'Asked' in the Bible

“How can I know this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “For I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”

Mary asked the angel, “How can this be, since I have not been intimate with a man?”

They asked his father by signs what he wished him to be called.

And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.

Everyone who heard about it kept thinking what had happened and asked, "What will this child become?" because it was obvious that the hand of the Lord was with him.

When Jesus' parents saw him, they were shocked. His mother asked him, "Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been worried sick looking for you!"

“Why were you searching for Me?” He asked them. “Didn’t you know that I had to be in My Father’s house?”

And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?

Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they asked him, “Teacher, what should we do?”

And persons engaged in military service also asked him saying, And we, what should we do? And he said to them, Oppress no one, nor accuse falsely, and be satisfied with your pay.

And they all spoke well of Him, wondering at the sweet words of kindness which fell from His lips, while they asked one another, "Is not this Joseph's son?"

All were astonished and awe-struck; and they asked one another, "What sort of language is this? For with authority and real power He gives orders to the foul spirits and they come out."

After He left the synagogue, He entered Simon’s house. Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Him about her.

He got into one of the boats, which belonged to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from the land. Then He sat down and was teaching the crowds from the boat.

Because Jesus knew that they were arguing, he asked them, "Why are you arguing about this among yourselves?

Some of the Pharisees asked, "Why are you doing what isn't lawful on Sabbath days?"

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?"

He also spoke to them in figurative language. "Can a blind man lead a blind man?" He asked; "would not both fall into the ditch?

so John called two of his disciples and sent them to the Lord. "Are you the Coming One?" he asked, "or is there another that we are to expect?"

Now one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went into the Pharisee's house and took his place at the table.

And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?

Then he asked the disciples, "Where's your faith?" Frightened and amazed, they asked one another, "Who is this man? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him!"

And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.

Then all the people of the Gerasene region asked Him to leave them, because they were gripped by great fear. So getting into the boat, He returned.

But the man from whom the demons had gone out earnestly asked permission to go with Him; but He sent him away.

“Who touched Me?” Jesus asked.When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the crowds are hemming You in and pressing against You.”

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and He looked up to heaven [and gave thanks] and blessed them, and broke them and kept giving them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am?

“But you,” He asked them, “who do you say that I am?”Peter answered, “God’s Messiah!”

When his disciples James and John observed this rejection, they asked, "Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?"

Just then an expert in the Law stood up to test Jesus. He asked, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

“What is written in the law?” He asked him. “How do you read it?”

But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

But Martha was distracted by her many tasks, and she came up and asked, “Lord, don’t You care that my sister has left me to serve alone? So tell her to give me a hand.”

Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?

Or if he is asked for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he?

Others, to put Him to the test, asked Him for a sign in the sky.

As He was speaking, a Pharisee asked Him to dine with him. So He went in and reclined at the table.

But Jesus asked him, "Mister, who appointed me to be a judge or arbitrator over you people?"

“Lord,” Peter asked, “are You telling this parable to us or to everyone?”

That servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or do what his master asked will receive a severe beating.

But the one who did not know his master's will and did things worthy of punishment will receive a light beating. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required, and from the one who has been entrusted with much, even more will be asked.

He asked them, "Do you think that these Galileans were more sinful than all the other Galileans because they suffered like this?

Thus Jesus asked, "What is the kingdom of God like? To what should I compare it?

“Lord,” someone asked Him, “are there few being saved?”He said to them,

In response, Jesus asked the law experts and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”

Then he asked them, "If your son or ox falls into a well on the Sabbath day, you would pull him out immediately, wouldn't you?"

"When any one invites you to a wedding banquet, do not take the best seat, lest perhaps some more honoured guest than you may have been asked,

So in figurative language He asked them,

And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.

So he called the manager in and asked, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you can no longer be my manager.’

“So he summoned each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first one.

“Next he asked another, ‘How much do you owe?’“‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he said.“‘Take your invoice,’ he told him, ‘and write 80.’

Jesus asked, "Ten men were made clean, weren't they? Where are the other nine?

Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God will come, He answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming with something observable;

“Where, Lord?” they asked Him.He said to them, “Where the corpse is, there also the vultures will be gathered.”

And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

“Why do you call Me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good but One—God.

Those who heard this asked, “Then who can be saved?”

And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.

And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him,

While they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, "Why are you untying the colt?"

and asked him, "Tell us: By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

But Jesus looked at them and asked, "What does this text mean: "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone'?

And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly:

Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,

and asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no child, the man should marry the widow and have children for his brother.

Then he asked them, "How can people say that the Messiah is David's son?

And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?

“Where do You want us to prepare it?” they asked Him.

“Simon, Simon, look out! Satan has asked to sift you like wheat.

Then Jesus asked his disciples, "When I sent you out without a wallet, traveling bag, or sandals, you didn't lack anything, did you?" They replied, "Nothing at all."

“Why are you sleeping?” He asked them. “Get up and pray, so that you won’t enter into temptation.”

But Jesus asked him, "Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?"

When those around Him saw what was going to happen, they asked, “Lord, should we strike with the sword?”

And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?

As soon as it was day, the whole body of the Elders, both High Priests and Scribes, assembled. Then He was brought into their Sanhedrin, and they asked Him,

They all asked, “Are You, then, the Son of God?”And He said to them, “You say that I am.”

"Why do we need any more testimony?" they asked. "We have heard it ourselves from his own mouth!"

And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it.

When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean.

And he questioned Him at some length, but Jesus made no reply.

And Pilate gave sentence that what they asked for should be done.

And he released him that for insurrection and murder had been cast into prison, whom they asked for; but Jesus he delivered up to their will.

He approached Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body.

So the women were terrified and bowed down to the ground.“Why are you looking for the living among the dead?” asked the men.

Then He asked them, “What is this dispute that you’re having with each other as you are walking?” And they stopped walking and looked discouraged.

“What things?” He asked them.So they said to Him, “The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a Prophet powerful in action and speech before God and all the people,

And it happened that as He reclined at the table with them, He took the bread and blessed it, and breaking it, He began giving it to them.

Then they asked each other, "Our hearts kept burning within us as he was talking to us on the road and explaining the Scriptures to us, didn't they?"

“Why are you troubled?” He asked them. “And why do doubts arise in your hearts?

But while they still were amazed and unbelieving because of their joy, He asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”