'Ask' in the Bible

Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil, to save a life or to destroy it?"

Give to everyone who asks you, and do not ask for your possessions back from the person who takes them away.

and sent them to Jesus to ask, "Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?"

When the men came to Jesus, they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask, 'Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?'"

But they did not understand this statement; its meaning had been concealed from them, so that they could not grasp it. Yet they were afraid to ask him about this statement.

He said to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.

"So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"

So if Satan too is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? I ask you this because you claim that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.

When he went out from there, the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly, and to ask him hostile questions about many things,

If he cannot succeed, he will send a representative while the other is still a long way off and ask for terms of peace.

He answered them, "I will also ask you a question, and you tell me:

For they did not dare any longer to ask him anything.

and if I ask you, you will not answer.