'Ask' in the Bible

So 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 to you.

Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone?

Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he?

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!

“Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in heaven.

And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

Jesus said to them, “I will also ask you one thing, which if you tell Me, I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.

No one was able to answer Him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him another question.

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