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Questions Jesus asks

Jesus asks a question in more than one of every eight verses in which he speaks. This page gathers the questions attributed to him in the New Testament of the Berean Standard Bible, who he addresses, and which questions the Gospels tell more than once.

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The short answer

310questions Jesus asks in the New Testament, counting every telling

225distinct questions, when the same question in more than one Gospel is counted once

88distinct questions asked of his disciples, more than of anyone else

Jesus asks 310 questions in the New Testament, in 265 verses. Many are told in more than one Gospel: “Who do you say I am?” is in Matthew, Mark and Luke. Counted once each, there are 225 distinct questions. A figure often quoted, 307, comes from Martin Copenhaver's book Jesus Is the Question³, which also counts every occurrence; counts differ with how a question asked in two sentences, or a quotation of Scripture, is handled.

In the Gospel narrative, his earliest recorded question is to Mary and Joseph, when they find him at twelve in the temple: “Why were you looking for Me?” (Luke 2:49). The last in Bible order is to Saul on the road to Damascus: “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?” (Acts 9:4), which Paul retells twice.

Some of the best known

Why were you looking for Me? Luke 2:49 to Mary and Joseph
Who do you say I am? Matthew 16:15 also Mark 8:29, Luke 9:20 to the disciples
What do you want Me to do for you? Mark 10:51 also Matthew 20:32, Luke 18:41 to Bartimaeus
Do you want to get well? John 5:6 to a man disabled for 38 years
Why are you so afraid? Mark 4:40 also Matthew 8:26 to the disciples
Who touched Me? Luke 8:45 also Mark 5:30 to the crowd
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? Matthew 6:27 also Luke 12:25 to Disciples and crowds at the Sermon on the Mount
What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Matthew 16:26 also Mark 8:36, Luke 9:25 to the disciples
Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers? Luke 10:36 to an expert in the law
Woman, why are you weeping? John 20:15 to Mary Magdalene
Simon son of John, do you love Me? John 21:16 to Peter
My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Mark 15:34 also Matthew 27:46 to God
Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? Acts 9:4 to Saul

Who he asked

His disciples are asked the most: 88 distinct questions, many of them about understanding (“Do you still not understand?”) and about faith (“Why are you so afraid?”). The crowds and his public audiences are asked 67, the religious leaders 50, often in debate and often with a question in answer to theirs, and the people he met one by one 37. He asks God one question, from the cross. A question put to different hearers in different Gospels counts under each, so the four figures add to more than 225.

Who Jesus asks, counting each distinct question once

1His disciples
2Religious leaders
3The crowds
4People he met
5God

The questions to individuals are some of the most personal in the Gospels. Of the disciples, Peter is asked the most, and three of his questions are the same one, asked three times by the lake. Each distinct question appears once below, at its first telling.

John the Baptist's disciples 1

How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? Matthew 9:15

Two blind men 1

Do you believe that I am able to do this? Matthew 9:28

Peter 11

You of little faith, why did you doubt? Matthew 14:31
What do you think, Simon? Matthew 17:25
From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs and taxes: from their own sons, or from others? Matthew 17:25
Were you not able to keep watch with Me for one hour? Matthew 26:40
Simon, are you asleep? Mark 14:37
Will you lay down your life for Me? John 13:38
Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given Me? John 18:11
Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these? John 21:15
Simon son of John, do you love Me? John 21:16
Simon son of John, do you love Me? John 21:17
If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you? John 21:22

A rich young man 1

Why do you ask Me about what is good? Matthew 19:17

The mother of James and John 1

What do you want? Matthew 20:21

James and John 1

Can you drink the cup I am going to drink? Matthew 20:22

Two blind men near Jericho 1

What do you want Me to do for you? Matthew 20:32

The disciple who drew his sword 2

Are you not aware that I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels? Matthew 26:53
But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way? Matthew 26:54

God 1

My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Matthew 27:46

The man with a legion of demons 1

What is your name? Mark 5:9

The mourners at Jairus's house 1

Why all this commotion and weeping? Mark 5:39

A blind man at Bethsaida 1

Can you see anything? Mark 8:23

Peter, James and John 1

Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected? Mark 9:12

The father of a possessed boy 2

How long has this been with him? Mark 9:21
If You can? Mark 9:23

The owner of a house in Jerusalem 1

Where is My guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples? Mark 14:14 through two disciples

Mary and Joseph 2

Why were you looking for Me? Luke 2:49
Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house ? Luke 2:49

Simon the Pharisee 2

Which one, then, will love him more? Luke 7:42
Do you see this woman? Luke 7:44

An expert in the law 3

What is written in the Law? Luke 10:26
How do you read it? Luke 10:26
Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers? Luke 10:36

A man in the crowd 1

Man, who appointed Me judge or executor between you? Luke 12:14

Some who told him about the Galileans 2

Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered this way? Luke 13:2
Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem? Luke 13:4

A synagogue ruler 2

Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it to water? Luke 13:15
Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day? Luke 13:16

The leper who returned, and those present 3

Were not all ten cleansed? Luke 17:17
Where then are the other nine? Luke 17:17
Was no one found except this foreigner to return and give glory to God? Luke 17:18

Judas Iscariot 1

Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss? Luke 22:48

The women of Jerusalem 1

For if men do these things while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry? Luke 23:31

Two of John the Baptist's disciples 1

What do you want? John 1:38

Nathanael 1

Do you believe just because I told you I saw you under the fig tree? John 1:50

Mary, his mother 1

Woman, what is that to you and to Me? John 2:4

Nicodemus 2

You are Israel’s teacher, and you do not understand these things? John 3:10
If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? John 3:12

A man disabled for 38 years 1

Do you want to get well? John 5:6

Philip 4

Where can we buy bread for these people to eat? John 6:5
Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? John 14:9
How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? John 14:9
Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? John 14:10

A woman caught in adultery 2

Woman, where are your accusers? John 8:10
Has no one condemned you? John 8:10

The man born blind 1

Do you believe in the Son of Man ? John 9:35

Martha 2

Do you believe this? John 11:26
Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God? John 11:40

Mary, Martha and the mourners 1

Where have you put him? John 11:34

The soldiers and officials who came to arrest him 2

Whom are you seeking? John 18:4
Whom are you seeking? John 18:7

Annas, the high priest 1

Why are you asking Me? John 18:21

An official who struck him 1

But if I spoke correctly, why did you strike Me? John 18:23

Pilate 1

Are you saying this on your own, or did others tell you about Me? John 18:34

Mary Magdalene 2

Woman, why are you weeping? John 20:15
Whom are you seeking? John 20:15

Saul 1

Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? Acts 9:4

In each Gospel

Luke records the most, 96, and 52 of them appear in no other Gospel. Matthew has 90 and Mark 69. Every one of John's 54 is his alone: John tells different scenes, and none of his questions is told in the other three. 19 questions appear in all of Matthew, Mark and Luke, and 45 more in two of them.

