'Ask' in the Bible

Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?

Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

So ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest."

Now when John heard in prison about the deeds Christ had done, he sent his disciples to ask a question:

"So the farmer's men come and ask him, "'Sir, was it not good seed that you sowed on your land? Where then does the darnel come from?'

Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.

But if he will not listen to you, go again, and ask one or two to go with you, that every word spoken may be attested by two or three witnesses.

Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.

“Why do you ask Me about what is good?” He said to him. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons approached Him with her sons. She knelt down to ask Him for something.

But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.

And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

The baptism of John—from where did it come? From heaven [that is, ordained by God] or from men?” And they began debating among themselves [considering the implications of their answer], saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Then why did you not believe John?’

They began discussing this among themselves: "If we say, "From heaven,' he will ask us, "Then why didn't you believe him?' But if we say, "From humans,' we are afraid of the crowd, because everyone regards John as a prophet."

And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.

Feeling deeply distressed, each one began to ask him, "Surely I am not the one, Lord?"

Or do you think that I couldn't ask my Father, and he would even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?

But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

And all were amazed and awe-struck, so they began to ask one another, "What does this mean? Here is a new sort of teaching--and a tone of authority! And even to foul spirits he issues orders and they obey him!"

When he was alone with the Twelve and those around him, they began to ask him about the parables.

His disciples asked him, "You see the crowd jostling you, and yet you ask, "Who touched me?'"

And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.

And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.

And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

And wherever he would go -- into villages, towns, or countryside -- they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

then the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, Why do thy disciples not walk according to what has been delivered by the ancients, but eat the bread with defiled hands?

You disregard and neglect the commandment of God, and cling [faithfully] to the tradition of men.”

After He had left the crowd and gone indoors, His disciples began to ask Him about this figure of speech.

Heaving a deep and troubled sigh, He said, "Why do the men of to-day ask for a sign? In solemn truth I tell you that no sign will be given to the men of to-day."

From that place Jesus and His disciples went to the villages belonging to Caesarea Philippi. On the way He began to ask His disciples, "Who do people say that I am?"

Then he began to ask them, "But who do you say I am?"

But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.

And in the house again the disciples began to ask him about this.

Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached Him and said, “Teacher, we want You to do something for us if we ask You.”

But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?

Therefore I tell you, all the things you pray and ask for—believe that you have received them, and you will have them.

And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

So they debated the matter with one another. "Suppose we say, 'Heavenly,'" they argued, "he will ask, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

And Sadducees--who say there is no resurrection--came up to him and began to ask him, saying,

And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.

They began to be sorrowful, and to ask him one by one, "Surely not I?" And another said, "Surely not I?"

The crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do for them as was his custom.

But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to ask him to release Barabbas for them instead.

Pilate was amazed to hear that Jesus had already died, so he summoned the centurion to ask him if he was in fact dead.

And having risen out of the synagogue, he entered into the house of Simon, and the mother-in-law of Simon was pressed with a great fever, and they did ask him about her,

This led the Pharisees and Scribes of their party to expostulate with His disciples and ask, "Why are you eating and drinking with these tax-gatherers and notorious sinners?"

Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?

Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.

When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him to ask him to come and save his servant's life.

and sent them to the Lord to ask, "Are you the Coming One, or should we wait for someone else?"

When the men reached Him, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to ask You, ‘Are You the One who is to come, or should we look for someone else?’”

When John's messengers had gone, Jesus began to ask the crowds about John. "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

Jesus told him, "Simon, I have something to ask you." "Teacher," he replied, "ask it."

Then his disciples began to ask him what this parable meant.

But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.

So he instructed them, "The harvest is vast, but the workers are few. So ask the Lord of the harvest to send workers out into his harvest.

But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me."

And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

So if Satan too is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? I ask you this because you claim that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.

When he went out from there, the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly, and to ask him hostile questions about many things,

But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

This led Jesus to ask the lawyers and Pharisees, "Is it allowable to cure people on the Sabbath?"

But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;

“But without exception they all began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. I ask you to excuse me.’

“Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m going to try them out. I ask you to excuse me.’

If he can't, he will send a delegation to ask for terms of peace while the other king is still far away.

So he summoned one of the servants and began asking what this [celebration] meant.

So he said, 'Then I ask you, father, that you send him to my father's house,

And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.

And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me:

They discussed this among themselves: "If we say, "From heaven,' he will ask, "Then why didn't you believe him?'

And after that they durst not ask him any question at all.

And the Lord said, 'Simon, Simon, lo, the Adversary did ask you for himself to sift as the wheat,

And if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go.

And he released the man they were asking for who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, but he handed over Jesus to their will.

And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?

“How is it that You, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” she asked Him. For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.

Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God, and who is saying to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would ask Him, and He would give you living water.”

So the Jews were asking [among themselves], “Will He kill Himself? Is that why He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”

So the Pharisees also began to ask him how he had gained his sight. He told them, "He put mud on my eyes, then I washed, and now I can see."

But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.

Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.

But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.

these then came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and began to ask him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”

Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake.

Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father and then we will be satisfied.”

"Have I been so long among you," Jesus answered, "and yet you, Philip, do not know me? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How can *you* ask me, 'Cause us to see the Father'?

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Counselor to be with you forever.

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

and now I go away to Him who sent me, and none of you doth ask me, Whither dost thou go?