Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
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Bible References
Ye seek
John 6:15
But Jesus, having discovered that they were intending to come and carry him off to make him King, retired again up the hill, quite alone.
Acts 8:18
When Simon saw that it was through the placing of the Apostles' hands on them that the Spirit was given, he brought them a sum of money and said:
Romans 16:18
For such persons are not serving Christ, our Master, but are slaves to their own appetites; and, by their smooth words and flattery, they deceive simple-minded people.
Philippians 2:21
They are all pursuing their own aims and not those of Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:19
The end of such men is Ruin; for their appetites are their God, and they glory in their shame; their minds are given up to earthly things.
1 Timothy 6:5
and incessant wrangling on the part of these corrupt-minded people who have lost all hold on the Truth, and who think of religion only as a source of gain.
James 4:3
You ask, yet do not receive, because you ask for a wrong purpose--to spend what you get upon your pleasures.
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Luke 14:25
One day, when great crowds of people were walking with Jesus, he turned and said to them: