And on their having withdrawn, lo, a messenger of the Lord doth appear in a dream to Joseph, saying, 'Having risen, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and be thou there till I may speak to thee, for Herod is about to seek the child to destroy him.'

Happy those persecuted for righteousness' sake -- because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake --

for all these do the nations seek for, for your heavenly Father doth know that ye have need of all these;

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

'Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

and the multitudes having seen, wondered, and glorified God, who did give such power to men.

and before governors and kings ye shall be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

'He who found his life shall lose it, and he who lost his life for my sake shall find it.

And he answering said to them, 'A generation, evil and adulterous, doth seek a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet;

'A generation evil and adulterous doth seek a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet;' and having left them he went away.

for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake shall find it,

'And he who may receive one such child in my name, doth receive me,

What think ye? if a man may have an hundred sheep, and there may go astray one of them, doth he not -- having left the ninety-nine, having gone on the mountains -- seek that which is gone astray?

But Jesus said, 'Suffer the children, and forbid them not, to come unto me, for of such is the reign of the heavens;'

and every one who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my name's sake, an hundredfold shall receive, and life age-during shall inherit;

'And woe to those with child, and to those giving suck in those days;

for there shall be then great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world till now, no, nor may be.

and he said, 'Go away to the city, unto such a one, and say to him, The Teacher saith, My time is nigh; near thee I keep the passover, with my disciples;'

And the messenger answering said to the women, 'Fear not ye, for I have known that Jesus, who hath been crucified, ye seek;

and having found him, they say to him, -- 'All do seek thee;'

and a multitude was sitting about him, and they said to him, 'Lo, thy mother and thy brethren without do seek thee.'

And with many such similes he was speaking to them the word, as they were able to hear,

and sabbath having come, he began in the synagogue to teach, and many hearing were astonished, saying, 'Whence hath this one these things? and what the wisdom that was given to him, that also such mighty works through his hands are done?

for, having put away the command of God, ye hold the tradition of men, baptisms of pots and cups; and many other such like things ye do.'

setting aside the word of God for your tradition that ye delivered; and many such like things ye do.'

and having sighed deeply in his spirit, he saith, 'Why doth this generation seek after a sign? Verily I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation.'

for whoever may will to save his life shall lose it; and whoever may lose his life for my sake and for the good news' sake, he shall save it;

'Whoever may receive one of such children in my name, doth receive me, and whoever may receive me, doth not receive me, but Him who sent me.'

and Jesus having seen, was much displeased, and he said to them, 'Suffer the children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the reign of God;

And Jesus answering said, 'Verily I say to you, there is no one who left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my sake, and for the good news',

'And take ye heed to yourselves, for they shall deliver you up to sanhedrims, and to synagogues, ye shall be beaten, and before governors and kings ye shall be set for my sake, for a testimony to them;

'And woe to those with child, and to those giving suck, in those days;

for those days shall be tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the creation that God created, till now, and may not be;

And he saith to them, 'Be not amazed, ye seek Jesus the Nazarene, the crucified: he did rise -- he is not here; lo, the place where they laid him!

Happy are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you, and shall reproach, and shall cast forth your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake --

and Herod said, 'John I did behead, but who is this concerning whom I hear such things?' and he was seeking to see him.

for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake, he shall save it;

and I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

And it came to pass, in his saying these things, a certain woman having lifted up the voice out of the multitude, said to him, 'Happy the womb that carried thee, and the paps that thou didst suck!'

And the multitudes crowding together upon him, he began to say, 'This generation is evil, a sign it doth seek after, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet,

And ye -- seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense,

for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father hath known that ye have need of these things;

but, seek ye the reign of God, and all these things shall be added to you.

and Jesus answering said to them, 'Think ye that these Galileans became sinners beyond all the Galileans, because they have suffered such things?

'Be striving to go in through the straight gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to go in, and shall not be able;

'Or what woman having ten drachms, if she may lose one drachm, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till that she may find?

Whoever may seek to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever may lose it, shall preserve it.

and Jesus having called them near, said, 'Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the reign of God;

and he said to them, 'Verily I say to you, that there is not one who left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the reign of God,

for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'

and before all these, they shall lay on you their hands, and persecute, delivering up to synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and governors for my name's sake;

'And woe to those with child, and to those giving suck, in those days; for there shall be great distress on the land, and wrath on this people;

for, lo, days do come, in which they shall say, Happy the barren, and wombs that did not bare, and paps that did not give suck;

and on their having become afraid, and having inclined the face to the earth, they said to them, 'Why do ye seek the living with the dead?

And the one, whose name was Cleopas, answering, said unto him, 'Art thou alone such a stranger in Jerusalem, that thou hast not known the things that came to pass in it in these days?'

