'Asking' in the Bible

On the third day they found Him in the Temple sitting among the Rabbis, both listening to them and asking them questions,

Then the Scribes and Pharisees began to cavil, asking, "Who is this, uttering blasphemies? Who but God alone can forgive sins?"

Well aware of their reasonings, Jesus answered their questions by asking in turn, "What is this that you are debating in your hearts?

"Therefore, do not be asking what you are to eat nor what you are to drink; and do not waver between hope and fear.

"Which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not sit down first and calculate the cost, asking if he has the means to finish it? --