Questions Jesus asks in each book, counting every telling

1Matthew
2Mark
3Luke
4John
5Acts

Told in all three of Matthew, Mark and Luke

Whose image is this, and whose inscription? Matthew 22:20 · Mark 12:16 · Mark 12:16 · Luke 20:24
Are you still sleeping and resting? Matthew 26:45 · Mark 14:41 · Luke 22:46
How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? Matthew 9:15 · Mark 2:19 · Luke 5:34
What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Matthew 16:26 · Mark 8:36 · Luke 9:25
But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? Matthew 5:13 · Mark 9:50 · Luke 14:34
Who do people say the Son of Man is? Matthew 16:13 · Mark 8:27 · Luke 9:18
But what about you? Matthew 16:15 · Mark 8:29 · Luke 9:20
Who do you say I am? Matthew 16:15 · Mark 8:29 · Luke 9:20
How long must I remain with you? Matthew 17:17 · Mark 9:19 · Luke 9:41
Why do you ask Me about what is good? Matthew 19:17 · Mark 10:18 · Luke 18:19
What was the source of John’s baptism? Matthew 21:25 · Matthew 21:25 · Mark 11:30 · Luke 20:4
Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants? Matthew 21:40 · Mark 12:9 · Luke 20:15
Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’ ? Matthew 21:42 · Mark 12:10–11 · Luke 20:17
So if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how can He be David’s son? Matthew 22:45 · Mark 12:37 · Luke 20:44
Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? Matthew 9:5 · Mark 2:9 · Luke 5:23
Why do you harbor evil in your hearts? Matthew 9:4 · Mark 2:8 · Luke 5:22
Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? Matthew 12:3 · Mark 2:25 · Luke 6:3
Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw? Matthew 26:55 · Mark 14:48 · Luke 22:52
What do you want Me to do for you? Matthew 20:32 · Mark 10:51 · Luke 18:41

How the questions begin

More than a third of his questions, 37.8% counting each distinct question once, can be answered yes or no, and many of those, like “Do you believe this?”, ask for a commitment rather than a fact. The rest open most often with “what” and “why”: “What do you want Me to do for you?”, “Why are you so afraid?”

How the questions begin, counting each distinct question once

1A yes-or-no question
2What
3Why
4How
5Who, whom or whose
6Which
7Other openings (if, for, as for, and the like)
8Where
9How long
10When

Every question

All 310, in the order of the books, with who each was asked of and the same question in other Gospels noted. Choose a book or a group, or search the words.

