"What do you want of us, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, God's Holy One!"

There came to Him a leper, begging Him on his knees, saying to Him, "If you want to, you can cure me."

And His heart was moved with pity for him, so He stretched out His hand and touched him, and said, "I do want to! Be cured!"

and screamed aloud, "What do you want of me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God's name, I beg you, do not torture me."

Herodias' daughter came in and danced for them, and fascinated Herod and his guests. So the king said to the girl, "Ask me for anything you want, and I will give it to you."

Then she rushed at once before the king, and made this request, "I want you this very minute to give me John the Baptist's head on a platter."

But He was saying to her, "Let the children first eat all they want, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it out to the house dogs."

Then He called the people to Him along with His disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wants to be my disciple, he must say, 'No' to self, put the cross on his shoulders, and keep on following me.

For whoever wants to save his higher life, will have to give up the lower life, and whoever gives up his lower life for me and for the good news, will save the higher life.

Then they left there and were making a trip through Galilee, and He did not want anybody to know it;

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

And Zebedee's two sons, James and John, came up to Him and said, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask."

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

but this is not to be the case among you. Whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

and whoever wants to hold the first positions among you must be everybody's slave.

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

For all of them put in out of their surplus, but she in her want put in all she had, yes, all she had to live on."

On the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread, the usual time for killing the Passover lamb, Jesus' disciples asked Him, "Where do you want us to go and get the Passover supper ready for you to eat?"

and He was saying, "Abba [which means 'Father'], anything is possible for you! Take this cup away from me! Yet, I pray, not what I want but what you want!"

Then Pilate answered them by asking, "Do you want me to set the king of the Jews free for you?"

Then Pilate again said to them, "What then do you want me to do to the man whom you call king of the Jews?"