'Ask' in the Bible
'Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;
Or what man is of you, of whom, if his son may ask a loaf -- a stone will he present to him?
and if a fish he may ask -- a serpent will he present to him?
whereupon with an oath he professed to give her whatever she might ask.
Again, I say to you, that, if two of you may agree on the earth concerning anything, whatever they may ask -- it shall be done to them from my Father who is in the heavens,
And Jesus answering said, 'Ye have not known what ye ask for yourselves; are ye able to drink of the cup that I am about to drink? and with the baptism that I am baptized with, to be baptized?' They say to him, 'We are able.'
and all -- as much as ye may ask in the prayer, believing, ye shall receive.'
And Jesus answering said to them, 'I will ask you -- I also -- one word, which if ye may tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things;
And the chief priests and the elders did persuade the multitudes that they might ask for themselves Barabbas, and might destroy Jesus;
And when he was alone, those about him, with the twelve, did ask him of the simile,
and the daughter of that Herodias having come in, and having danced, and having pleased Herod and those reclining (at meat) with him, the king said to the damsel, 'Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will give to thee,'
and he sware to her -- 'Whatever thou mayest ask me, I will give to thee -- unto the half of my kingdom.'
And she, having gone forth, said to her mother, 'What shall I ask for myself?' and she said, 'The head of John the Baptist;'
And there come near to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying, 'Teacher, we wish that whatever we may ask for ourselves, thou mayest do for us;'
and Jesus said to them, 'Ye have not known what ye ask; are ye able to drink of the cup that I drink of, and with the baptism that I am baptized with -- to be baptized?'
Because of this I say to you, all whatever -- praying -- ye do ask, believe that ye receive, and it shall be to you.
And the multitude having cried out, began to ask for themselves as he was always doing to them,
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,
And they were not knowing this saying, and it was veiled from them, that they might not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.
and I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;
And of which of you -- the father -- if the son shall ask a loaf, a stone will he present to him? and if a fish, will he instead of a fish, a serpent present to him?
and if he may ask an egg, will he present to him a scorpion?
and he who, not having known, and having done things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few; and to every one to whom much was given, much shall be required from him; and to whom they did commit much, more abundantly they will ask of him.
and if not so -- he being yet a long way off -- having sent an embassy, he doth ask the things for peace.
And the Lord said, 'Simon, Simon, lo, the Adversary did ask you for himself to sift as the wheat,
the Samaritan woman therefore saith to him, 'How dost thou, being a Jew, ask drink from me, being a Samaritan woman?' for Jews have no dealing with Samaritans.
and how he now seeth, we have not known; or who opened his eyes, we have not known; himself is of age, ask him; he himself shall speak concerning himself.'
because of this his parents said -- 'He is of age, ask him.'
but even now, I have known that whatever thou mayest ask of God, God will give to thee;'
and whatever ye may ask in my name, I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son;
and I will ask the Father, and another Comforter He will give to you, that he may remain with you -- to the age;
if ye may remain in me, and my sayings in you may remain, whatever ye may wish ye shall ask, and it shall be done to you.
'Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and did appoint you, that ye might go away, and might bear fruit, and your fruit might remain, that whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, He may give you.
and now I go away to Him who sent me, and none of you doth ask me, Whither dost thou go?
Jesus, therefore, knew that they were wishing to ask him, and he said to them, 'Concerning this do ye seek one with another, because I said, A little while, and you do not behold me, and again a little while, and ye shall see me?
and in that day ye will question me nothing; verily, verily, I say to you, as many things as ye may ask of the Father in my name, He will give you;
till now ye did ask nothing in my name; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
'In that day, in my name ye will make request, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father for you,
'I ask in regard to them; not in regard to the world do I ask, but in regard to those whom Thou hast given to me, because Thine they are,
I do not ask that Thou mayest take them out of the world, but that Thou mayest keep them out of the evil.
'And not in regard to these alone do I ask, but also in regard to those who shall be believing, through their word, in me;
And after these things did Joseph of Arimathea -- being a disciple of Jesus, but concealed, through the fear of the Jews -- ask of Pilate, that he may take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave leave; he came, therefore, and took away the body of Jesus,
and a certain man, being lame from the womb of his mother, was being carried, whom they were laying every day at the gate of the temple, called Beautiful, to ask a kindness from those entering into the temple,
did ask from him letters to Damascus, unto the synagogues, that if he may find any being of the way, both men and women, he may bring them bound to Jerusalem.
therefore also without gainsaying I came, having been sent for; I ask, therefore, for what matter ye did send for me?'
and no cause of death having found, they did ask of Pilate that he should be slain,
Since also Jews ask a sign, and Greeks seek wisdom,
wherefore, I ask you not to faint in my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,
and I ask also thee, genuine yoke-fellow, be assisting those women who in the good news did strive along with me, with Clement also, and the others, my fellow-workers, whose names are in the book of life.
And we ask you, brethren, to know those labouring among you, and leading you in the Lord, and admonishing you,
And we ask you, brethren, in regard to the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of our gathering together unto him,
and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;
and let him ask in faith, nothing doubting, for he who is doubting hath been like a wave of the sea, driven by wind and tossed,
ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend it.
and whatever we may ask, we receive from Him, because His commands we keep, and the things pleasing before Him we do,
And this is the boldness that we have toward Him, that if anything we may ask according to his will, He doth hear us,
and if we have known that He doth hear us, whatever we may ask, we have known that we have the requests that we have requested from Him.
If any one may see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and He shall give to him life to those sinning not unto death; there is sin to death, not concerning it do I speak that he may beseech;