All 310 questions

Every question Jesus asks in the New Testament, in the words of the Berean Standard Bible, in Bible order, with the same question in other Gospels noted
Where	Question	Asked of	Group
Matthew 5:13	But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? (also Mark 9:50, Luke 14:34)	Disciples and crowds at the Sermon on the Mount	The crowds
Matthew 5:46	If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? (also Luke 6:32)	Disciples and crowds at the Sermon on the Mount	The crowds
Matthew 5:46	Do not even tax collectors do the same?	Disciples and crowds at the Sermon on the Mount	The crowds
Matthew 5:47	And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others?	Disciples and crowds at the Sermon on the Mount	The crowds
Matthew 5:47	Do not even Gentiles do the same?	Disciples and crowds at the Sermon on the Mount	The crowds
Matthew 6:25	Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?	Disciples and crowds at the Sermon on the Mount	The crowds
Matthew 6:26	Are you not much more valuable than they?	Disciples and crowds at the Sermon on the Mount	The crowds
Matthew 6:27	Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? (also Luke 12:25)	Disciples and crowds at the Sermon on the Mount	The crowds
Matthew 6:28	And why do you worry about clothes?	Disciples and crowds at the Sermon on the Mount	The crowds
Matthew 6:30	If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?	Disciples and crowds at the Sermon on the Mount	The crowds
Matthew 7:3	Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye? (also Luke 6:41)	Disciples and crowds at the Sermon on the Mount	The crowds
Matthew 7:4	How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye? (also Luke 6:42)	Disciples and crowds at the Sermon on the Mount	The crowds
Matthew 7:9	Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?	Disciples and crowds at the Sermon on the Mount	The crowds
Matthew 7:10	Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? (also Luke 11:11)	Disciples and crowds at the Sermon on the Mount	The crowds
Matthew 7:16	Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?	Disciples and crowds at the Sermon on the Mount	The crowds
Matthew 8:26	You of little faith, why are you so afraid? (also Mark 4:40)	The disciples	His disciples
Matthew 9:4	Why do you harbor evil in your hearts? (also Mark 2:8, Luke 5:22)	Teachers of the law	Religious leaders
Matthew 9:5	Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? (also Mark 2:9, Luke 5:23)	Teachers of the law	Religious leaders
Matthew 9:15	How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? (also Mark 2:19, Luke 5:34)	John the Baptist's disciples	People he met
Matthew 9:28	Do you believe that I am able to do this?	Two blind men	People he met
Matthew 10:29	Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? (also Luke 12:6)	The Twelve	His disciples
Matthew 11:7	What did you go out into the wilderness to see? (also Luke 7:24)	The crowd	The crowds
Matthew 11:7	A reed swaying in the wind? (also Luke 7:24)	The crowd	The crowds
Matthew 11:8	Otherwise, what did you go out to see? (also Luke 7:25)	The crowd	The crowds
Matthew 11:8	A man dressed in fine clothes? (also Luke 7:25)	The crowd	The crowds
Matthew 11:9	What then did you go out to see? (also Luke 7:26)	The crowd	The crowds
Matthew 11:9	A prophet? (also Luke 7:26)	The crowd	The crowds
Matthew 11:16	To what can I compare this generation? (also Luke 7:31)	The crowd	The crowds
Matthew 11:23	And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? (also Luke 10:15)	The crowd	The crowds
Matthew 12:3	Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? (also Mark 2:25, Luke 6:3)	The Pharisees	Religious leaders
Matthew 12:5	Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are innocent?	The Pharisees	Religious leaders
Matthew 12:11	If one of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?	The Pharisees	Religious leaders
Matthew 12:26	How then can his kingdom stand? (also Luke 11:18)	The Pharisees	Religious leaders
Matthew 12:27	And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? (also Luke 11:19)	The Pharisees	Religious leaders
Matthew 12:29	Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions, unless he first ties up the strong man?	The Pharisees	Religious leaders
Matthew 12:34	You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good?	The Pharisees	Religious leaders
Matthew 12:48	Who is My mother, and who are My brothers? (also Mark 3:33)	The crowd	The crowds
Matthew 13:51	Have you understood all these things?	The disciples	His disciples
Matthew 14:31	You of little faith, why did you doubt?	Peter	His disciples
Matthew 15:3	And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?	Pharisees and teachers of the law	Religious leaders
Matthew 15:16	Do you still not understand? (also Mark 7:18)	The disciples	His disciples
Matthew 15:17	Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated? (also Mark 7:18)	The disciples	His disciples
Matthew 15:34	How many loaves do you have? (also Mark 8:5)	The disciples	His disciples
Matthew 16:8	You of little faith, why are you debating among yourselves about having no bread? (also Mark 8:17)	The disciples	His disciples
Matthew 16:9	Do you still not understand? (also Mark 8:17)	The disciples	His disciples
Matthew 16:9	Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered? (also Mark 8:19)	The disciples	His disciples
Matthew 16:10	Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered? (also Mark 8:20)	The disciples	His disciples
Matthew 16:11	How do you not understand that I was not telling you about bread? (also Mark 8:21)	The disciples	His disciples
Matthew 16:13	Who do people say the Son of Man is? (also Mark 8:27, Luke 9:18)	The disciples	His disciples
Matthew 16:15	But what about you? (also Mark 8:29, Luke 9:20)	The disciples	His disciples
Matthew 16:15	Who do you say I am? (also Mark 8:29, Luke 9:20)	The disciples	His disciples
Matthew 16:26	What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? (also Mark 8:36, Luke 9:25)	The disciples	His disciples
Matthew 16:26	Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? (also Mark 8:37)	The disciples	His disciples
Matthew 17:17	How long must I remain with you? (also Mark 9:19, Luke 9:41)	The crowd at the foot of the mountain	The crowds
Matthew 17:17	How long must I put up with you? (also Mark 9:19)	The crowd at the foot of the mountain	The crowds
Matthew 17:25	What do you think, Simon?	Peter	His disciples
Matthew 17:25	From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs and taxes: from their own sons, or from others?	Peter	His disciples
Matthew 18:12	What do you think?	The disciples	His disciples
Matthew 18:12	If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost? (also Luke 15:4)	The disciples	His disciples
Matthew 19:4–5	Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’ ?	The Pharisees	Religious leaders
Matthew 19:17	Why do you ask Me about what is good? (also Mark 10:18, Luke 18:19)	A rich young man	People he met
Matthew 20:21	What do you want? (also Mark 10:36)	The mother of James and John	People he met
Matthew 20:22	Can you drink the cup I am going to drink? (also Mark 10:38)	James and John	His disciples
Matthew 20:32	What do you want Me to do for you? (also Mark 10:51, Luke 18:41)	Two blind men near Jericho	People he met
Matthew 21:16	Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise’ ?	Chief priests, scribes and elders	Religious leaders
Matthew 21:25	What was the source of John’s baptism? (also Matthew 21:25, Mark 11:30, Luke 20:4)	Chief priests, scribes and elders	Religious leaders
Matthew 21:25	Was it from heaven or from men? (also Matthew 21:25, Mark 11:30, Luke 20:4)	Chief priests, scribes and elders	Religious leaders
Matthew 21:28	But what do you think?	Chief priests, scribes and elders	Religious leaders
Matthew 21:31	Which of the two did the will of his father?	Chief priests, scribes and elders	Religious leaders
Matthew 21:40	Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants? (also Mark 12:9, Luke 20:15)	Chief priests, scribes and elders	Religious leaders
Matthew 21:42	Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’ ? (also Mark 12:10–11, Luke 20:17)	Chief priests, scribes and elders	Religious leaders
