'Ask' in the Bible

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

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 had come to Jesus, they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask, "Are you the Coming One, or should we wait 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 didn't know what this meant. Indeed, the meaning was hidden from them so that they didn't understand it; and they were afraid to ask him about this statement.

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.

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

He answered them, "I, too, will ask you a question. Tell me:

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

Then they no longer dared to ask him another question.

But he told them, "If I tell you, you won't believe me, and if I ask you a question, you won't answer me.