10 Bible Verses about Seeking For Concrete Things

"For all these are things that the Gentiles are eagerly seeking; for your heavenly Father knows that you have need of them all.

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of beautiful pearls.

"So do not be asking what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, and be not of doubtful mind.

"For all these things the nations of the world are seeking; but your Father knows that you have need of these things.

Then he gave them this parable. "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came to look for fruit on it, but found none.

So he said to the gardener. "'See, for years I have come looking for fruit on this tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why should it actually cumber the ground?'

"Which one of you men, if he has a hundred sheep, and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it?

"Or, again, suppose a woman has ten coins. If she loses one, does she not light a lamp and sweep the house, and search anxiously until she finds it?

Just then his disciples came up, and were astonished that he was talking with a woman; yet not one of them asked him, "What do you want?" or "Why are you talking with her?"

For those who say such things make it plain that they are seeking a Fatherland.