction.
But if he has a desire to get it back for himself, let him give a fifth more than your value.
And if the owner has a desire to get back his house, let him give a fifth more than your value, and it will be his.
And if the man who has given the field has a desire to get it back, let him give a fifth more than the price at which it was valued and it will be his.
But if he has no desire to get it back, or if he has given it for a price to another man, it may not be got back again.
And if a man has a desire to get back any of the tenth part which he has given, let him give a fifth more.
For I say to you that numbers of prophets and kings have had a desire to see the things which you see, and have not seen them, and to have knowledge of the things which have come to your ears, and they had it not.
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 he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.
And he said to his disciples, The time will come when you will have a great desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, but you will not see it.
And he said, I have had a great desire to keep this Passover with you before I come to my death;
And Pilate again said to them that it was his desire to let Jesus go free.
And Pilate gave his decision for their desire to be put into effect.
Now when Herod saw Jesus he was very glad, having for a long time had a desire to see him, for he had had accounts of him, and was hoping to see some wonders done by him.
And no man, having had old wine, has any desire for new, for he says, The old is better.
But the man from whom the evil spirits had gone out had a great desire to be with him, but he sent him away, saying,
And he said to them all, If any man has a desire to come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross every day, and come after me.
For whoever has a desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, but whoever gives up his life because of me, will keep it.
And Herod said, I put John to death: but who is this, of whom such stories are given to me? And he had a desire to see him.
But it is not so among you: but whoever has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant:
And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him be servant of all.
Truly I say to you, Whoever says to this mountain, Be taken up and be put into the sea; and has no doubt in his heart, but has faith that what he says will come about, he will have his desire.
The poor you have ever with you, and whenever you have the desire you may do them good: but me you have not for ever.
And Pilate said in answer to them, Is it your desire that I let the King of the Jews go free?
And the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, and the desire for other things coming in, put a stop to the growth of the word, and it gives no fruit.
And when he was getting into the boat, the man in whom had been the evil spirits had a great desire to come with him.
And he took an oath, saying to her, Whatever is your desire I will give it to you, even half of my kingdom.
And she came in quickly to the king, and said, My desire is that you give me straight away on a plate the head of John the Baptist.
The taking of goods and of life, broken faith between husband and wife, the desire of wealth, wrongdoing, deceit, sins of the flesh, an evil eye, angry words, pride, foolish acts:
And turning to the mass of people with his disciples, he said to them, If any man has the desire to come after me, let him give up all other desires, and take up his cross and come after me.
Whoever has a desire to keep his life, will have it taken from him; and whoever gives up his life because of me and the good news, will keep it.
And they went out from there, through Galilee; and it was his desire that no man might have knowledge of it;
And seating himself, he made the twelve come to him; and he said to them, If any man has the desire to be first, he will be last of all and servant of all.
He who has the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him.
But if these words had been in your minds, My desire is for mercy and not for offerings, you would not have been judging those who have done no wrong.
For truly, I say to you that prophets and upright men had a desire to see the things which you see, and saw them not; and to have knowledge of the words which have come to your ears, and they had it not.
Then Jesus, answering, said to her, O woman, great is your faith: let your desire be done. And her daughter was made well from that hour.
Because whoever has a desire to keep his life safe will have it taken from him; but whoever gives up his life because of me, will have it given back to him.
And he said to him, Why are you questioning me about what is good? One there is who is good: but if you have a desire to go into life, keep the rules of the law.
Jesus said to him, If you have a desire to be complete, go, get money for your property, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come after me.
And he said to her, What is your desire? She says to him, Let my two sons be seated, the one at your right hand, and the other at your left, in your kingdom.
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