'Ask' in the Bible

Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

"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 your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!

Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest."

Now when John heard in prison about the deeds Christ had done, he sent his disciples to ask a question:

Again, I tell you the truth, if two of you on earth agree about whatever you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you.

He said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."

And whatever you ask in prayer, if you believe, you will receive."

Jesus answered them, "I will also ask you one question. If you answer me then I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed.

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.

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.

Now this was John's testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"

So the Samaritan woman said to him, "How can you -- a Jew -- ask me, a Samaritan woman, for water to drink?" (For Jews use nothing in common with Samaritans.)

But we do not know how he is now able to see, nor do we know who caused him to see. Ask him, he is a mature adult. He will speak for himself."

For this reason his parents said, "He is a mature adult, ask him.")

But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will grant you."

So Simon Peter gestured to this disciple to ask Jesus who it was he was referring to.

And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.

Then I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you forever --

If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want, and it will be done for you.

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that remains, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.

Jesus could see that they wanted to ask him about these things, so he said to them, "Are you asking each other about this -- that I said, 'In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me'?

At that time you will ask me nothing. I tell you the solemn truth, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.

Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive it, so that your joy may be complete.

At that time you will ask in my name, and I do not say that I will ask the Father on your behalf.

Now we know that you know everything and do not need anyone to ask you anything. Because of this we believe that you have come from God."

Why do you ask me? Ask those who heard what I said. They know what I said."

"Come, have breakfast," Jesus said. But none of the disciples dared to ask him, "Who are you?" because they knew it was the Lord.

So when they had gathered together, they began to ask him, "Lord, is this the time when you are restoring the kingdom to Israel?"

and they recognized him as the man who used to sit and ask for donations at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with astonishment and amazement at what had happened to him.

They called out to ask if Simon, known as Peter, was staying there as a guest.

Therefore when you sent for me, I came without any objection. Now may I ask why you sent for me?"

He replied, "The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as if they were going to inquire more thoroughly about him.

because you are especially familiar with all the customs and controversial issues of the Jews. Therefore I ask you to listen to me patiently.

and I always ask in my prayers, if perhaps now at last I may succeed in visiting you according to the will of God.

But I ask, have they not heard? Yes, they have: Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.

But again I ask, didn't Israel understand? First Moses says, "I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; with a senseless nation I will provoke you to anger."

And Isaiah is even bold enough to say, "I was found by those who did not seek me; I became well known to those who did not ask for me."

So I ask, God has not rejected his people, has he? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

I ask then, they did not stumble into an irrevocable fall, did they? Absolutely not! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make Israel jealous.

For Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks ask for wisdom,

If they want to find out about something, they should ask their husbands at home, because it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in church.

now I ask that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence that (I expect) I will dare to use against some who consider us to be behaving according to human standards.

to reveal his Son in me so that I could preach him among the Gentiles, I did not go to ask advice from any human being,

For this reason I ask you not to lose heart because of what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.

Now to him who by the power that is working within us is able to do far beyond all that we ask or think,

Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God (as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more.

Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who labor among you and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you,

Now regarding the arrival of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to be with him, we ask you, brothers and sisters,

I especially ask you to pray that I may be restored to you very soon.

But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.

But he must ask in faith without doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed around by the wind.

You desire and you do not have; you murder and envy and you cannot obtain; you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask;

you ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so you can spend it on your passions.

and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing to him.

And this is the confidence that we have before him: that whenever we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

And if we know that he hears us in regard to whatever we ask, then we know that we have the requests that we have asked from him.

If anyone sees his fellow Christian committing a sin not resulting in death, he should ask, and God will grant life to the person who commits a sin not resulting in death. There is a sin resulting in death. I do not say that he should ask about that.

But now I ask you, lady (not as if I were writing a new commandment to you, but the one we have had from the beginning), that we love one another.