'Ask' in the Bible

When his daughter Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests. The king said to the girl, "Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you."

He swore to her, "Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom."

So she went out and said to her mother, "What should I ask for?" Her mother said, "The head of John the baptizer."

And wherever he would go -- into villages, towns, or countryside -- they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

But they did not understand this statement and were afraid to ask him.

Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him and said, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask."

For this reason I tell you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question. Answer me and I will tell you by what authority I do these things:

Then the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to release a prisoner for them, as was his custom.