John 6:26

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Summary

Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.

Ye seek

James 4:3

General references

Luke 14:25

Bible References

Ye seek

Therefore, Jesus perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force, to make him king, withdrew into the mountain himself alone.

And when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the hands of the apostles, he offered them money,

For such serve not our Lord Christ, but their own appetites; and, by good words and fair speeches, they deceive the hearts of the simple.

for all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.

whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.

and wranglings, on the part of men who are corrupt in mind, and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a source of gain. From such withdraw yourself.

You ask, and receive not, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your passions.

General references

And many multitudes were journeying with him; and he turned and said to them: