18 Bible Verses about Crowds Seeking

When daybreak came, Jesus left [Simon Peter’s house] and went to a secluded place; and the crowds were searching for Him, and [they] came to Him and tried to keep Him from leaving them.

Now as Jesus was returning [to Galilee], the people welcomed Him, for they had all been expecting Him.

On the next day, when they came down from the mountain, a large crowd met Him.

For this reason the crowd went to meet Him, because they heard that He had performed this [miraculous] sign.

Immediately, when the entire crowd saw Jesus, they were startled and began running up to greet Him.

And great crowds came to Him, bringing with them the lame, crippled, blind, mute, and many others, and they put them down at His feet; and He healed them.

and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and [from the region] beyond the Jordan, and around Tyre and Sidon; a vast number of people came to Him because they were hearing about all [the things] that He was doing.

The crowd came up and began asking Pilate to do as he usually did for them.

While He was still speaking, a crowd came, and the man called Judas, one of the twelve [disciples], was leading the way for them. He approached Jesus to kiss Him.

A large crowd of Jews learned that He was there [at Bethany]; and they came, not only because of Jesus, but also to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.

The crowds asked him, “Then what are we to do?”

Now at the feast [of the Passover] the governor was in the habit of setting free any one prisoner whom the people chose.

Now as the crowds were increasing [in number], He began to say, “This [present] generation is a wicked generation; it seeks a sign (attesting miracle), but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah [the prophet].

While He was still talking to the crowds, it happened that His mother and brothers stood outside, asking to speak to Him.

A crowd was sitting around Him, and they said to Him, “Look! Your mother and Your brothers are outside asking for You.”

So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they boarded the small boats themselves and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus.

Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus was, but he could not see because of the crowd, for he was short in stature.

Jesus answered, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, you have been searching for Me, not because you saw the signs (attesting miracles), but because you ate the loaves and were filled.