All the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them, for they were very much afraid. He entered into the boat, and returned.
They ate, and were all filled. They gathered up twelve baskets of broken pieces that were left over.
It happened, as he was praying alone, that the disciples were with him, and he asked them, "Who do the multitudes say that I am?"
But they didn't understand this saying. It was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.
But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, "Who is my neighbor?"
But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me."
"I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won't give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?
Or if he asks for an egg, he won't give him a scorpion, will he?
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"
"No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light.
Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in, and sat at the table.
but he who didn't know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whoever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.
But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of peace.
He called one of the servants to him, and asked what was going on.
"He said, 'I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house;
Being asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, he answered them, "The Kingdom of God doesn't come with observation;
They, answering, asked him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, "Where the body is, there will the vultures also be gathered together."
A certain ruler asked him, saying, "Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
Jesus asked him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one--God.
Hearing a multitude going by, he asked what this meant.
Standing still, Jesus commanded him to be brought to him. When he had come near, he asked him,
If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' say to him: 'The Lord needs it.'"
They asked him, "Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?"
He answered them, "I also will ask you one question. Tell me:
They asked him, "Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren't partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.
They asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man's brother dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up children for his brother.
They didn't dare to ask him any more questions.
They asked him, "Teacher, so when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are about to happen?"
The Lord said, "Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat,
Having blindfolded him, they struck him on the face and asked him, "Prophesy! Who is the one who struck you?"
and if I ask, you will in no way answer me or let me go.
Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered him, "So you say."
But when Pilate heard Galilee mentioned, he asked if the man was a Galilean.
But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed.
Pilate decreed that what they asked for should be done.
He released him who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus up to their will.
this man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body.
John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don't fast?"
When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
He said to them, "Is the lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn't it put on a stand?
He asked him, "What is your name?" He said to him, "My name is Legion, for we are many."
Immediately Jesus, perceiving in himself that the power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd, and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"
When the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and those sitting with him. The king said to the young lady, "Ask me whatever you want, and I will give it to you."
He swore to her, "Whatever you shall ask of me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom."
She went out, and said to her mother, "What shall I ask?" She said, "The head of John the Baptizer."
She came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, "I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter."
But he answered them, "You give them something to eat." They asked him, "Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give them something to eat?"
They took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and also of the fish.
The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why don't your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?"
When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.
He asked them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven."
They ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets of broken pieces that were left over.
When I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" They told him, "Twelve."
"When the seven loaves fed the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" They told him, "Seven."
He asked them, "Don't you understand, yet?"
He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village. When he had spit on his eyes, and laid his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything.
Jesus went out, with his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked his disciples, "Who do men say that I am?"
They asked him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
He asked the scribes, "What are you asking them?"
and wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth, and wastes away. I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they weren't able."
He asked his father, "How long has it been since this has come to him?" He said, "From childhood.
When he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why couldn't we cast it out?"
But they didn't understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.
He came to Capernaum, and when he was in the house he asked them, "What were you arguing among yourselves on the way?"
Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
In the house, his disciples asked him again about the same matter.
As he was going out into the way, one ran to him, knelt before him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?"
James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came near to him, saying, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask."
But Jesus said to them, "You don't know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?"
Jesus asked him, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man said to him, "Rabboni, that I may see again."
If anyone asks you, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Lord needs him;' and immediately he will send him back here."
Some of those who stood there asked them, "What are you doing, untying the young donkey?"
Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.
Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
When they had come, they asked him, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don't defer to anyone; for you aren't partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?
There came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection. They asked him, saying,
One of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together. Knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, "Which commandment is the greatest of all?"
When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the Kingdom of God." No one dared ask him any question after that.
As he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately,
On the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the Passover, his disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to go and prepare that you may eat the Passover?"
They began to be sorrowful, and to ask him one by one, "Surely not I?" And another said, "Surely not I?"
The high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer? What is it which these testify against you?"
But he stayed quiet, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"
Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered, "So you say."
Pilate again asked him, "Have you no answer? See how many things they testify against you!"
Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whom they asked of him.
The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them.
Pilate again asked them, "What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?"
Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for the Kingdom of God, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body.
Pilate marveled if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long.
Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ would be born.
Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.
Give to him who asks you, and don't turn away him who desires to borrow from you.
Therefore don't be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him.
"Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
Or who is there among you, who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?
Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent?
If you then, being 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!
When he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him,
And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?" that they might accuse him.
"He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' "The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and gather them up?'
Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask.
They all ate, and were filled. They took up twelve baskets full of that which remained left over from the broken pieces.
They all ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over.
The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
Don't you yet perceive, neither remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?
Nor the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up?
Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?"
His disciples asked him, saying, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.
They asked him, "Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?"
Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him.
But Jesus answered, "You don't know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?" They said to him, "We are able."
Jesus stood still, and called them, and asked, "What do you want me to do for you?"
All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."
Jesus answered them, "I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men?" They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'
He asked them, "Whose is this image and inscription?"
On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him,
One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.
Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,
No one was able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare ask him any more questions from that day forth.
They were exceedingly sorrowful, and each began to ask him, "It isn't me, is it, Lord?"
Or do you think that I couldn't ask my Father, and he would even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?
Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus said to him, "So you say."
Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
This man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up.
Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; and the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.
that Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
But in all this [time] I was not at Jerusalem; for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king: and after certain days asked I leave of the king,
and a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and their meal offering, and their drink offerings.
He shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread. The priest shall offer also its meal offering, and its drink offering.
The priest shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them on the hands of the Nazirite, after he has shaved the head of his separation;
"Two things I have asked of you; don't deny me before I die:
Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.
He asked life of you, you gave it to him, even length of days forever and ever.
One thing I have asked of the LORD, that I will seek after, that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to see the LORD's beauty, and to inquire in his temple.
Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don't know about.
My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually ask me, "Where is your God?"
I will ask God, my rock, "Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?"
As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me, while they continually ask me, "Where is your God?"
They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.
"I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.
They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"
I cry with my voice to the LORD. With my voice, I ask the LORD for mercy.
But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, "Why did you make me like this?"
But I ask, didn't Israel know? First Moses says, "I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation, with a nation void of understanding I will make you angry."
Isaiah is very bold, and says, "I was found by those who didn't seek me. I was revealed to those who didn't ask for me."
I ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? May it never be! But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.
Then I asked, 'My lord, what are these?'" The angel who talked with me said to me, "I will show you what these are."
I asked the angel who talked with me, "What are these?" He answered me, "These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem."
Then I asked, "What are these coming to do?" He said, "These are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man lifted up his head; but these have come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations, which lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it."
Then I asked, "Where are you going?" He said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and what is its length."
Then I asked him, "What are these two olive trees on the right side of the lampstand and on the left side of it?"
I asked him the second time, "What are these two olive branches, which are beside the two golden spouts, that pour the golden oil out of themselves?"
I said, "What is it?" He said, "This is the ephah basket that is appearing." He said moreover, "This is their appearance in all the land
(and behold, a talent of lead was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah basket."
He said, "This is Wickedness;" and he threw her down into the midst of the ephah basket; and he threw the weight of lead on its mouth.
Then lifted I up my eyes, and saw, and behold, there were two women, and the wind was in their wings. Now they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah basket between earth and the sky.
Then I said to the angel who talked with me, "Where are these carrying the ephah basket?"
Then I asked the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my lord?"
Ask of the LORD rain in the spring time, the LORD who makes storm clouds, and he gives rain showers to everyone for the plants in the field.
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