Abraham was the father of Isaac; Isaac was the father of Jacob; Jacob, of Judah and his brethren;

"Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

"Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

"If you then, evil as you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him?

"I tell you that many will come from the east and from the west, and sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

But when John heard, in the prison, what the Christ was doing, he sent by some of his disciples to ask him,

"Why do you ask me about what is good?" asked Jesus. "There is but One who is good. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."

"and everything that you ask for in your prayers you shall have, if you believe."

"If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?' But if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the crowd, for they all regard John as a prophet."

"I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living."

No one could answer him a word, nor did any one dare from that day to ask him another question.

In deep distress they began to ask him, each in turn, "It is not I, is it, Master?"

But the chief priests and the elders urged the crowds to ask for Barabbas, and to destroy Jesus.

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?"

at which the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced. She charmed Herod and his guests. "Ask me whatever you want," said the king to the young girl, "and I will give it to you."

So she came out and said to her mother, "What shall I ask for?" "The head of John the Baptist," she replied.

But they did not understand his words, and were afraid to ask him the meaning.

Presently there came up to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, and said, "Teacher, we wish you would do for us whatever we ask you."

That is why I am telling you that whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it shall be yours.

Then they began arguing with one another. "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask, 'Why then did you not believe him?"

But in regard to the rising again of the dead, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, "I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

there came Joseph of Arimathea, a Councilor, honorable in rank, who was himself also looking for the kingdom of God. He boldly went in to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.

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

son of Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham, son of Terah, son of Nahor,

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."

So he rose and stood. Then Jesus said to them. "I ask you whether it is lawful on the Sabbath Day to do good or to do harm? To save a life or to destroy it?"

So when the captain heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to ask him to come and save his slave.

So the men came to Jesus and said, "John the Baptist has sent us to ask you if you are the coming one, or if we are to expect another."

But they did not understand this saying; it was hidden from them so that they perceived it not, and they were sore afraid to ask him about his saying.

"So I say to you. "Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you.

"If you give good gifts to your children, how much more shall the Father who is in heaven give the Holy spirit to those that ask him!"

"but he who did not know, but did things worthy of a beating, will receive few lashes. To whom much has been given, from him much will be required, and to whom much is entrusted, of him they will ask the more.

"'depart from me, all of you, you evil-doers.' There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves cast out.

"If he cannot, while the other king is yet a great way off, he sends an embassy to ask conditions of peace.

"I will also ask you a question," he replied.

So they reasoned among themselves. "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why did you not believe in him?'

"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.

"But that the dead are raised, even Moses clearly implied in the passage about the Bush, when he calls the Lord. "The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob.

for they no longer dared to ask him any questions.

They would blindfold him and ask him. "Prophesy! Tell who struck you!"

"And if I ask you, you will not answer.

Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent some priests and Levites to him from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"

"How is it," answered the Samaritan woman, "that you who are a Jew ask a drink from me, a woman, and a Samaritan?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

so the Pharisees again began to ask him questions about how he had regained his sight; and he said to them, "He put clay on my eyes, and I washed them, and now I see."

"but how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who has opened his eyes. Ask him, himself. He is of age. He will speak for himself."

It was because this that his parents said: "He is of age. Ask him, himself."

but even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you."

So Simon Peter beckoned to him, saying, "Ask who it is about whom he is speaking."

"And whatever' you ask in my name I will do; that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

"If you ask anything in my name, I will do it.

"If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask whatever your will is, and it shall be yours.

"You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

Jesus perceived that they wanted to ask him, and said: "Are you questioning one another about my saying, 'A little while and you shall behold me no more, and again a little while you shall see me'?

And in that day you will ask me no questions. "Most solemnly I tell you that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you.

Hitherto you have asked nothing in my name; ask, and you shall receive, that your joy may be full.

In that day you shall pray in my name; and I do not tell you that I will ask the Father on your behalf;

"Why do you question me? Ask those who heard what I have said to them; these witnesses here know what I said."

"Come and have breakfast," said Jesus to them. Not one of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" Knowing that it was the Lord.

So, when they came together, they began to ask him, "Master, are you at this time about to restore the kingdom of Israel?"

when a man lame from his birth was carried along, who was wont to be laid each day near the gate of the Temple called the Beautiful Gate, to ask alms of those who were going into the Temple.

"The God of Abram, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you betrayed and disowned before Pilate, when he had decided to let him go;

"Then he gave him a covenant of circumcision, and under this covenant he became the father of Isaac, whom he circumcised on the eighth day, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve Patriarchs.

"I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. "And Moses trembled and dared not gaze.

"I ask therefore why you sent for me."

"Now do you and the Sanhedrin ask the tribune to bring him down to you, as though you would judge his case more exactly; and we are ready to kill him, before he comes near the place."

"The Jews," he answered, "have agreed to ask you to bring down Paul tomorrow to the Sanhedrin, as though they wish to examine his case in detail.

they are not all children of Abraham because they are Abraham's descendants. The promise was, In Isaac shall thy posterity be called.

And not only so, but when Rebecca was pregnant by our forefather Isaac, though one man was the father of both children,

But I ask, Did they fail to hear? Yes, truly, Their sound has gone out unto all the earth, And their words unto the ends of the world.

Then I ask, Did God cast off his people? No indeed. For I also am an Israelite, a son of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin.

I ask then, "Have they stumbled so as to fall?" No indeed; but by their lapse salvation has come unto Gentiles, "to provoke Israel to jealousy."

Jews continue to ask for miracles and Greeks are ever wanting philosophy,

And if they want to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is shameful for a women to speak in church."

But some one will ask. "How are the dead raised? and with what body are they coming?"

So I have thought that I must ask these brothers to visit you beforehand, and get your promised contribution ready in advance. I want it to be given of your bounty, not extorted from your covetousness.

But you, brothers, are like Isaac, children of the promise;

Now unto him who, according to his might that is at work within us, is able to do infinitely more than all we ask or even think,

I ask that you may give thanks to the Father who has made us fit to receive our share of the heritage of the saints in the light.

It was by faith that he sojourned in the promised land as an alien, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, his fellow heirs of the same promise.

By faith Abraham, when he was put to the test, was on the point of offering up Isaac; yes, he who had received the promise was about to offer up his only son,

of whom it had been said, It is through Isaac that your posterity will be traced.

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come.

I the more earnestly ask for your prayers, that I may be the more speedily restored to you.

If any one of you is lacking in wisdom, let him ask it from the God who gives to all men freely and without upbraiding; and it will be given to him.

But let him ask in faith, without wavering; for he who wavers is like a surge of the sea, wind-driven and tossed.

Was not Abraham our ancestor justified by deeds, in that he offered up Isaac, his son, upon the altar?

You continually crave and do not obtain; you are killing and coveting and cannot acquire; you are fighting and at war. You do not have, because you do not ask.

You continue to ask and do not receive, because you are asking with a wrong purpose, in order to spend it upon your pleasures.

and whatever we ask we are receiving from him, because we are keeping his commandments and doing those things that are pleasing in his sight.

Now the confidence which we have in him is this, that he listens to us whenever we ask anything that is in accordance with his will.

If any one sees his brother committing a sin that is not deadly, he shall ask, and God will give him life, for any one who is not committing a deadly sin. There is a deadly sin; concerning that I do not say that he should pray.