Matt.6.8Do not be them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
Matt.7.7“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
Matt.7.8For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
Matt.7.9Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?
Matt.7.10Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent?
Matt.7.11If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
Matt.12.10And a man was there with a withered hand. And they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”—so that they might accuse him.
Matt.12.46While he was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him.
Matt.14.7so that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask.
Matt.16.1And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
Matt.16.13Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”
Matt.17.10And the disciples asked him, “Then why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?”
Matt.18.19Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.
Matt.19.3And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?”
Matt.19.17And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments.”
Matt.20.20Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came up to him with her sons, and kneeling before him she asked him for something.
Matt.20.22Jesus answered, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?” They said to him, “We are able.”
Matt.21.22And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”
Matt.21.24Jesus answered them, “I also will ask you one question, and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things.
Matt.22.23The same day Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him a question,
Matt.22.35And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him.
Matt.22.41Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,
Matt.22.46And no one was able to answer him a word, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.
Matt.27.11Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus said, “You have said so.”
Matt.27.20Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.
Matt.27.58He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him.
Mark.4.10And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
Mark.5.9And Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He replied, “My name is Legion, for we are many.”
Mark.6.22For when Herodias’s daughter came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests. And the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.”
Mark.6.23And he vowed to her, “Whatever you ask me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom.”
Mark.6.24And she went out and said to her mother, “For what should I ask?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.”
Mark.6.25And she came in immediately with haste to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”
Mark.7.5And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?”
Mark.7.17And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable.
Mark.8.5And he asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven.”
Mark.8.23And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?”
Mark.8.27And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?”
Mark.8.29And he asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Christ.”
Mark.9.11And they asked him, “Why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?”
Mark.9.16And he asked them, “What are you arguing about with them?”
Mark.9.18And whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid. So I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they were not able.”
Mark.9.21And Jesus asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood.
Mark.9.28And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?”
Mark.9.32But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.
Mark.9.33And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?”
Mark.10.2And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
Mark.10.10And in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter.
Mark.10.17And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
Mark.10.35And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.”
Mark.10.38Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?”
Mark.11.24Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Mark.11.29Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question; answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
Mark.12.18And Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection. And they asked him a question, saying,
Mark.12.28And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?”
Mark.12.34And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions.
Mark.13.3And as he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,
Mark.14.60And the high priest stood up in the midst and asked Jesus, “Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?”
Mark.14.61But he remained silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?”
Mark.15.2And Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, “You have said so.”
Mark.15.4And Pilate again asked him, “Have you no answer to make? See how many charges they bring against you.”
Mark.15.6Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked.
Mark.15.8And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he usually did for them.
Mark.15.43Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the Council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
Mark.15.44Pilate was surprised to hear that he should have already died. And summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead.
Luke.1.63And he asked for a writing tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they all wondered.
Luke.2.46After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
Luke.3.10And the crowds asked him, “What then shall we do?”
Luke.3.14Soldiers also asked him, “And we, what shall we do?” And he said to them, “Do not extort money from anyone by threats or by false accusation, and be content with your wages.”
Luke.5.3Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people from the boat.
Luke.6.9And Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to destroy it?”
Luke.7.3When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his servant.
Luke.7.36One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table.
Luke.8.9And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant,
Luke.8.30Jesus then asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Legion,” for many demons had entered him.
Luke.8.37Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked him to depart from them, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned.
Luke.9.18Now it happened that as he was praying alone, the disciples were with him. And he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”
Luke.9.45But they did not understand this saying, and it was concealed from them, so that they might not perceive it. And they were afraid to ask him about this saying.
Luke.11.9And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
Luke.11.10For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
Luke.11.11What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent;
Luke.11.12or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
Luke.11.13If you then, who 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!”
Luke.11.37While Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him, so he went in and reclined at table.
Luke.14.32And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.
Luke.15.26And he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant.
Luke.17.20Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed,
Luke.18.18And a ruler asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
Luke.18.40And Jesus stopped and commanded him to be brought to him. And when he came near, he asked him,
Luke.19.31If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you shall say this: ‘The Lord has need of it.’”
Luke.20.3He answered them, “I also will ask you a question. Now tell me,
Luke.20.21So they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and show no partiality, but truly teach the way of God.
Luke.20.28and they asked him a question, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.
Luke.20.40For they no longer dared to ask him any question.
Luke.21.7And they asked him, “Teacher, when will these things be, and what will be the sign when these things are about to take place?”
