Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you.

So do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.

Prayer and the Golden Rule

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.

Or what person is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf of bread, will give him a stone?

Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he?

So if you, despite 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!

The Question about Fasting

Then the disciples of John *came to Him, asking, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”

And a man was there whose hand was withered. And they questioned Jesus, asking, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”—so that they might bring charges against Him.

so much that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked.

Pharisees and Sadducees Test Jesus

The Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and putting Jesus to the test, they asked Him to show them a sign from heaven.

Peter’s Confession of Christ

Now when Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He was asking His disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”

And His disciples asked Him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

“Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in heaven.

Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?”

And He said to him, “Why are you asking Me about what is good? There is only One who is good; but if you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”

But Jesus replied, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?” They *said to Him, “We are able.”

Seeing this, the disciples were amazed and asked, “How did the fig tree wither all at once?”

And whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive it all.”

But Jesus responded and said to them, “I will also ask you one question, which, if you tell Me, I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.

And 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 offer Him a word in answer, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him any more questions.

Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas, and to put Jesus to death.