Matthew 22:18	You hypocrites, why are you testing Me? (also Mark 12:15)	Pharisees and Herodians	Religious leaders
Matthew 22:20	Whose image is this, and whose inscription? (also Mark 12:16, Mark 12:16, Luke 20:24)	Pharisees and Herodians	Religious leaders
Matthew 22:31–32	But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you: ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? (also Mark 12:26)	The Sadducees	Religious leaders
Matthew 22:42	What do you think about the Christ?	The Pharisees	Religious leaders
Matthew 22:42	Whose son is He?	The Pharisees	Religious leaders
Matthew 22:43	How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’?	The Pharisees	Religious leaders
Matthew 22:45	So if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how can He be David’s son? (also Mark 12:37, Luke 20:44)	The Pharisees	Religious leaders
Matthew 23:17	Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?	Scribes and Pharisees	Religious leaders
Matthew 23:19	Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?	Scribes and Pharisees	Religious leaders
Matthew 23:33	How will you escape the sentence of hell?	Scribes and Pharisees	Religious leaders
Matthew 24:2	Do you see all these things? (also Mark 13:2)	The disciples	His disciples
Matthew 24:45	Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time? (also Luke 12:42)	The disciples	His disciples
Matthew 26:10	Why are you bothering this woman? (also Mark 14:6)	The disciples	His disciples
Matthew 26:40	Were you not able to keep watch with Me for one hour? (also Mark 14:37)	Peter	His disciples
Matthew 26:45	Are you still sleeping and resting? (also Mark 14:41, Luke 22:46)	The disciples	His disciples
Matthew 26:53	Are you not aware that I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?	The disciple who drew his sword	His disciples
Matthew 26:54	But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way?	The disciple who drew his sword	His disciples
Matthew 26:55	Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw? (also Mark 14:48, Luke 22:52)	The crowd sent to arrest him	The crowds
Matthew 27:46	My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? (also Mark 15:34)	God	God
Mark 2:8	Why are you thinking these things in your hearts? (also Matthew 9:4, Luke 5:22)	Teachers of the law	Religious leaders
Mark 2:9	Which is easier: to say to a paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’? (also Matthew 9:5, Luke 5:23)	Teachers of the law	Religious leaders
Mark 2:19	How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? (also Matthew 9:15, Luke 5:34)	The people who asked about fasting	The crowds
Mark 2:25	Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? (also Matthew 12:3, Luke 6:3)	The Pharisees	Religious leaders
Mark 3:4	Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it? (also Luke 6:9)	The Pharisees	Religious leaders
Mark 3:23	How can Satan drive out Satan?	Teachers of the law	Religious leaders
Mark 3:33	Who are My mother and My brothers? (also Matthew 12:48)	The crowd	The crowds
Mark 4:13	Do you not understand this parable?	The disciples	His disciples
Mark 4:13	Then how will you understand any of the parables?	The disciples	His disciples
Mark 4:21	Does anyone bring in a lamp to put it under a basket or under a bed?	The disciples	His disciples
Mark 4:21	Doesn’t he set it on a stand?	The disciples	His disciples
Mark 4:30	To what can we compare the kingdom of God? (also Luke 13:18)	The crowd	The crowds
Mark 4:30	With what parable shall we present it?	The crowd	The crowds
Mark 4:40	Why are you so afraid? (also Matthew 8:26)	The disciples	His disciples
Mark 4:40	Do you still have no faith? (also Luke 8:25)	The disciples	His disciples
Mark 5:9	What is your name? (also Luke 8:30)	The man with a legion of demons	People he met
Mark 5:30	Who touched My garments? (also Luke 8:45)	The crowd	The crowds
Mark 5:39	Why all this commotion and weeping?	The mourners at Jairus's house	People he met
Mark 7:18	Are you still so dull? (also Matthew 15:16)	The disciples	His disciples
Mark 7:18	Do you not understand? (also Matthew 15:17)	The disciples	His disciples
Mark 8:5	How many loaves do you have? (also Matthew 15:34)	The disciples	His disciples
Mark 8:12	Why does this generation demand a sign?	The Pharisees	Religious leaders
Mark 8:17	Why are you debating about having no bread? (also Matthew 16:8)	The disciples	His disciples
Mark 8:17	Do you still not see or understand? (also Matthew 16:9)	The disciples	His disciples
Mark 8:17	Do you have such hard hearts?	The disciples	His disciples
Mark 8:18	Having eyes, do you not see?	The disciples	His disciples
Mark 8:18	And having ears, do you not hear?	The disciples	His disciples
Mark 8:18	And do you not remember?	The disciples	His disciples
Mark 8:19	When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect? (also Matthew 16:9)	The disciples	His disciples
Mark 8:20	And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect? (also Matthew 16:10)	The disciples	His disciples
Mark 8:21	Do you still not understand? (also Matthew 16:11)	The disciples	His disciples
Mark 8:23	Can you see anything?	A blind man at Bethsaida	People he met
Mark 8:27	Who do people say I am? (also Matthew 16:13, Luke 9:18)	The disciples	His disciples
Mark 8:29	But what about you? (also Matthew 16:15, Luke 9:20)	The disciples	His disciples
Mark 8:29	Who do you say I am? (also Matthew 16:15, Luke 9:20)	The disciples	His disciples
Mark 8:36	What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? (also Matthew 16:26, Luke 9:25)	The crowd with his disciples	The crowds
Mark 8:37	Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? (also Matthew 16:26)	The crowd with his disciples	The crowds
Mark 9:12	Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected?	Peter, James and John	His disciples
Mark 9:16	What are you disputing with them?	The crowd at the foot of the mountain	The crowds
Mark 9:19	How long must I remain with you? (also Matthew 17:17, Luke 9:41)	The crowd at the foot of the mountain	The crowds
Mark 9:19	How long must I put up with you? (also Matthew 17:17)	The crowd at the foot of the mountain	The crowds
Mark 9:21	How long has this been with him?	The father of a possessed boy	People he met
Mark 9:23	If You can?	The father of a possessed boy	People he met
Mark 9:33	What were you discussing on the way?	The disciples	His disciples
Mark 9:50	Salt is good, but if the salt loses its saltiness, with what will you season it? (also Matthew 5:13, Luke 14:34)	The disciples	His disciples
Mark 10:3	What did Moses command you?	The Pharisees	Religious leaders
Mark 10:18	Why do you call Me good? (also Matthew 19:17, Luke 18:19)	A rich man	People he met
Mark 10:36	What do you want Me to do for you? (also Matthew 20:21)	James and John	His disciples
Mark 10:38	Can you drink the cup I will drink, or be baptized with the baptism I will undergo? (also Matthew 20:22)	James and John	His disciples
Mark 10:51	What do you want Me to do for you? (also Matthew 20:32, Luke 18:41)	Bartimaeus	People he met
Mark 11:17	Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’ ?	The people in the temple courts	The crowds
Mark 11:30	John’s baptism—was it from heaven or from men? (also Matthew 21:25, Matthew 21:25, Luke 20:4)	Chief priests, scribes and elders	Religious leaders
Mark 12:9	What then will the owner of the vineyard do? (also Matthew 21:40, Luke 20:15)	Chief priests, scribes and elders	Religious leaders
Mark 12:10–11	Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? (also Matthew 21:42, Luke 20:17)	Chief priests, scribes and elders	Religious leaders
Mark 12:15	Why are you testing Me? (also Matthew 22:18)	Pharisees and Herodians	Religious leaders
Mark 12:16	Whose image is this? (also Matthew 22:20, Mark 12:16, Luke 20:24)	Pharisees and Herodians	Religious leaders
Mark 12:16	And whose inscription? (also Matthew 22:20, Mark 12:16, Luke 20:24)	Pharisees and Herodians	Religious leaders
Mark 12:24	Aren’t you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?	The Sadducees	Religious leaders
Mark 12:26	But concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’ ? (also Matthew 22:31–32)	The Sadducees	Religious leaders
Mark 12:35	How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David? (also Luke 20:41)	The crowd in the temple courts	The crowds
Mark 12:37	So how can He be David’s son? (also Matthew 22:45, Luke 20:44)	The crowd in the temple courts	The crowds
