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Whosoever therefore shall break one of the left of these commandments, and thereby teach men so to do, he shall be esteemed very little in the kingdom of heaven: but whoever shall do as well as teach them, he shall be accounted great in the kingdom of heaven.

Verse ConceptsFalse TeachingsCommands, in NTKingdom Of God, Characteristics OfTeachingInferiorityMisteachingGreatness Of DisciplesTeaching The Way Of GodUnimportant ThingsBreaking The Ten Commandmentsrelaxingrelaxation

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

Verse ConceptsPrisonersHearing About ChristDisciples Of John The BaptistChrist's WorkDiscipleshipjail

to ask him, "Are you the Coming One? Or are we to look out for someone else?"

Verse ConceptsUnbelief, And Life Of FaithWho Is Jesus?Hope Deferred

Have I not the right to do as seems good to me in my house? or is your eye evil, because I am good?

Verse ConceptsEvil EyesDo Not Be StingyMoney Blessingsmagic

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

Verse ConceptsKneelingBowing Before MessiahMothersMothers Love For Her ChildrenMothers And SonsMotherhood

"And I also have a question to ask *you*," replied Jesus, "and if you answer me, I in turn will tell you by what authority I do these things.

Verse ConceptsChrist EnquiringAnswering People

And no one was able to answer him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day [on] to ask him any more [questions].

Verse ConceptsResponseNot Asking Others

Therefore do and observe everything that they tell you, but do not do as {they do}, for they tell [others to do something] and do not do [it themselves].

Verse ConceptsInconsistencyHypocrites, Description OfNot Imitating EvilWhat Do They Do?Mere TalkKeeping Man's WordObeying Peoplepracticefollowingpharisees

So when they gathered to ask this, Pilate said to them, "Which one do you want me to release for you, Barabbas, or Jesus, the so-called Christ?"

Verse ConceptsBarabbasRight DesiresPeople Releasing Othersfree

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!"

Verse ConceptsAmazingExorcismsevil, victory overDemons, Delivered FromNewnessAmazement, Of Jesus ChristAmazement, Of Christ's MiraclesChrist's DominionAuthority Of ChristWhat Is This?Christ's Ordersdoctrine

Now the disciples of John and the Pharisees were keeping a fast, and people came to ask him, "How is it that the disciples of John and the Pharisees are fasting, but your disciples are not?"

Verse ConceptsAsceticism, People PracticingPharisees, Beliefs OfDisciples Of John The BaptistCharacteristics Of PhariseesWho Will FastWhy Do People Not Do This?Jesus As A Bridegroom

And his mother and his brothers came, and stood outside, and sent to ask him to come to them.

Verse ConceptsOthers SummoningHalf brothersmomsSiblings

As soon as He was alone, those who were around Him, together with the twelve [disciples], began asking Him about [the interpretation of] the parables.

Verse ConceptsTeachablenessIsolated PersonsQuestioning ChristTwelve DisciplesJesus Using Parables

So she went out and said to her mother, "What am I to ask?" "John the Baptizer's head," she answered.

Verse ConceptsRemoving Heads

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

Verse ConceptsTeachablenessEntering HousesQuestioning ChristThe Disciples Words

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."

Verse ConceptsAffirmationsGenerationsSighingUnbelief, As Response To GodDisgustNo SignsWhy Do Others Do This?

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?"

Verse ConceptsTravelChrist EnquiringWho Is Jesus?Christ Speaking To DisciplesDisciples' Movements

Some Pharisees came up, and to test Him they began to ask Him whether a man should be allowed to divorce his wife.

Verse ConceptsTestingSnares Laid For ChristQuestioning ChristTesting ChristDivorce PermittedPharisees Concerned About Christ

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

Verse ConceptsTeachablenessQuestioning ChristThe Disciples Words

And on the next day [as] they were departing from Bethany, he was hungry.

Verse ConceptsBody Of Christ, Physical Bodyhunger

and said to him, "What authority have you for doing as you do? And who gave you a right to do as you are doing?"

Verse ConceptsGod Appointing His Son

Jesus said to them, "I am going to ask you a question. Answer this, and I will tell you what authority I have for acting as I do.

Verse ConceptsChrist EnquiringAnswering People

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

Verse ConceptsHeresiesJudaismPrejudiceResurrection, Of The DeadQuestioning ChristAre The Dead Raised?denial

When Jesus saw that he answered thoughtfully and intelligently, He said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And after that, no one would dare to ask Him any more questions.

Verse ConceptsNot Asking OthersAnsweringGod's Blessings Are NearLosing CourageQuestioning GodSchoolanswers

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

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfUnhappinessWho Is The One?Other Sad People

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

Verse ConceptsPersuasionInciting To EvilCorrupt PriestsBarabbasPeople Set Free By People

Joseph from Ramah, a Councillor of good position, who was himself living in expectation of the Kingdom of God, came and ventured to go in to see Pilate, and to ask for the body of Jesus.

