'Asking' in the Bible

So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they were asking Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.

But when they persisted in asking Him, He straightened up, and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.”

Then the Pharisees also were asking him again how he received his sight. And he said to them, “He applied clay to my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”