Mark 13:2	Do you see all these great buildings? (also Matthew 24:2)	One of his disciples	His disciples
Mark 14:6	Leave her alone; why are you bothering her? (also Matthew 26:10)	Some who were there	People he met
Mark 14:14	Where is My guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples? (also Luke 22:11)	The owner of a house in Jerusalem through two disciples	People he met
Mark 14:37	Simon, are you asleep?	Peter	His disciples
Mark 14:37	Were you not able to keep watch for one hour? (also Matthew 26:40)	Peter	His disciples
Mark 14:41	Are you still sleeping and resting? (also Matthew 26:45, Luke 22:46)	The disciples	His disciples
Mark 14:48	Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw? (also Matthew 26:55, Luke 22:52)	The crowd sent to arrest him	The crowds
Mark 15:34	My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? (also Matthew 27:46)	God	God
Luke 2:49	Why were you looking for Me?	Mary and Joseph	People he met
Luke 2:49	Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house ?	Mary and Joseph	People he met
Luke 5:22	Why are you thinking these things in your hearts? (also Matthew 9:4, Mark 2:8)	Pharisees and teachers of the law	Religious leaders
Luke 5:23	Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? (also Matthew 9:5, Mark 2:9)	Pharisees and teachers of the law	Religious leaders
Luke 5:34	Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? (also Matthew 9:15, Mark 2:19)	Pharisees and teachers of the law	Religious leaders
Luke 6:3	Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? (also Matthew 12:3, Mark 2:25)	The Pharisees	Religious leaders
Luke 6:9	I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it? (also Mark 3:4)	Pharisees and teachers of the law	Religious leaders
Luke 6:32	If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? (also Matthew 5:46)	Disciples and crowds at the Sermon on the Plain	The crowds
Luke 6:33	If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you?	Disciples and crowds at the Sermon on the Plain	The crowds
Luke 6:34	And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you?	Disciples and crowds at the Sermon on the Plain	The crowds
Luke 6:39	Can a blind man lead a blind man?	Disciples and crowds at the Sermon on the Plain	The crowds
Luke 6:39	Will they not both fall into a pit?	Disciples and crowds at the Sermon on the Plain	The crowds
Luke 6:41	Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye? (also Matthew 7:3)	Disciples and crowds at the Sermon on the Plain	The crowds
Luke 6:42	How can you say, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while you yourself fail to see the beam in your own eye? (also Matthew 7:4)	Disciples and crowds at the Sermon on the Plain	The crowds
Luke 6:46	Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but do not do what I say?	Disciples and crowds at the Sermon on the Plain	The crowds
Luke 7:24	What did you go out into the wilderness to see? (also Matthew 11:7)	The crowd	The crowds
Luke 7:24	A reed swaying in the wind? (also Matthew 11:7)	The crowd	The crowds
Luke 7:25	Otherwise, what did you go out to see? (also Matthew 11:8)	The crowd	The crowds
Luke 7:25	A man dressed in fine clothes? (also Matthew 11:8)	The crowd	The crowds
Luke 7:26	What then did you go out to see? (also Matthew 11:9)	The crowd	The crowds
Luke 7:26	A prophet? (also Matthew 11:9)	The crowd	The crowds
Luke 7:31	To what, then, can I compare the men of this generation? (also Matthew 11:16)	The crowd	The crowds
Luke 7:31	What are they like?	The crowd	The crowds
Luke 7:42	Which one, then, will love him more?	Simon the Pharisee	Religious leaders
Luke 7:44	Do you see this woman?	Simon the Pharisee	Religious leaders
Luke 8:25	Where is your faith? (also Mark 4:40)	The disciples	His disciples
Luke 8:30	What is your name? (also Mark 5:9)	The man with a legion of demons	People he met
Luke 8:45	Who touched Me? (also Mark 5:30)	The crowd	The crowds
Luke 9:18	Who do the crowds say I am? (also Matthew 16:13, Mark 8:27)	The disciples	His disciples
Luke 9:20	But what about you? (also Matthew 16:15, Mark 8:29)	The disciples	His disciples
Luke 9:20	Who do you say I am? (also Matthew 16:15, Mark 8:29)	The disciples	His disciples
Luke 9:25	What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self? (also Matthew 16:26, Mark 8:36)	Everyone with him	The crowds
Luke 9:41	How long must I remain with you and put up with you? (also Matthew 17:17, Mark 9:19)	The crowd at the foot of the mountain	The crowds
Luke 10:15	And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? (also Matthew 11:23)	The seventy-two	His disciples
Luke 10:26	What is written in the Law?	An expert in the law	Religious leaders
Luke 10:26	How do you read it?	An expert in the law	Religious leaders
Luke 10:36	Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?	An expert in the law	Religious leaders
Luke 11:11	What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? (also Matthew 7:10)	The disciples	His disciples
Luke 11:12	Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?	The disciples	His disciples
Luke 11:18	If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? (also Matthew 12:26)	The crowd	The crowds
Luke 11:19	And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? (also Matthew 12:27)	The crowd	The crowds
Luke 11:40	Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well?	The Pharisees	Religious leaders
Luke 12:6	Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? (also Matthew 10:29)	The disciples	His disciples
Luke 12:14	Man, who appointed Me judge or executor between you?	A man in the crowd	People he met
Luke 12:25	Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? (also Matthew 6:27)	The disciples	His disciples
Luke 12:26	So if you cannot do such a small thing, why do you worry about the rest?	The disciples	His disciples
Luke 12:42	Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their portion at the proper time? (also Matthew 24:45)	Peter and the disciples	His disciples
Luke 12:51	Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth?	The disciples	His disciples
Luke 12:56	Why don’t you know how to interpret the present time?	The crowd	The crowds
Luke 12:57	And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?	The crowd	The crowds
Luke 13:2	Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered this way?	Some who told him about the Galileans	People he met
Luke 13:4	Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem?	Some who told him about the Galileans	People he met
Luke 13:15	Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it to water?	A synagogue ruler	Religious leaders
Luke 13:16	Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?	A synagogue ruler	Religious leaders
Luke 13:18	What is the kingdom of God like?	The crowd	The crowds
Luke 13:18	To what can I compare it? (also Mark 4:30)	The crowd	The crowds
Luke 13:20	To what can I compare the kingdom of God?	The crowd	The crowds
Luke 14:3	Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?	Pharisees and experts in the law	Religious leaders
Luke 14:5	Which of you whose son or ox falls into a pit on the Sabbath day will not immediately pull him out?	Pharisees and experts in the law	Religious leaders
Luke 14:28	Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?	The crowd	The crowds
Luke 14:31	Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?	The crowd	The crowds
Luke 14:34	Salt is good, but if the salt loses its savor, with what will it be seasoned? (also Matthew 5:13, Mark 9:50)	The crowd	The crowds
Luke 15:4	What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? (also Matthew 18:12)	Pharisees and teachers of the law	Religious leaders
Luke 15:8	Or what woman who has ten silver coins and loses one of them does not light a lamp, sweep her house, and search carefully until she finds it?	Pharisees and teachers of the law	Religious leaders
Luke 16:11	So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?	The disciples	His disciples
Luke 16:12	And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own?	The disciples	His disciples
Luke 17:7	Which of you whose servant comes in from plowing or shepherding in the field will say to him, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?	The apostles	His disciples