Verse ConceptsBoldness, To PeopleKingdom Of God, Coming OfSanhedrinWaitingWaiting On GodBoldness Examples OfMessianic HopeJesus CorpseNot DiscouragedThose Who Wait For Godrisk

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

Verse ConceptsAsking Particular QuestionsOthers SummoningThe Fact Of Christ's Deathsurprises

Now when the period of their purification ended, in accordance with the law of Moses, they took Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord, to do as it is written in the law of the Lord,

Verse ConceptsBaby dedicationPurificationPurity, Nature OfPurifying OneselfThe Law Given To IsraelJesus Birth

And the crowd began to ask him questions. "What shall we do then?" they asked. In reply he said to them.

Verse ConceptsReligious AwakeningsCrowds SeekingOne's Deeds

Now Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read,

Verse ConceptsCustomReadingHabitsLiteracySabbath, In NtSynagogueWorship, Times ForReading The ScripturesOn The SabbathGoing To Churchculture

All were amazed, and began to ask one another, saying. "What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits and they come out."

Verse ConceptsExorcismsevil, victory overDemons, Delivered FromPower, God's SavingAmazement, Of Jesus Christ

One day, as the crowd was pressing in on him to listen to God's word, Jesus was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.

Verse ConceptsListeningPopularityPopularity Of ChristCrowds Around JesusPressingHearing God's Wordlakes

Simon answered and said, “Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing, but I will do as You say and let down the nets.”

Verse ConceptsNothingFishingActing All NightFishSuccess And Hard Work

And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.

Verse ConceptsGod, Power OfPower, God's SavingVillagesPower Of Christ, ShownThe Power Of GodChrist TeachingJesus HealingPharisees Concerned About ChristAtmosphereThe power of Christ

Jesus said to them, "I want to ask you, Is it allowable on the Sabbath to do people good or to do them harm? to save life or to destroy it?"

Verse ConceptsLaw, Jesus Christ's Attitude ToKept Alive By MenChrist EnquiringDo Good!Do Not MurderDoing GoodPeople Actually Doing EvilThe Sabbath And Christ

Give to everyone who asks you, and from one who takes your things, don’t ask for them back.

Verse ConceptsBeggarsInterestRobbing PeopleGivingPropertyGiving Without Expecting ReturnGiving Back

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

Verse ConceptsJews, TheMasters Duties Towards ServantsArmies, RomanTelling Of JesusServant Leadership

So the men came to Jesus and said, “John the Baptist sent us to You to ask, ‘Are You the Expected One (the Messiah), or should we look for someone else?’”

Verse ConceptsDifferent PersonWho Is Jesus?

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?

Verse ConceptsCrowdsReedsFicklenessThings ShakingTemporary Stay In The Wilderness

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

Verse ConceptsAddressing Someone

but they who sat at table with him, began to ask one another, who is this, that pretends even to forgive sins?

Verse ConceptsReclining To EatWho Is Jesus?Christ ForgivingWho Can Forgive Sins?forgiving othersGod's ForgivenessLove And Forgivenessforgiving

The disciples proceeded to ask Him what this parable meant.

Verse ConceptsQuestioning ChristMeaningThe Disciples Words

And it chanced on the next day, as they came down from the hill, much people came and met him.

Verse ConceptsThe Attractiveness Of ChristCrowds SeekingThe Next DayMan Going Down

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,

Verse ConceptsQuestioning ChristOpposition To Christ From ScribesPharisees Concerned About ChristSchoolpharisees

And he began to ask himself 'What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?

Verse ConceptsWorldly DilemmasStores Of FoodNo Room

And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows;

Verse ConceptsAccording To His WillSin, Nature OfSins Of OmissionKnowing God's WillKnowing FactsStrictnessDoing The Right ThingservanthoodNot Serving God

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

Verse ConceptsAttorneyJesus HealingPharisees Concerned About ChristThe Sabbath And Christ

They all with one accord began to ask to be excused. The first man said to the servant 'I have bought a field and am obliged to go and look at it. I must ask you to consider me excused.'

Verse ConceptsComplacencyBuying and sellingLove, Abuse OfReal EstateGuest Rooms

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

Verse ConceptsenvoyFar From One

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

Verse ConceptsAsking

I tell you this man went home approv'd as just, and not the other. for whoever exalteth himself shall be humbled, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

Verse ConceptsHumilityPromotionIndividuals going homeHumbling Oneself

And he was seeking to see Jesus--who he was--and he was not able to as a result of the crowd, because he was short in stature.