Luke.22.64They also blindfolded him and kept asking him, “Prophesy! Who is it that struck you?”
Luke.22.68and if I ask you, you will not answer.
Luke.23.3And Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, “You have said so.”
Luke.23.6When Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.
Luke.23.25He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus over to their will.
Luke.23.52This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
John.1.19And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
John.1.21And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.”
John.1.25They asked him, “Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
John.4.9The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
John.4.10Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
John.4.40So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days.
John.4.47When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.
John.4.52So he asked them the hour when he began to get better, and they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.”
John.5.12They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?”
John.8.7And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.”
John.9.2And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
John.9.15So the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”
John.9.19and asked them, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”
John.9.21But how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself.”
John.9.23Therefore his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”
John.11.22But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.”
John.12.21So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”
John.13.24so Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus of whom he was speaking.
John.14.13Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
John.14.14If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.
John.14.16And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever,
John.15.7If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
John.15.16You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
John.16.5But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’
John.16.19Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, “Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me’?
John.16.23In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.
John.16.24Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
John.16.26In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf;
John.17.15I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.
John.17.20“I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word,
John.18.7So he asked them again, “Whom do you seek?” And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”
John.18.21Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me what I said to them; they know what I said.”
John.18.26One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Did I not see you in the garden with him?”
John.19.31Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away.
John.19.38After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body.
John.21.12Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” Now none of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord.
Acts.1.6So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”
Acts.3.2And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those entering the temple.
Acts.3.3Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive alms.
Acts.3.10and recognized him as the one who sat at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, asking for alms. And they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
Acts.3.14But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
Acts.7.46who found favor in the sight of God and asked to find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
Acts.8.30So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
Acts.8.34And the eunuch said to Philip, “About whom, I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?”
Acts.9.2and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
Acts.10.18and called out to ask whether Simon who was called Peter was lodging there.
Acts.10.29So when I was sent for, I came without objection. I ask then why you sent for me.”
Acts.10.32Send therefore to Joppa and ask for Simon who is called Peter. He is lodging in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea.’
Acts.10.48And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days.
Acts.12.20Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they came to him with one accord, and having persuaded Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king’s country for food.
Acts.13.21Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
Acts.13.28And though they found in him no guilt worthy of death, they asked Pilate to have him executed.
Acts.16.39So they came and apologized to them. And they took them out and asked them to leave the city.
Acts.18.20When they asked him to stay for a longer period, he declined.
Acts.23.18So he took him and brought him to the tribune and said, “Paul the prisoner called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, as he has something to say to you.”
Acts.23.19The tribune took him by the hand, and going aside asked him privately, “What is it that you have to tell me?”
Acts.23.20And he said, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though they were going to inquire somewhat more closely about him.
Acts.23.34On reading the letter, he asked what province he was from. And when he learned that he was from Cilicia,
Acts.25.3asking as a favor against Paul that he summon him to Jerusalem—because they were planning an ambush to kill him on the way.
Acts.25.15and when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews laid out their case against him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.
Acts.25.20Being at a loss how to investigate these questions, I asked whether he wanted to go to Jerusalem and be tried there regarding them.
Acts.28.20For this reason, therefore, I have asked to see you and speak with you, since it is because of the hope of Israel that I am wearing this chain.”
Rom.1.10always in my prayers, asking that somehow by God’s will I may now at last succeed in coming to you.
Rom.10.18But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have, for “ Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.”
Rom.10.19But I ask, did Israel not understand? First Moses says, “ I will make you jealous of those who are not a nation; with a foolish nation I will make you angry.”
Rom.10.20Then Isaiah is so bold as to say, “ I have been found by those who did not seek me; I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me.”
Rom.11.1I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin.
Rom.11.11So I ask, did they stumble in order that they might fall? By no means! Rather through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous.
1Cor.14.35If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.
1Cor.15.35But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?”
Gal.2.10Only, they asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.
Gal.3.2Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?
Eph.3.13So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.
Eph.3.20Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us,
Phil.4.3Yes, I ask you also, true companion, help these women, who have labored side by side with me in the gospel together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.
Col.1.9And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
1Thess.4.1Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to live and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more.
1Thess.5.12We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you,
2Thess.2.1Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers,
Jas.1.5If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
Jas.1.6But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.
Jas.4.2You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask.
Jas.4.3You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
1Pet.3.15but in your hearts regard Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you;
1John.3.22and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
1John.5.14And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.
1John.5.15And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.
1John.5.16If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life—to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not say that one should pray for that.
2John.1.5And now I ask you, dear lady—not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.
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