And he said to the servants of Pharaoh who were in prison with him, Why are you looking so sad?

Then Esther sent for Hathach, one of the king's unsexed servants whom he had given her for waiting on her, and she gave him orders to go to Mordecai and see what this was and why it was.

When they were near the house of Micah, hearing a voice which was not strange to them, that of the young Levite, they went out of their road to his place, and said to him, How did you come here? and what are you doing in this place? and why are you here?

And the king said, Make search and see whose son this young man is.

And he got together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, questioning them as to where the birth-place of the Christ would be.

And they made signs to his father, to say what name was to be given to him.

And if anyone says to you, Why are you taking him? say, The Lord has need of him.

So he put a question to them as to the hour when he became better; and they said to him, The disease went from him yesterday at the seventh hour.

And Pilate was surprised that he was dead; and, sending for the captain, he put a question to see if he had been dead for long.

Now while Peter was in doubt as to the purpose of this vision, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made search for Simon's house, came to the door,

To see if Simon, named Peter, was living there.

And the chief took him by the hand and, going on one side, said to him privately, What is it you have to say to me

After their destruction take care that you do not go in their ways, and that you do not give thought to their gods, saying, How did these nations give worship to their gods? I will do as they did.

That Hanani, one of my brothers, came with certain men from Judah; and in answer to my request for news of the Jews who had been prisoners and had got away, and of Jerusalem,

They will be questioning about the way to Zion, with their faces turned in its direction, saying, Come, and be united to the Lord in an eternal agreement which will be kept in mind for ever.

And when he was questioned by the men of the place about his wife, he said, She is my sister; fearing to say, She is my wife; for, he said, the men of the place may put me to death on account of Rebekah; because she is very beautiful.

And they said, The man put a number of questions to us about ourselves and our family, saying, Is your father still living? have you another brother? And we had to give him answers; how were we to have any idea that he would say, Come back with your brother?

My lord said to his servants, Have you a father or a brother?

Now when Pharaoh sends for you and says, What is your business?