'Asking' in the Bible

So when the Samaritans came to him, they began asking him to stay with them. He stayed there two days,

So the Jewish leaders were looking for him at the feast, asking, "Where is he?"

(Now they were asking this in an attempt to trap him, so that they could bring charges against him.) Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground with his finger.

When they persisted in asking him, he stood up straight and replied, "Whoever among you is guiltless may be the first to throw a stone at her."

Then they began asking him, "Who is your father?" Jesus answered, "You do not know either me or my Father. If you knew me you would know my Father too."

And when she had said this, Martha went and called her sister Mary, saying privately, "The Teacher is here and is asking for you."

But now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you is asking me, 'Where are you going?'

Jesus could see that they wanted to ask him about these things, so he said to them, "Are you asking each other about this -- that I said, 'In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me'?

I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but that you keep them safe from the evil one.