Luke 17:8	Instead, won’t he tell him, ‘Prepare my meal and dress yourself to serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you may eat and drink’?	The apostles	His disciples
Luke 17:9	Does he thank the servant because he did what he was told?	The apostles	His disciples
Luke 17:17	Were not all ten cleansed?	The leper who returned, and those present	People he met
Luke 17:17	Where then are the other nine?	The leper who returned, and those present	People he met
Luke 17:18	Was no one found except this foreigner to return and give glory to God?	The leper who returned, and those present	People he met
Luke 18:7	Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night?	The disciples	His disciples
Luke 18:7	Will He delay in helping them?	The disciples	His disciples
Luke 18:8	Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?	The disciples	His disciples
Luke 18:19	Why do you call Me good? (also Matthew 19:17, Mark 10:18)	A ruler	People he met
Luke 18:41	What do you want Me to do for you? (also Matthew 20:32, Mark 10:51)	A blind man at Jericho	People he met
Luke 20:4	John’s baptism—was it from heaven, or from men? (also Matthew 21:25, Matthew 21:25, Mark 11:30)	Chief priests, scribes and elders	Religious leaders
Luke 20:15	What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? (also Matthew 21:40, Mark 12:9)	The people in the temple courts	The crowds
Luke 20:17	Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’ ? (also Matthew 21:42, Mark 12:10–11)	The people in the temple courts	The crowds
Luke 20:24	Whose image and inscription are on it? (also Matthew 22:20, Mark 12:16, Mark 12:16)	Pharisees and Herodians	Religious leaders
Luke 20:41	How can it be said that the Christ is the Son of David? (also Mark 12:35)	Teachers of the law	Religious leaders
Luke 20:44	So how can He be David’s son? (also Matthew 22:45, Mark 12:37)	Teachers of the law	Religious leaders
Luke 22:11	Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples? (also Mark 14:14)	The owner of a house in Jerusalem through Peter and John	People he met
Luke 22:27	For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves?	The disciples	His disciples
Luke 22:27	Is it not the one who reclines?	The disciples	His disciples
Luke 22:35	When I sent you out without purse or bag or sandals, did you lack anything?	The disciples	His disciples
Luke 22:46	Why are you sleeping? (also Matthew 26:45, Mark 14:41)	The disciples	His disciples
Luke 22:48	Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?	Judas Iscariot	His disciples
Luke 22:52	Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against an outlaw? (also Matthew 26:55, Mark 14:48)	Chief priests, temple officers and elders	Religious leaders
Luke 23:31	For if men do these things while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?	The women of Jerusalem	People he met
Luke 24:17	What are you discussing so intently as you walk along?	Two disciples on the road to Emmaus	His disciples
Luke 24:19	What things?	Two disciples on the road to Emmaus	His disciples
Luke 24:26	Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?	Two disciples on the road to Emmaus	His disciples
Luke 24:38	Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?	The disciples	His disciples
Luke 24:41	Do you have anything here to eat?	The disciples	His disciples
John 1:38	What do you want?	Two of John the Baptist's disciples	People he met
John 1:50	Do you believe just because I told you I saw you under the fig tree?	Nathanael	His disciples
John 2:4	Woman, what is that to you and to Me?	Mary, his mother	People he met
John 3:10	You are Israel’s teacher, and you do not understand these things?	Nicodemus	Religious leaders
John 3:12	If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?	Nicodemus	Religious leaders
John 4:35	Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’?	The disciples	His disciples
John 5:6	Do you want to get well?	A man disabled for 38 years	People he met
John 5:44	How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?	Those John calls “the Jews”	The crowds
John 5:47	But since you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?	Those John calls “the Jews”	The crowds
John 6:5	Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?	Philip	His disciples
John 6:61	Does this offend you?	The disciples	His disciples
John 6:62	Then what will happen if you see the Son of Man ascend to where He was before?	The disciples	His disciples
John 6:67	Do you want to leave too?	The Twelve	His disciples
John 6:70	Have I not chosen you, the Twelve?	The Twelve	His disciples
John 7:19	Has not Moses given you the law?	The crowd at the Feast of Tabernacles	The crowds
John 7:19	Why are you trying to kill Me?	The crowd at the Feast of Tabernacles	The crowds
John 7:22–23	) If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are you angry with Me for making the whole man well on the Sabbath?	The crowd at the Feast of Tabernacles	The crowds
John 8:10	Woman, where are your accusers?	A woman caught in adultery	People he met
John 8:10	Has no one condemned you?	A woman caught in adultery	People he met
John 8:43	Why do you not understand what I am saying?	Those John calls “the Jews”	The crowds
John 8:46	Which of you can prove Me guilty of sin?	Those John calls “the Jews”	The crowds
John 8:46	If I speak the truth, why do you not believe Me?	Those John calls “the Jews”	The crowds
John 9:35	Do you believe in the Son of Man ?	The man born blind	People he met
John 10:32	For which of these do you stone Me?	Those John calls “the Jews”	The crowds
John 10:34	Is it not written in your Law: ‘I have said you are gods’ ?	Those John calls “the Jews”	The crowds
John 10:35–36	If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken— then what about the One whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world?	Those John calls “the Jews”	The crowds
John 10:36	How then can you accuse Me of blasphemy for stating that I am the Son of God?	Those John calls “the Jews”	The crowds
John 11:9	Are there not twelve hours of daylight?	The disciples	His disciples
John 11:26	Do you believe this?	Martha	People he met
John 11:34	Where have you put him?	Mary, Martha and the mourners	People he met
John 11:40	Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?	Martha	People he met
John 12:27	Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say?	Himself, before the crowd	The crowds
John 12:27	‘Father, save Me from this hour’?	Himself, before the crowd	The crowds
John 13:12	Do you know what I have done for you?	The disciples	His disciples
John 13:38	Will you lay down your life for Me?	Peter	His disciples
John 14:2	If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?	The disciples	His disciples
John 14:9	Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me?	Philip	His disciples
John 14:9	How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?	Philip	His disciples
John 14:10	Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me?	Philip	His disciples
John 16:19	Are you asking one another why I said, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’?	The disciples	His disciples
John 16:31	Do you finally believe?	The disciples	His disciples
John 18:4	Whom are you seeking?	The soldiers and officials who came to arrest him	People he met
John 18:7	Whom are you seeking?	The soldiers and officials who came to arrest him	People he met
John 18:11	Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given Me?	Peter	His disciples
John 18:21	Why are you asking Me?	Annas, the high priest	Religious leaders
John 18:23	But if I spoke correctly, why did you strike Me?	An official who struck him	People he met
John 18:34	Are you saying this on your own, or did others tell you about Me?	Pilate	People he met
John 20:15	Woman, why are you weeping?	Mary Magdalene	People he met
John 20:15	Whom are you seeking?	Mary Magdalene	People he met
John 21:5	Children, do you have any fish?	The disciples	His disciples
John 21:15	Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?	Peter	His disciples
John 21:16	Simon son of John, do you love Me?	Peter	His disciples
John 21:17	Simon son of John, do you love Me?	Peter	His disciples
John 21:22	If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you?	Peter	His disciples
Acts 9:4	Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?	Saul	People he met