Verse ConceptsSeeking ChristShort PeopleCrowds SeekingThe First Sight Of ChristDisadvantages Of CrowdsWho Is Jesus?Motivationluckseekingtrying

On one of the days, as Jesus was instructing the people in the temple [area] and preaching the good news (gospel), the chief priests and the scribes along with the elders confronted Him,

Verse ConceptsTeachingThe Gospel PreachedChrist TeachingOpposition To Christ From Scribesevangelizingevangelising

"At harvest-time he sent a slave to the vine-dressers, to ask them to give him a share of the crop; but the vine-dresser beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TalentsEmpty Handed

and say to the man of the house, our master sent to ask for a room, where he may eat the passover with his disciples.

Verse ConceptsGuestsOther References To The DisciplesWhere Are Things?Private RoomsGuest Rooms

the son of man indeed must die, as it was decreed: but wo to that man by whom he is betrayed.

Verse ConceptsFate Of IndividualsBetrayalNecessityWoeJudas Betraying ChristWoe To The Wicked

and covering Him, they continued to ask saying, Prophesy, who is the one smiting thee.

Verse ConceptsBeating JesusWho Is The Doer?BlindingJesus The ProphetOther BlindingProphesy!

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.

Verse ConceptsHumiliationHanding Over ChristJudged As MurderersPeople Set Free By PeopleThe Will Of MenSurrenderactingjailcrucifixion

Then Jesus said to him, "Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise [Note: This is a place in God's presence, referred to as "the third heaven" (II Cor. 12:2-4), and where overcomers will be able to eat from "the tree of life" (Rev. 2:7)]."

Verse ConceptsDeath, Of BelieversFutureGarden Of Eden, Theeternal life, experience ofLand, Spiritual Aspects OfParadiseRest, EternalConsciousness Following DeathDeath Of The Saints, Examples OfReceived OutcastsChrist Telling The TruthTodayChrist With People In SpiritTaken To HeavenConsciousness After DeathIntermediate StateThe Crossthieves

then they went home, and provided spices and perfumes: after which they rested the sabbath-day, as the law appointed.

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalLord's Day, TheOintment

he having heard that Jesus has come out of Judea into Galilee, came away to Him, and continued to ask Him that He may come down and heal his son; for He was about to die.

Verse ConceptsBeggarsNearness Of DeathDeath Looms NearFamily Death

But as they continued to ask Him, He lifted Himself up and said to them, He who is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone at her.

Verse ConceptsMercy, Examples OfShrewdnessAcknowledge, SinUncharitablenessAbusive ParentsThrowing StonesQuestioning ChristFirst OnesInstructions About Stoning

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

Verse ConceptsMisunderstood TruthInstructions About FollowingUnable To Do Other Things

They answered, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you are [truly] Abraham’s children, then do the works of Abraham and follow his example.

Verse ConceptsAbrahamAbraham, Family And DescendantsImitating Good PeopleDescendants ofRaising Childrenfatherhoodrehabilitation

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."

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

Verse ConceptsLordship, Human And DivineSeeking ChristThe First Sight Of Christ

Simon Peter makes a sign therefore to him to ask who it might be of whom he spoke.

Verse ConceptsWho Is The One?

but so that the world may know [without any doubt] that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father has commanded Me [and act in full agreement with Him]. Get up, let us go from here.

Verse ConceptsJesus Christ, Relation To FatherGet Up!Interaction Of Father And SonLove Between Father And SonWe ObeyFathers Love

Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye inquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?

Verse ConceptsA Short TimeSeeing The Risen ChristNot Seeing ChristQuestioning ChristChrist Knowing About PeopleChrist's Short LifeShort Time Till The End

In that day you will not [need to] ask Me about anything. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name [as My representative], He will give you.

Verse ConceptsAnswered PromisesNot Asking OthersChrist Telling The TruthCalling In Christ's NameTruly TrulyThe FatherGod Answers PrayerAccess to God

At that time you will make your requests in my name; and I do not promise to ask the Father on your behalf,

Verse ConceptsCalling In Christ's NameJesus PrayingThe FatherFathers LoveA New Day

Now we know that you know everything and do not {need for} anyone to ask you [questions]. By this we believe that you have come from God."

Verse ConceptsKnowing God, Nature OfJesus Christ, Omniscience OfNot Asking OthersChrist Knowing All ThingsChrist's OriginThose Who Believed In Christ

This led the girl, the portress, to ask Peter, "Are you also one of this man's disciples?" "No, I am not," he replied.

Verse ConceptsDoorkeepersOther References To The Disciples

Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” None of the disciples dared to ask Him, “Who are You?” They knew [without any doubt] that it was the Lord.

Verse ConceptsDocetismInvitationsMealsBreakfastPeople EatingNot Asking OthersWho Is Jesus?Losing CouragecookingJesus Eating

[One day, as He was] gathered with these apostles, He urged them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there until they received what the Father had promised them. (Jesus had previously discussed this with them). [See Luke 24:49].

Verse ConceptsBaptism Of The Holy SpiritGiftsThe Holy Spirit Described As God's GiftChrist's OrdersThe Father