1013 verses about Seeking

Behold, one came to him and said, “Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?”

The young man said to him, “All these things I have observed from my youth. What do I still lack?”

The multitude rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet, but they cried out even more, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!”

Jesus stood still, and called them, and asked, “What do you want me to do for you?”

They told him, “Lord, that our eyes may be opened.”

He left them again, went away, and prayed a third time, saying the same words.

The angel answered the women, “Don’t be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus, who has been crucified.

Early in the morning, while it was still dark, he rose up and went out, and departed into a deserted place, and prayed there.

Simon and those who were with him followed after him;

and they found him, and told him, “Everyone is looking for you.”

A leper came to him, begging him, kneeling down to him, and saying to him, “If you want to, you can make me clean.”

He went up into the mountain, and called to himself those whom he wanted, and they went to him.

Behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, came; and seeing him, he fell at his feet,

He looked around to see her who had done this thing.

They went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves.

After he had taken leave of them, he went up the mountain to pray.

From there he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house, and didn’t want anyone to know it, but he couldn’t escape notice.

The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, and testing him.

He sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Most certainly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.”

Jesus went out, with his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked his disciples, “Who do men say that I am?”

They went out from there, and passed through Galilee. He didn’t want anyone to know it.

As he was going out into the way, one ran to him, knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?”

James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came near to him, saying, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask.”

He said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?”

Many rebuked him, that he should be quiet, but he cried out much more, “You son of David, have mercy on me!”

Jesus stood still, and said, “Call him.” They called the blind man, saying to him, “Cheer up! Get up. He is calling you!”

He, casting away his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus.

Jesus asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man said to him, “Rabboni, that I may see again.”

One of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together. Knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the greatest of all?”

As he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately,

He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him.

Again he went away, and prayed, saying the same words.

Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for God’s Kingdom, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body.

He said to them, “Don’t be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen. He is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him!

When the angels went away from them into the sky, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem, now, and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”

but supposing him to be in the company, they went a day’s journey, and they looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances.

When they didn’t find him, they returned to Jerusalem, looking for him.

He said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”

Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what must we do?”

As the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he was the Christ,

When it was day, he departed and went into an uninhabited place, and the multitudes looked for him, and came to him, and held on to him, so that he wouldn’t go away from them.

But he withdrew himself into the desert, and prayed.

In these days, he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God.

John, calling to himself two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, “Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for another?”

When the men had come to him, they said, “John the Baptizer has sent us to you, saying, ‘Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?’”

Then his disciples asked him, “What does this parable mean?”

Be careful therefore how you hear. For whoever has, to him will be given; and whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he thinks he has.”

Behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus’ feet, and begged him to come into his house,

Herod said, “John I beheaded, but who is this, about whom I hear such things?” He sought to see him.

As he was praying alone, the disciples were with him, and he asked them, “Who do the multitudes say that I am?”

As they went on the way, a certain man said to him, “I want to follow you wherever you go, Lord.”

but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.”

He said to them, “Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight, and tell him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.

For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.

Don’t seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.

For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things.

But seek God’s Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.

He spoke this parable. “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.

“Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.

Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him.

“Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn’t leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?

When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn’t light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

A certain ruler asked him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

Hearing a multitude going by, he asked what this meant.

Those who led the way rebuked him, that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “You son of David, have mercy on me!”

“What do you want me to do?” He said, “Lord, that I may see again.”

He was trying to see who Jesus was, and couldn’t because of the crowd, because he was short.

He ran on ahead, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was going to pass that way.

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”

Every day Jesus was teaching in the temple, and every night he would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called Olivet.

All the people came early in the morning to him in the temple to hear him.

Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad, for he had wanted to see him for a long time, because he had heard many things about him. He hoped to see some miracle done by him.

(he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was also waiting for God’s Kingdom:

Becoming terrified, they bowed their faces down to the earth. They said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?

While they talked and questioned together, Jesus himself came near, and went with them.

They came near to the village, where they were going, and he acted like he would go further.

They urged him, saying, “Stay with us, for it is almost evening, and the day is almost over.” He went in to stay with them.

They said therefore to him, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

Again, the next day, John was standing with two of his disciples,

The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

Jesus turned, and saw them following, and said to them, “What are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi” (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher), “where are you staying?”

He said to them, “Come, and see.” They came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.

One of the two who heard John, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.

He first found his own brother, Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which is, being interpreted, Christ).

On the next day, he was determined to go out into Galilee, and he found Philip. Jesus said to him, “Follow me.”

Nathanael said to him, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”

The same came to him by night, and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.”

A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.”

The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. So where do you get that living water?

The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I don’t get thirsty, neither come all the way here to draw.”

But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshipers.

“Come, see a man who told me everything that I did. Can this be the Christ?”

They went out of the city, and were coming to him.

I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.