'Asking' in the Bible

"Keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened for you.

Because everyone who keeps asking will receive, and the person who keeps searching will find, and the person who keeps knocking will have the door opened.

So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who keep on asking him!

Someone told him, "Look! Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, asking to speak to you."

Jesus replied, "You don't realize what you're asking. Can you drink from the cup that I'm going to drink from?" They told him, "We can."

When he came into Jerusalem, the whole city was trembling with excitement. The people were asking, "Who is this?"

One of them, an expert in the Law, tested him by asking,