What is not counted

Questions put to Jesus. Pilate's “Are You the King of the Jews?”, Judas's “Surely not I, Rabbi?” and the disciples' “Who is this?” are in the same scenes but are asked of him. They are gathered on Questions people ask Jesus.
Characters in his parables. The king's “Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?” and the landowner's “Did you not agree with me on one denarius?” are Jesus's words, but spoken by a character in a story. The questions he asks his listeners about a parable, such as “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor?”, are counted.
What people say. When Jesus quotes the worried asking “What shall we eat?”, the question is theirs.
The Aramaic of the cry from the cross. Matthew and Mark give it twice, in Aramaic and in translation; it is counted once.
The Old Testament. The speaker data this page starts from gives Jesus the words of the commander of the LORD's army in Joshua 5 and of Isaiah 63, a traditional Christian reading of those passages. Only the New Testament is counted here.

The 52 questions considered and not counted

Questions in verses where Jesus speaks that are not counted, with the reason for each
Where	Question	Why not	Detail
Matthew 6:31	What shall we eat?	Quoted by Jesus	a question Jesus quotes: a character in a parable, or what people say
Matthew 6:31	What shall we drink?	Quoted by Jesus	a question Jesus quotes: a character in a parable, or what people say
Matthew 6:31	What shall we wear?	Quoted by Jesus	a question Jesus quotes: a character in a parable, or what people say
Matthew 7:22	Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?	Quoted by Jesus	a question Jesus quotes: a character in a parable, or what people say
Matthew 13:27	Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field?	Quoted by Jesus	a question Jesus quotes: a character in a parable, or what people say
Matthew 13:27	Where then did the weeds come from?	Quoted by Jesus	a question Jesus quotes: a character in a parable, or what people say
Matthew 13:28	Do you want us to go and pull them up?	Quoted by Jesus	a question Jesus quotes: a character in a parable, or what people say
Matthew 18:33	Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?	Quoted by Jesus	a question Jesus quotes: a character in a parable, or what people say
Matthew 19:18	Which ones?	Not Jesus's question	The rich young man's question, not Jesus's
Matthew 20:6	Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?	Quoted by Jesus	a question Jesus quotes: a character in a parable, or what people say
Matthew 20:13	Did you not agree with me on one denarius?	Quoted by Jesus	a question Jesus quotes: a character in a parable, or what people say
Matthew 20:15	Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine?	Quoted by Jesus	a question Jesus quotes: a character in a parable, or what people say
Matthew 20:15	Or are you envious because I am generous?	Quoted by Jesus	a question Jesus quotes: a character in a parable, or what people say
Matthew 21:16	Do You hear what these children are saying?	Not Jesus's question	The chief priests and scribes's question, not Jesus's
Matthew 21:25	Why then did you not believe him?	Quoted by Jesus	a question Jesus quotes: a character in a parable, or what people say
Matthew 22:12	how did you get in here without wedding clothes?	Quoted by Jesus	a question Jesus quotes: a character in a parable, or what people say
Matthew 25:37	Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink?	Quoted by Jesus	a question Jesus quotes: a character in a parable, or what people say
Matthew 25:38	When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?	Quoted by Jesus	a question Jesus quotes: a character in a parable, or what people say
Matthew 25:39	When did we see You sick or in prison and visit You?	Quoted by Jesus	a question Jesus quotes: a character in a parable, or what people say
Matthew 25:44	Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?	Quoted by Jesus	a question Jesus quotes: a character in a parable, or what people say
Matthew 26:25	Surely not I, Rabbi?	Not Jesus's question	Judas's question, not Jesus's
Matthew 27:11	Are You the King of the Jews?	Not Jesus's question	Pilate's question, not Jesus's
Matthew 27:46	Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?	Not Jesus's question	the same cry in Aramaic, translated in the same verse; counted once, in translation
Mark 6:37	Should we go out and spend two hundred denarii to give all of them bread to eat?	Not Jesus's question	The disciples's question, not Jesus's
Mark 11:3	Why are you doing this?	Quoted by Jesus	a question Jesus quotes: a character in a parable, or what people say
Mark 15:2	Are You the King of the Jews?	Not Jesus's question	Pilate's question, not Jesus's
Mark 15:34	Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?	Not Jesus's question	the same cry in Aramaic, translated in the same verse; counted once, in translation
Luke 8:25	Who is this?	Not Jesus's question	The disciples's question, not Jesus's
Luke 12:17	What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?	Quoted by Jesus	a question Jesus quotes: a character in a parable, or what people say
Luke 12:20	Then who will own what you have accumulated?	Quoted by Jesus	a question Jesus quotes: a character in a parable, or what people say
Luke 13:7	Why should it use up the soil?	Quoted by Jesus	a question Jesus quotes: a character in a parable, or what people say
Luke 16:2	What is this I hear about you?	Quoted by Jesus	a question Jesus quotes: a character in a parable, or what people say
Luke 16:3	What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my position?	Quoted by Jesus	a question Jesus quotes: a character in a parable, or what people say
Luke 16:5	How much do you owe my master?	Quoted by Jesus	a question Jesus quotes: a character in a parable, or what people say
Luke 16:7	And how much do you owe?	Quoted by Jesus	a question Jesus quotes: a character in a parable, or what people say
Luke 17:37	Where, Lord?	Not Jesus's question	The disciples's question, not Jesus's
Luke 19:22	So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?	Quoted by Jesus	a question Jesus quotes: a character in a parable, or what people say
Luke 19:23	Why then did you not deposit my money in the bank, and upon my return I could have collected it with interest?	Quoted by Jesus	a question Jesus quotes: a character in a parable, or what people say
Luke 19:31	Why are you untying it?	Quoted by Jesus	a question Jesus quotes: a character in a parable, or what people say
Luke 20:13	What shall I do?	Quoted by Jesus	a question Jesus quotes: a character in a parable, or what people say
Luke 22:70	Are You then the Son of God?	Not Jesus's question	The council's question, not Jesus's
Luke 23:3	Are You the King of the Jews?	Not Jesus's question	Pilate's question, not Jesus's
John 1:38	where are You staying?	Not Jesus's question	John the Baptist's disciples's question, not Jesus's
John 1:48	How do You know me?	Not Jesus's question	Nathanael's question, not Jesus's
John 8:19	Where is Your Father?	Not Jesus's question	The Pharisees's question, not Jesus's
John 8:25	Who are You?	Not Jesus's question	The crowd's question, not Jesus's
John 13:36	Lord, where are You going?	Not Jesus's question	Peter's question, not Jesus's
John 16:5	Where are You going?	Quoted by Jesus	a question Jesus quotes: a character in a parable, or what people say
John 21:12	Who are You?	Not Jesus's question	the disciples' unspoken question: none of them dared to ask it
John 21:17	Do you love Me?	Not Jesus's question	the narrator repeating Jesus's third question
John 21:23	If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you?	Reported	reported speech: someone quoting or reporting what Jesus said
Acts 9:5	Who are You, Lord?	Not Jesus's question	Saul's question, not Jesus's

Does the translation change the count?

