'Ask' in the Bible
Be not 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, who, if his son shall ask him for a loaf, will give him a stone;
or if he shall ask for a fish, will give him a serpent?
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she should ask.
Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father who is in heaven.
But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I am about to drink? 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 question, which if ye tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
And no one was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.