'Asked' in the Bible

And behold, there was a man having his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath? that they might accuse him.

But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came to him and asked him, saying, Dismiss her, for she cries after us.

And the Pharisees and Sadducees, coming to him, asked him, tempting him, to shew them a sign out of heaven.