Then Herod secretly called together the wise men, found out from them the time the star had appeared,

and sent them to Bethlehem. He told them, "As you go, search carefully for the child. When you find him, tell me so that I, too, may go and worship him."

"Keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened for you.

Because everyone who keeps asking will receive, and the person who keeps searching will find, and the person who keeps knocking will have the door opened.

How narrow is the gate and how constricted is the road that leads to life, and there aren't many people who find it!"

When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and told those who were following him, "I tell all of you with certainty, not even in Israel have I found this kind of faith!

"Whatever town or village you enter, find out who is receptive in it and stay there until you leave.

The one who finds his life will lose it, and the one who loses his life because of me will find it."

Place my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble, and you will find rest for your souls,

"The kingdom from heaven is like treasure hidden in a field that a man found and hid. In his excitement he went and sold everything he had and bought that field."

When he found a very valuable pearl, he went and sold everything he had and bought it."

Then Jesus called his disciples and said, "I have compassion for the crowd because they have already been with me for three days and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away without food, or they may faint on the road."

Whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it,

So Jesus told him, "In that case, the subjects are exempt. However, so that we don't offend them, go to the sea and throw in a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, open its mouth, and you will find a coin. Take it and give it to them for me and you."

"But when that servant went away, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him, seized him by the throat, and said, "Pay what you owe!'

About five o'clock he went out and found some others standing around. He asked them, "Why are you standing here all day long without work?'

told them, "Go into the village ahead of you. At once you will find a donkey tied up and a colt with it. Untie them, and bring them to me.

Seeing a fig tree by the roadside, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. He told it, "May fruit never come from you again!" And immediately the fig tree dried up.

So go into the roads leading out of town and invite as many people as you can find to the wedding.'

Those servants went out into the streets and brought in everyone they found, evil and good alike, and the wedding hall was packed with guests.

When he went back to the disciples, he found them asleep. He told Peter, "So, you men couldn't stay awake with me for one hour, could you?

Then he came back and found them asleep, because they could not keep their eyes open.

But they couldn't find any, even though many false witnesses had come forward. At last two men came forward

As they were leaving, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced to carry Jesus' cross.

When they found him, they told him, "Everyone's looking for you."

He asked them, "How many loaves of bread do you have? Go and see." They found out and told him, "Five loaves and two fish."

So she went home and found her child lying in bed, and the demon was gone.

If I send them away to their homes hungry, they'll faint on the road. Some of them have come a long distance."

Then they left that place and passed through Galilee. Jesus didn't want anyone to find out about it,

and told them, "Go into the village ahead of you. As soon as you go into it, you will find a colt tied up that no one has ever ridden. Untie it, and bring it along.

So they went and found the colt outside in the street tied up next to a doorway. While they were untying it,

Seeing in the distance a fig tree covered with leaves, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing except leaves because it wasn't the season for figs.

Otherwise, he may come suddenly and find you asleep.

So the disciples left and went into the city. They found everything just as Jesus had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal.

When he went back, he found his disciples asleep. "Simon, are you asleep?" he asked Peter. "You couldn't stay awake for one hour, could you?

Again he came back and found them asleep, because they could not keep their eyes open. They didn't even know what they should say to him.

Meanwhile, the high priests and the whole Council were looking for some testimony against Jesus in order to have him put to death, but they couldn't find any.

Then the angel told her, "Stop being afraid, Mary, because you have found favor with God.

And this will be a sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a feeding trough."

So they went quickly and found Mary and Joseph with the baby, who was lying in the feeding trough.

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

Three days later, they found him in the Temple sitting among the teachers, listening to them, and posing questions to them.

the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written,

When they couldn't find a way to get him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down on his stretcher through the tiles into the middle of the room, right in front of Jesus.

The scribes and the Pharisees were watching Jesus closely to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, in order to find a way of accusing him of doing something wrong.

When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him. Turning to the crowd that was following him, he said, "I tell you, not even in Israel have I found this kind of faith!"

Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant in perfect health.

So the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting at Jesus' feet, dressed and in his right mind, they were frightened.

But the crowds found out about this and followed him. He welcomed them and began to speak to them about the kingdom of God and to heal those who needed healing.

