"What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are the Holy One of God!"

Then a leper came to Jesus and began pleading with him. He fell on his knees and told him, "If you want to, you can make me clean."

Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand, touched him, and told him, "I do want to. Be made clean!"

But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"" Then he told the paralyzed man,

screaming in a loud voice, "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you in the name of God never to torment me!"

When the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests. So the king told the girl, "Ask me for anything you want, and I'll give it to you."

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."

Then Jesus called the crowd to himself along with his disciples and told them, "If anyone wants to follow me, he must deny himself, pick up his cross, and follow me continuously,

because whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it.

Then they left that place and passed through Galilee. Jesus didn't want anyone to find out about it,

So he sat down, called the Twelve, and told them, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."

James and John, the sons of Zebedee, went to Jesus and told him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask you."

He asked them, "What do you want me to do for you?"

That's not the way it should be among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

and whoever wants to be first among you must be a slave to everyone,

Then Jesus asked him, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man told him, "Rabbouni, I want to see again."

because you'll always have the destitute with you and can help them whenever you want, but you won't always have me.

On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus' disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover meal?"

He kept repeating, "Abba! Father! All things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I want but what you want."

Pilate answered them, "Do you want me to release the king of the Jews for you?"