And Jesus having turned, and having beheld them following, saith to them, 'What seek ye?' and they said to them, 'Rabbi, (which is, being interpreted, Teacher,) where remainest thou?'

but, there cometh an hour, and it now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father also doth seek such to worship him;

'I am not able of myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.

how are ye able -- ye -- to believe, glory from one another receiving, and the glory that is from God alone ye seek not?

Jesus answered them and said, 'Verily, verily, I say to you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were satisfied;

'He who is speaking from himself his own glory doth seek, but he who is seeking the glory of him who sent him, this one is true, and unrighteousness is not in him;

hath not Moses given you the law? and none of you doth the law; why me do ye seek to kill?'

The multitude answered and said, 'Thou hast a demon, who doth seek to kill thee?'

ye will seek me, and ye shall not find; and where I am, ye are not able to come.'

what is this word that he said, Ye will seek me, and ye shall not find? and, Where I am, ye are not able to come?'

and in the law, Moses did command us that such be stoned; thou, therefore, what dost thou say?'

therefore said Jesus again to them, 'I go away, and ye will seek me, and in your sin ye shall die; whither I go away, ye are not able to come.'

'I have known that ye are seed of Abraham, but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you;

and now, ye seek to kill me -- a man who hath spoken to you the truth I heard from God; this Abraham did not;

and I do not seek my own glory; there is who is seeking and is judging;

Of the Pharisees, therefore, certain said, 'This man is not from God, because the sabbath he doth not keep;' others said, 'How is a man -- a sinful one -- able to do such signs?' and there was a division among them.

and I rejoice, for your sake, (that ye may believe,) that I was not there; but we may go to him;'

Little children, yet a little am I with you; ye will seek me, and, according as I said to the Jews -- Whither I go away, ye are not able to come, to you also I do say it now.

Jesus, therefore, knew that they were wishing to ask him, and he said to them, 'Concerning this do ye seek one with another, because I said, A little while, and you do not behold me, and again a little while, and ye shall see me?

Jesus, therefore, knowing all things that are coming upon him, having gone forth, said to them, 'Whom do ye seek?'

Again, therefore, he questioned them, 'Whom do ye seek?' and they said, 'Jesus the Nazarene;'

Jesus answered, 'I said to you that I am he; if, then, me ye seek, suffer these to go away;'

Jesus saith to her, 'Woman, why dost thou weep? whom dost thou seek;' she, supposing that he is the gardener, saith to him, 'Sir, if thou didst carry him away, tell me where thou didst lay him, and I will take him away;'

and the Lord saith unto him, 'Having risen, go on unto the street that is called Straight, and seek in the house of Judas, one by name Saul of Tarsus, for, lo, he doth pray,

And Peter thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, 'Lo, three men do seek thee;

and Peter having come down unto the men who have been sent from Cornelius unto him, said, 'Lo, I am he whom ye seek, what is the cause for which ye are present?'

And Barnabas went forth to Tarsus, to seek for Saul,

that the residue of men may seek after the Lord, and all the nations, upon whom My name hath been called, saith the Lord, who is doing all these things.

who such a charge having received, did put them to the inner prison, and their feet made fast in the stocks.

to seek the Lord, if perhaps they did feel after Him and find, -- though, indeed, He is not far from each one of us,

whom, having brought in a crowd together, and those who did work about such things, he said, 'Men, ye know that by this work we have our wealth;

'And if ye seek after anything concerning other matters, in the legal assembly it shall be determined;

'And concerning those of the nations who have believed, we have written, having given judgment, that they observe no such thing, except to keep themselves both from idol-sacrifices, and blood, and a strangled thing, and whoredom.'

And they were hearing him unto this word, and they lifted up their voice, saying, 'Away from the earth with such an one; for it is not fit for him to live.'

and Paul said, 'I would have wished to God, both in a little, and in much, not only thee, but also all those hearing me to-day, to become such as I also am -- except these bonds.'

who the righteous judgment of God having known -- that those practising such things are worthy of death -- not only do them, but also have delight with those practising them.

and we have known that the judgment of God is according to truth, upon those practising such things.

And dost thou think this, O man, who art judging those who such things are practising, and art doing them, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

to those, indeed, who in continuance of a good work, do seek glory, and honour, and incorruptibility -- life age-during;

(according as it hath been written -- 'For Thy sake we are put to death all the day long, we were reckoned as sheep of slaughter,')

'Lord, Thy prophets they did kill, and Thy altars they dug down, and I was left alone, and they seek my life;'

What then? What Israel doth seek after, this it did not obtain, and the chosen did obtain, and the rest were hardened,

for the sake of victuals cast not down the work of God; all things, indeed, are pure, but evil is to the man who is eating through stumbling.

for such our Lord Jesus Christ do not serve, but their own belly; and through the good word and fair speech they deceive the hearts of the harmless,