So I say to you: Keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened for you,

because everyone who keeps asking will receive, and the person who keeps searching will find, and the person who keeps knocking will have the door opened.

"Whenever an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it wanders through dry places looking for a place to rest but doesn't find any. So it says, "I will go back to my home that I left.'

Then Jesus told them this parable: "A man had a fig tree that had been planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it but didn't find any.

So he told the gardener, "Look here! For three years I've been coming to look for fruit on this tree but I haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it waste the soil?'

Then he goes home, calls his friends and neighbors together, and says to them, "Rejoice with me, because I've found my lost sheep!'

When she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, "Rejoice with me, because I have found the coin that I lost!'

Because my son was dead and has come back to life. He was lost and has been found.' And they began to celebrate.

But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come back to life. He was lost and has been found.'"

Except for this foreigner, were any of them found to return and give praise to God?"

I tell you, he will give them justice quickly. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"

"After he was appointed king, the prince came back. He ordered the servants to whom he had given the money to be called so he could find out what they had earned by investing.

"Go into the village ahead of you," he said. "As you enter, you will find a colt tied up that no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it along.

So those who were sent went off and found it as Jesus had told them.

but they couldn't find a way to do it, because all the people were eager to hear him.

People will faint from fear and apprehension because of the things that are to come on the inhabited world, because the powers of heaven will be shaken.

So they went and found everything just as Jesus had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal.

When he got up from prayer, he went to the disciples and found them asleep from sorrow.

They began to accuse him, "We found this man corrupting our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that he is the Messiah, a king."

Then Pilate told the high priests and crowds, "I do not find anything chargeable in this man."

and told them, "You brought this man to me as one who turns the people against the government. And here in your presence I have examined him and have found him "Not Guilty' of the charges you make against him.

Then he spoke to them a third time: "What has he done wrong? I have found nothing in him worthy of death. So I will punish him and let him go."

They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,

but when they went in, they didn't find the body of the Lord Jesus.

and didn't find his body there, so they came back and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who were saying that he was alive.

Then some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said. However, they didn't see him."

They got up right away, went back to Jerusalem, and found the eleven disciples and their companions all together.

The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and say to him, "We have found the Anointed One!" (which is translated "Messiah").

The next day, Jesus decided to go away to Galilee, where he found Philip and told him, "Follow me."

Philip found Nathaniel and told him, "We have found the man about whom Moses in the Law and the Prophets wrote Jesus, the son of Joseph, from Nazareth."

In the Temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, as well as moneychangers sitting at their tables.

Later on, Jesus found him in the Temple and told him, "Look! You have become well. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you."

When they had found him on the other side of the sea, they asked him, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"

You'll look for me but won't find me. And where I am, you cannot come."

Then the Jewish leaders asked one another, "Where does this man intend to go that we won't be able to find him? Surely he's not going to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, is he?

What does this statement mean that he said, "You'll look for me but won't find me,' and, "Where I am, you cannot come'?"

Jesus heard that they had thrown him out. So when he found him, he asked him, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?"

I'm the gate. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved. He'll come in and go out and find pasture.

When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.

Then Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon it, as it is written:

Pilate asked him, "What is "truth'?" and then he went out to the Jewish leaders again and told them, "I find no basis for a charge against him.

Pilate went outside again and told the Jews, "Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him."

When the high priests and the officials saw him, they shouted, "Crucify him! Crucify him!" Pilate told them, "You take him and crucify him. I find no basis for a charge against him."

Now when the Jewish leaders saw the boldness of Peter and John and found out that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and realized that they had been with Jesus.

So they threatened Peter and John even more and then let them go. They couldn't find any way to punish them, because all the people were praising God for what had happened,

She instantly fell down at Peter's feet and died. When the young men came in, they found her dead. So they carried her out and buried her next to her husband.

When the Temple police got there, they did not find them in the prison. They came back and reported,

"We found the prison securely locked and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside."

"But a famine spread throughout Egypt and Canaan, and with it great suffering, and our ancestors couldn't find any food.

He found favor with God and asked to design a dwelling for the house of Jacob,

But Philip found himself at Azotus. As he was passing through that region, he kept proclaiming the good news in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.