The questions on this page are counted in the Berean Standard Bible. Early Greek manuscripts have no question marks, so where Jesus asks and where he states is partly a translator’s reading. The same verses were read in five more translations in the public domain: the King James Version, the World English Bible, Young’s Literal Translation, the Bible in Basic English and, in Spanish, the Reina-Valera 1909.

Of the 265 verses where Jesus asks a question in the Berean Standard Bible, the other five translations put a question mark in between 90.9% and 96.6% of those they number the same way: the fewest in Young’s Literal Translation, the most in the Bible in Basic English. In the 1,903 verses where only Jesus speaks, the six translations carry between 15.2 and 15.8 question marks in every 100 verses, and the BSB 15.5. The King James Version has more than the BSB. By that measure, a count made in another of these translations would come out within about 2% of this page's, higher or lower.

The 265 verses where Jesus asks a question in the Berean Standard Bible, read in six translations: how many are compared, how many carry a question mark, and the question marks in them; and every verse where only Jesus speaks, 1,903 of them
Translation	Verses compared	With a question mark	Share	Question marks	Question marks per 100 verses where only Jesus speaks
Berean Standard Bible	265	265	100.0%	317	15.5
King James Version	265	253	95.5%	304	15.8
World English Bible	265	255	96.2%	307	15.4
Young’s Literal Translation	265	241	90.9%	294	15.2
Bible in Basic English	265	256	96.6%	301	15.2
Reina-Valera 1909	265	253	95.5%	299	15.3

John 14:2. Early Greek manuscripts have no question marks, so translators decide. Two of these ask; the other four have Jesus say “I would have told you.”

BSB: In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?
KJV: In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
WEB: In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.
YLT: in the house of my Father are many mansions; and if not, I would have told you; I go on to prepare a place for you;
BBE: In my Father's house are rooms enough; if it was not so, would I have said that I am going to make ready a place for you?
RV 1909: En la casa de mi Padre muchas moradas hay: de otra manera os lo hubiera dicho: voy, pues, á preparar lugar para vosotros.

Mark 14:41. The same Greek words can be read as a question or as a command. Only the Berean Standard Bible asks; in the others Jesus tells the disciples to sleep on.

BSB: When Jesus returned the third time, He said, “Are you still sleeping and resting? That is enough! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
KJV: And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
WEB: He came the third time and said to them, “Sleep on now, and take your rest. It is enough. The hour has come. Behold, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
YLT: And he cometh the third time, and saith to them, 'Sleep on henceforth, and rest — it is over; the hour did come; lo, the Son of Man is delivered up to the hands of the sinful;
BBE: And he came the third time, and said to them, Go on sleeping now and take your rest: it is enough; the hour has come; see, the Son of man is given up into the hands of evil men.
RV 1909: Y vino la tercera vez, y les dice: Dormid ya y descansad: basta, la hora es venida; he aquí, el Hijo del hombre es entregado en manos de los pecadores.

The share of verses with a question mark can only fall: these are the verses where the Berean Standard Bible has a question, so a verse where another translation asks and this one does not is not among them. The question marks in them can rise, where a translation divides one question into two. The verses where only Jesus speaks are chosen from Faith Comes By Hearing’s speaker data, not from any translation, so that measure can move either way, and it is the fairer guide. Even where another translation counts about as many questions, they are not all the same ones.

How this was made

Who is speaking. Faith Comes By Hearing's verse-by-verse speaker assignments for dramatized audio Bibles, published with SIL's Glyssen project under the MIT licence¹, mark the verses in which Jesus speaks: 2,140 of them: 2,003 in the New Testament where the list is sure of the speaker, 127 more where it is unsure, and 10 in the Old Testament. The same method and rules as Questions God asks find every question in the Berean Standard Bible² in those verses, 362 candidates, following the quotation marks across each chapter.

Deciding. Stated rules settle most candidates. The rest were read and decided by hand, 87 in all, each with its reason: a second speaker in the same verse, a question sent through messengers (“Where is My guest room?”), questions the BSB splits with narration, and the duplicate Aramaic cry.

Who was asked. The Gospels were read scene by scene, 133 scenes in all, and each was given the audience its narration names: “He questioned His disciples”, “Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John”. Where a scene has more than one audience, the question is assigned by hand. John's Gospel sometimes uses “the Jews” for particular authorities or opponents within its narrative. The phrase should not be generalized to Jewish people as a whole. This page places those passages under public audience unless the text specifically names Pharisees or priests.

Parallels. Where Matthew, Mark and Luke tell the same question in the same scene, or record the same saying, the tellings were grouped by hand, 64 groups in all. Wording can differ between Gospels: Matthew's “Why do you ask Me about what is good?” is grouped with Mark's and Luke's “Why do you call Me good?”. This page was made with AI assistance and human review.

The data. Every counted question, with its audience and parallels, and every question considered and not counted with the reason, is in jesus-questions.json.

Corrections are welcome through the contact page, especially about who a question was asked of or which tellings belong together.

Sources

Glyssen character data (CharacterVerse.txt), SIL and Faith Comes By Hearing, MIT licence, copyright 2014 to 2020 SIL LSDev and Faith Comes By Hearing.
The Berean Standard Bible, released into the public domain, read on this site at /bible/bsb/.
Martin B. Copenhaver, Jesus Is the Question: The 307 Questions Jesus Asked and the 3 He Answered (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2014).

Questions people ask

How many questions does Jesus ask in the Bible?

310 in the New Testament, counting every telling, or 225 distinct questions once the same question in more than one Gospel is counted once. Martin Copenhaver's book Jesus Is the Question gives 307; counts differ with how parallels and questions asked in more than one sentence are counted.

What was the first question Jesus asked?

The earliest in the Gospel narrative is "Why were you looking for Me?", asked of Mary and Joseph when they found him in the temple at twelve (Luke 2:49). In Bible order, the first is in the Sermon on the Mount: "But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again?" (Matthew 5:13).

Who did Jesus ask the most questions?

His disciples: 88 distinct questions, against 67 to the crowds and his public audiences, 50 to religious leaders and 37 to people he met one by one. Of individuals, Peter is asked the most.

Did Jesus ask God any questions?

One, from the cross: "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" It is in Matthew 27:46 and Mark 15:34, first in Aramaic and then in translation, and it is the first line of Psalm 22.

What is the last question Jesus asks in the Bible?

"Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?", spoken to Saul on the road to Damascus in Acts 9:4. In the Gospels, the last is to Peter by the lake: "If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you?" (John 21:22).