Quotes About Demand

Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it; but your workload will in no way be reduced.í”

The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”

Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaohís taskmasters had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”

Now get to work. You will be given no straw, yet you must deliver the full quota of bricks.”

The Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce your daily quota of bricks.”

And if any man said to him, “The fat must be burned first; then you may take whatever you want,” the servant would reply, “No, you must give it to me right now. If you refuse, I will take it by force!”

But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.

And he will take your menservants and maidservants and your best cattle and donkeys and put them to his own use.

Then Joab came to Absalomís house and demanded, “Why did your servants set my field on fire?”

The messengers came back and said, “This is what Ben-hadad says: ëI have sent to you to demand your silver, your gold, your wives, and your children.

Then the king of Israel summoned all the elders of the land and said, “Please take note and see that this man is looking for trouble, for when he demanded my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, I did not deny him.”

So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me.” And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

So Jehoiakim paid the silver and gold to Pharaoh Neco, but to meet Pharaohís demand he taxed the land and exacted the silver and the gold from the people, each according to his wealth.

Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Then He left them and went away.

Jesus sighed deeply in His spirit and said, “Why does this generation demand a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.”

And others tested Him by demanding a sign from heaven.

As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.

They blindfolded Him and kept demanding, “Prophesy! Who hit You?”

So Pilate sentenced that their demand be met.

On account of this, the Jews demanded, “What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do these things?”