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

The chief priests and the elders, however, persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to execute Jesus.

But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him.

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

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

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?’”

But they did not understand this statement; it was concealed from them so that they could not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.

One day as He was teaching the people in the temple complex and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and the scribes, with the elders, came up

And they no longer dared to ask Him anything.

This is John’s testimony when the Jews from Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”

The next day, as they were traveling and nearing the city, Peter went up to pray on the housetop about noon.

“The Jews,” he said, “have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the Sanhedrin tomorrow, as though they are going to hold a somewhat more careful inquiry about him.

Each person should do as he has decided in his heart—not reluctantly or out of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver.

He doesn’t need to offer sacrifices every day, as high priests do—first for their own sins, then for those of the people. He did this once for all when He offered Himself.