'Ask' in the Bible

And having risen out of the synagogue, he entered into the house of Simon, and the mother-in-law of Simon was pressed with a great fever, and they did ask him about her,

This led the Pharisees and Scribes of their party to expostulate with His disciples and ask, "Why are you eating and drinking with these tax-gatherers and notorious sinners?"

Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?

Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.

When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him to ask him to come and save his servant's life.

and sent them to the Lord to ask, "Are you the Coming One, or should we wait for someone else?"

When the men reached Him, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to ask You, ‘Are You the One who is to come, or should we look for someone else?’”

When John's messengers had gone, Jesus began to ask the crowds about John. "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

Jesus told him, "Simon, I have something to ask you." "Teacher," he replied, "ask it."

Then his disciples began to ask him what this parable meant.

But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.

So he instructed them, "The harvest is vast, but the workers are few. So ask the Lord of the harvest to send workers out into his harvest.

But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me."

And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that 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,

But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

This led Jesus to ask the lawyers and Pharisees, "Is it allowable to cure people on the Sabbath?"

But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;

“But without exception they all began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. I ask you to excuse me.’

“Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m going to try them out. I ask you to excuse me.’

If he can't, he will send a delegation to ask for terms of peace while the other king is still far away.

So he summoned one of the servants and began asking what this [celebration] meant.

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

And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.

And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me:

They discussed this among themselves: "If we say, "From heaven,' he will ask, "Then why didn't you believe him?'

And after that they durst not ask him any question at all.

And the Lord said, 'Simon, Simon, lo, the Adversary did ask you for himself to sift as the wheat,

And if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go.

And he released the man they were asking for who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, but he handed over Jesus to their will.