'Look' in the Bible

"Look! The virgin will conceive and bear a son, and they will call him Emmanuel," which means "God with us."

He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, inform me so that I can go and worship him as well."

After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to look for the child to kill him."

"When you fast, do not look sullen like the hypocrites, for they make their faces unattractive so that people will see them fasting. I tell you the truth, they have their reward.

Look at the birds in the sky: They do not sow, or reap, or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you more valuable than they are?

"Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?"

What did you go out to see? A man dressed in fancy clothes? Look, those who wear fancy clothes are in the homes of kings!

This is the one about whom it is written: 'Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.'

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is vindicated by her deeds."

But when the Pharisees saw this they said to him, "Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath."

Someone told him, "Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside wanting to speak to you."

And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: 'You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend.

What do you think? If someone owns a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go look for the one that went astray?

Then Peter said to him, "Look, we have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?"

"Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the experts in the law. They will condemn him to death,

"Tell the people of Zion, 'Look, your king is coming to you, unassuming and seated on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.'"

Again he sent other slaves, saying, 'Tell those who have been invited, "Look! The feast I have prepared for you is ready. My oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet."'

"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean.

In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Look, your house is left to you desolate!

Then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'There he is!' do not believe him.

So then, if someone says to you, 'Look, he is in the wilderness,' do not go out, or 'Look, he is in the inner rooms,' do not believe him.

But at midnight there was a shout, 'Look, the bridegroom is here! Come out to meet him.'

Then he came to the disciples and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is approaching, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Get up, let us go. Look! My betrayer is approaching!"

Now after the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.

As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, "Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way,

So the Pharisees said to him, "Look, why are they doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?"

A crowd was sitting around him and they said to him, "Look, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you."

so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven."

Sighing deeply in his spirit he said, "Why does this generation look for a sign? I tell you the truth, no sign will be given to this generation."

Regaining his sight he said, "I see people, but they look like trees walking."

Peter began to speak to him, "Look, we have left everything to follow you!"

"Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and experts in the law. They will condemn him to death and will turn him over to the Gentiles.

Peter remembered and said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered."

But he saw through their hypocrisy and said to them, "Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it."

Now as Jesus was going out of the temple courts, one of his disciples said to him, "Teacher, look at these tremendous stones and buildings!"

Then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'Look, there he is!' do not believe him.

He came a third time and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough of that! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Get up, let us go. Look! My betrayer is approaching!"

But he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has been raised! He is not here. Look, there is the place where they laid him.

"And look, your relative Elizabeth has also become pregnant with a son in her old age -- although she was called barren, she is now in her sixth month!

but (because they assumed that he was in their group of travelers) they went a day's journey. Then they began to look for him among their relatives and acquaintances.

When they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem to look for him.

When his parents saw him, they were overwhelmed. His mother said to him, "Child, why have you treated us like this? Look, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously."

and sent them to Jesus to ask, "Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?"

When the men came to Jesus, they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask, 'Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?'"

What did you go out to see? A man dressed in fancy clothes? Look, those who wear fancy clothes and live in luxury are in kings' courts!

This is the one about whom it is written, 'Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.'

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'

Then a man from the crowd cried out, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son -- he is my only child!

Look, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions and on the full force of the enemy, and nothing will hurt you.

But he said to them, "Go and tell that fox, 'Look, I am casting out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will complete my work.

Look, your house is forsaken! And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, 'Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!'"

"Which one of you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go look for the one that is lost until he finds it?

but he answered his father, 'Look! These many years I have worked like a slave for you, and I never disobeyed your commands. Yet you never gave me even a goat so that I could celebrate with my friends!

nor will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or 'There!' For indeed, the kingdom of God is in your midst."

Then people will say to you, 'Look, there he is!' or 'Look, here he is!' Do not go out or chase after them.

The tax collector, however, stood far off and would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, be merciful to me, sinner that I am!'

And Peter said, "Look, we have left everything we own to follow you!"

Then Jesus took the twelve aside and said to them, "Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.

He was trying to get a look at Jesus, but being a short man he could not see over the crowd.

But Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, half of my possessions I now give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone of anything, I am paying back four times as much!"

Then he told them a parable: "Look at the fig tree and all the other trees.

"But look, the hand of the one who betrays me is with me on the table.

So they said, "Look, Lord, here are two swords." Then he told them, "It is enough."

Neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Look, he has done nothing deserving death.

The women were terribly frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look for the living among the dead?

Look at my hands and my feet; it's me! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones like you see I have."

And look, I am sending you what my Father promised. But stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high."

On the next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

Gazing at Jesus as he walked by, he said, "Look, the Lamb of God!"

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and exclaimed, "Look, a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit!"

Don't you say, 'There are four more months and then comes the harvest?' I tell you, look up and see that the fields are already white for harvest!

After this Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "Look, you have become well. Don't sin any more, lest anything worse happen to you."

You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come."

What did he mean by saying, 'You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come'?"

Then Jesus said to them again, "I am going away, and you will look for me but will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come."

So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, "Lord, look, the one you love is sick."

Thus the people who had come to mourn said, "Look how much he loved him!"

"Do not be afraid, people of Zion; look, your king is coming, seated on a donkey's colt!"

Thus the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you can do nothing. Look, the world has run off after him!"

The disciples began to look at one another, worried and perplexed to know which of them he was talking about.

Children, I am still with you for a little while. You will look for me, and just as I said to the Jewish religious leaders, 'Where I am going you cannot come,' now I tell you the same.

His disciples said, "Look, now you are speaking plainly and not in obscure figures of speech!

Look, a time is coming -- and has come -- when you will be scattered, each one to his own home, and I will be left alone. Yet I am not alone, because my Father is with me.

Again Pilate went out and said to the Jewish leaders, "Look, I am bringing him out to you, so that you may know that I find no reason for an accusation against him."

So Jesus came outside, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, "Look, here is the man!"

(Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover, about noon.) Pilate said to the Jewish leaders, "Look, here is your king!"

So when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, "Woman, look, here is your son!"

He then said to his disciple, "Look, here is your mother!" From that very time the disciple took her into his own home.

And again another scripture says, "They will look on the one whom they have pierced."

Peter looked directly at him (as did John) and said, "Look at us!"

Peter then told her, "Why have you agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out!"

But someone came and reported to them, "Look! The men you put in prison are standing in the temple courts and teaching the people!"

saying, "We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name. Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man's blood on us!"

I am the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.' Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look more closely.

"Look!" he said. "I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"

Now as they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Look, there is water! What is to stop me from being baptized?"

Then the Lord told him, "Get up and go to the street called 'Straight,' and at Judas' house look for a man from Tarsus named Saul. For he is praying,