'Ask' in the Bible

Therefore do not be like them, for your Father knows {what you need} before you ask him.

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened for you.

Or what man is [there] among you, [if] his son will ask him [for] bread, will give him a stone?

Or also [if] he will ask for a fish, will give him a snake?

Therefore if you, [although you] are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him?

Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest that he send out workers into his harvest."

Again, truly I say to you that if two of you agree on earth about any matter that they ask, it will be done for them from my Father [who is] in heaven.

And whatever you ask in prayer, [if you] believe, you will receive."

And Jesus answered [and] said to them, "I also will ask you one question. If you tell [the answer] to me, I also will tell you by what authority I am doing these [things].

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

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds that they should ask for Barabbas and put Jesus to death.

And [when] the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced and pleased Herod and {his dinner guests}, the king said to the girl, "Ask me [for] whatever you want, and I will give [it] to you."

And he swore to her, "Anything whatever you ask me for I will give you, up to half my kingdom!"

And she went out [and] said to her mother, "What should I ask for?" And she said, "The head of John the baptizer."

But they did not understand the statement, and they were afraid to ask him.

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

And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to him [and] said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask you."

For this [reason] I say to you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received [it], and it will be [done] for you.

So Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question. Answer me and I will tell you by what authority I am doing these [things].

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

And the crowd came up [and] began to ask him to do as he customarily did for them.

And Jesus said to them, "I ask you whether it is permitted on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save a life or to destroy [it]?"

Give to everyone who asks you, and from the one who takes away your things, do not ask for [them back].

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

And he said to them, "The harvest [is] plentiful, but the workers [are] few. Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest that he send out workers into his harvest.

And I tell you, ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened for you.

But what father from among you, [if his] son will ask for a fish, instead of a fish will give him a snake?

Or also, [if] he will ask for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

Therefore if you, [although you] are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"

But the one who did not know and did [things] deserving blows {will be given a light beating}. And from everyone to whom much has been given, much will be demanded, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will ask him [for] even more.

And they all {alike} began to excuse themselves. The first said to him, 'I have purchased a field, and {I must} go out to look at it. I ask you, consider me excused.'

And another said, 'I have purchased five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them. I ask you, consider me excused.'

So he said, 'Then I ask you, father, that you send him to my father's house,

And he answered [and] said to them, "I also will ask you a question, and you tell me:

For they no longer dared to ask him anything.

and if I ask [you], you will never answer!

And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem so that they could ask him, "Who are you?"

So the Samaritan woman said to him, "How do you, being a Jew, ask from me [water] to drink, [since I] am a Samaritan woman?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

But how he now sees we do not know, or who opened his eyes we do not know. Ask him! {He is a mature adult}; he will speak for himself!"

Because of this his parents said, "{He is a mature adult}; ask him.")

Even now I know that whatever you ask God, God will grant you."

And {whatever} you ask in my name, I will do this, in order that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

If you ask me anything in my name, I will do [it].

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, in order that he may be with you {forever}--

If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want and it will be done for you.

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and your fruit should remain, in order that whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.

Jesus knew that they were wanting to ask him, and he said to them, "Are you deliberating with one another about this--that I said, 'A little [while], and you will not see me, and again a little [while] and you will see me'?

And on that day you will ask me nothing. Truly, truly I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you.

Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

On that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf.

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."

I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you protect them from the evil one.

"And I do not ask on behalf of these only, but also on behalf of those who believe in me through their word,

Why are you asking me? Ask those who heard what I have said to them! Behold, these [people] know what I said."

Jesus said to them, "Come, eat breakfast!" But none of the disciples dared to ask him, "Who are you?" [because they] knew that it was the Lord.

And a certain man was being carried who was lame {from birth}. {He} was placed every day at the gate of the temple called "Beautiful," [so that he] could ask for charitable gifts from those who were going into the temple [courts].

And they made them stand in [their] midst [and] began to ask, "By what power or by what name did you do this?"

Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and ask the Lord if perhaps the intent of your heart may be forgiven you!"

And the eunuch answered [and] said to Philip, "I ask you, about whom does the prophet say this--about himself or about someone else?"

Therefore--and without raising any objection--I came [when I] was sent for. So I ask for what reason you sent for me."

But Paul said, "I am a Jewish man from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no unimportant city. Now I ask you, allow me to speak to the people."

And he said, "The Jews have agreed to ask you that you bring Paul down to the Sanhedrin tomorrow, as [if they] were going to inquire somewhat more accurately concerning him.

And Isaiah is very bold and says, "I was found by those who did not seek me; I became known to those who did not ask for me."

For indeed, Jews ask for sign miracles and Greeks seek wisdom,

But if they want to learn something, let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.

now I ask [when I] am present [that I will] not [need] to be bold with the confidence [with] which I propose to show boldness toward some who consider us as behaving according to the flesh.

I ask you, brothers, become like me, because I also [have become] like you. You have done me no [wrong]!

Therefore I ask [you] not to be discouraged at my afflictions on behalf of you, which are your glory.

Now to the one who is able to do beyond all measure more than all that we ask or think, according to the power that is at work in us,

Yes, I ask also you, true yokefellow, help them, who struggled along with me in the gospel with both Clement and the rest of my fellow workers whose names [are] in the book of life.

Finally therefore, brothers, we ask you and appeal to [you] in the Lord Jesus that, just as you have received from us how it is necessary for you to live and to please God, just as indeed you are living, that you progress even more.

Now we ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and rule over you in the Lord and admonish you,

Now we ask you, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our assembling to him,

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask for [it] from God, who gives to all without reservation and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.

But let him ask for [it] in faith, without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed about.

You desire and do not have; you murder and are filled with envy, and are not able to obtain; you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask.

You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, in order that you may spend [it] on your pleasures.

and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do [what is] pleasing {in his sight}.

And this is the confidence that we have before him: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

And if we know that he hears us [in] whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked from him.

If anyone should see his brother sinning a sin not [leading] to death, he should ask, and he will grant life to him, to those who sin not [leading] to death. ([There] is a sin [leading] to death; I do not say that he should ask about that.

And now I ask you, lady (not as [if I were] writing a new commandment to you, but [one] that we have had from the beginning), that we should love one another.