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G2309θέλωthelō
to will/desirePart of speech: Greek Verb
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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.
θέλει thelei “desires”
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.
θέλῃ thelē “shall desire”
But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they have done to him whatever they were pleased to do, even as the Writings say about him.
ἤθελον ēthelon “they were desiring”
And they went out from there, through Galilee; and it was his desire that no man might have knowledge of it;
ἤθελεν ēthelen “was He wanting”
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.
θέλει thelei “desires”
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?
θέλομεν thelomen “we desire”
And he said to them, What would you have me do for you?
θέλετέ thelete “do you desire”
But it is not so among you: but whoever has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant:
θέλῃ thelē “shall desire”
And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him be servant of all.
θέλῃ thelē “shall desire”
And Jesus said to him, What would you have me do to you? And the blind man said, Master, make me able to see.
θέλεις theleis “do you desire”
And in his teaching he said, Be on your watch against the scribes, whose pleasure it is to go about in long robes and be respected in the market-places,
θελόντων thelontōn “are desiring”
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.
θέλητε thelēte “you may desire”
And on the first day of unleavened bread, when the Passover lamb is put to death, his disciples said to him, Where are we to go and make ready for you to take the Passover meal?
θέλεις theleis “do You desire [that]”
And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to you; take away this cup from me: but even so let not my pleasure, but yours be done.
θέλω thelō “want”
And Pilate said in answer to them, Is it your desire that I let the King of the Jews go free?
θέλετε thelete “Wish you [that]”
And Pilate again said in answer to them, What then am I to do to him to whom you give the name of the King of the Jews?
θέλετε thelete “do you wish [that]”
And they made signs to his father, to say what name was to be given to him.
θέλοι theloi “he would wish”
And the Evil One said, I will give you authority over all these, and the glory of them, for it has been given to me, and I give it to anyone at my pleasure.
θέλω thelō “I shall wish”
And it came about that while he was in one of the towns, there was a leper there: and when he saw Jesus he went down on his face in prayer to him, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean.
θέλῃς, thelēs “You shall be willing,”
And he put out his hand to him and said, It is my pleasure; be clean. And straight away his disease went from him.
θέλω, thelō “I am willing,”
And no man, having had old wine, has any desire for new, for he says, The old is better.
θέλει thelei “desires”
Do to others as you would have them do to you.
θέλετε thelete “you desire”
And someone said to him, Your mother and your brothers are outside desiring to see you.
θέλοντές thelontes “wanting”
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.
θέλει thelei “desires”
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.
θέλῃ thelē “shall desire”