Now, they having departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph, saying, Arise, take to thee the little child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there until I shall tell thee; for Herod will seek the little child to destroy it.

Blessed are ye when they may reproach and persecute you, and say every wicked thing against you, lying, for my sake.

for all these things the nations seek after; for your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these things.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.

Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.

But the crowds seeing it, were in fear, and glorified God who gave such power to men.

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

He that finds his life shall lose it, and he who has lost his life for my sake shall find it.

But he answering said to them, When evening is come, ye say, Fine weather, for the sky is red;

and in the morning, A storm to-day, for the sky is red and lowering; ye know how to discern the face of the sky, but ye cannot the signs of the times.

For whosoever shall desire to save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.

and whosoever shall receive one such little child in my name, receives me.

What think ye? If a certain man should have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, does he not, leaving the ninety and nine on the mountains, go and seek the one that has gone astray?

for there are eunuchs which have been born thus from their mother's womb; and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs of men; and there are eunuchs who have made eunuchs of themselves for the sake of the kingdom of the heavens. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and do not hinder them from coming to me; for the kingdom of the heavens is of such:

And every one who has left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit life eternal.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye compass the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, and when he is become such, ye make him twofold more the son of hell than yourselves.

Then shall they deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you; and ye will be hated of all the nations for my name's sake.

But woe to those that are with child, and those that give suck in those days.

for then shall there be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, nor ever shall be;

And he said, Go into the city unto such a one, and say to him, The Teacher says, My time is near, I will keep the passover in thy house with my disciples.

And the angel answering said to the women, Fear not ye, for I know that ye seek Jesus the crucified one.

and having found him, they say to him, All seek thee.

And a crowd sat around him. And they said to him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren seek thee without.

And these are they who have been sown on the good ground, such as hear the word and receive it, and bear fruit; one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred fold.

And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear,

And when sabbath was come he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing were amazed, saying, Whence has this man these things? and what is the wisdom that is given to him, and such works of power are done by his hands?

And wherever he entered into villages, or cities, or the country, they laid the sick in the market-places, and besought him that they might touch if it were only the hem of his garment; and as many as touched him were healed.

For, leaving the commandment of God, ye hold what is delivered by men to keep washings of vessels and cups, and many other such like things ye do.

making void the word of God by your traditional teaching which ye have delivered; and many such like things ye do.

And groaning in his spirit, he says, Why does this generation seek a sign? Verily I say unto you, A sign shall in no wise be given to this generation.

For whosoever shall desire to save his life shall lose it, but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's shall save it.

and his garments became shining, exceeding white as snow, such as fuller on earth could not whiten them.

Whosoever shall receive one of such little children in my name, receives me; and whosoever shall receive me, does not receive me, but him who sent me.

But Jesus seeing it, was indignant, and said to them, Suffer the little children to come to me; forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God.

Jesus answering said, Verily I say to you, There is no one who has left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake and for the sake of the gospel,

But ye, take heed to yourselves, for they shall deliver you up to sanhedrims and to synagogues: ye shall be beaten and brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them;

But woe to those that are with child and to those that give suck in those days!

for those days shall be distress such as there has not been the like since the beginning of creation which God created, until now, and never shall be;

but he says to them, Be not alarmed. Ye seek Jesus, the Nazarene, the crucified one. He is risen, he is not here; behold the place where they had put him.

And when the sun went down, all, as many as had persons sick with divers diseases, brought them to him, and having laid his hands on every one of them, he healed them;

Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from them, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as wicked, for the Son of man's sake:

and sent them to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

And Herod said, John I have beheaded, but who is this of whom I hear such things? and he sought to see him.

for whosoever shall desire to save his life shall lose it, but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, he shall save it.

And in the same house abide, eating and drinking such things as they have; for the workman is worthy of his hire. Remove not from house to house.

and heal the sick in it, and say to them, The kingdom of God is come nigh to you.

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 ye, seek not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, and be not in anxiety;

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

but seek his kingdom, and all these things shall be added to you.

And he answering said to them, Think ye that these Galileans were sinners beyond all the Galileans because they suffered such things?

And one said to him, Sir, are such as are to be saved few in number? But he said unto them,

Strive with earnestness to enter in through the narrow door, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in and will not be able.

Or, what woman having ten drachmas, if she lose one drachma, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek carefully till she find it?

Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose it shall preserve it.

But Jesus calling them to him said, Suffer little children to come to me, and do not forbid them, for of such is the kingdom of God.

And he said to them, Verily I say to you, There is no one who has left home, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,

for the Son of man has come to seek and to save that which is lost.

and ye will be hated of all for my name's sake.

But woe to them that are with child and to them who give suck in those days, for there shall be great distress upon the land and wrath upon this people.

for behold, days are coming in which they will say, Blessed are the barren, and wombs that have not borne, and breasts that have not given suck.

And as they were filled with fear and bowed their faces to the ground, they said to them, Why seek ye the living one among the dead?

But Jesus having turned, and seeing them following, says to them, What seek ye? And they said to him, Rabbi (which, being interpreted, signifies Teacher), where abidest thou?

But the hour is coming and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth; for also the Father seeks such as his worshippers.

He came therefore again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain courtier in Capernaum whose son was sick.

In these lay a multitude of sick, blind, lame, withered, awaiting the moving of the water.

I cannot do anything of myself; as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I do not seek my will, but the will of him that has sent me.

How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and seek not the glory which comes from God alone?

and a great crowd followed him, because they saw the signs which he wrought upon the sick.

Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say to you, Ye seek me not because ye have seen signs, but because ye have eaten of the loaves and been filled.

Has not Moses given you the law, and no one of you practises the law? Why do ye seek to kill me?

Some therefore of those of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?

Ye shall seek me and shall not find me, and where I am ye cannot come.

What word is this which he said, Ye shall seek me and shall not find me; and where I am ye cannot come?

Now in the law Moses has commanded us to stone such; thou therefore, what sayest thou?

He said therefore again to them, I go away, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin; where I go ye cannot come.

I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word has no entrance in you.

but now ye seek to kill me, a man who has spoken the truth to you, which I have heard from God: this did not Abraham.

But I do not seek my own glory: there is he that seeks and judges.

Some of the Pharisees therefore said, This man is not of God, for he does not keep the sabbath. Others said, How can a sinful man perform such signs? And there was a division among them.

Now there was a certain man sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister.

It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

When therefore he heard, He is sick, he remained two days then in the place where he was.

Children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me; and, as I said to the Jews, Where I go ye cannot come, I say to you also now.

Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me; but if not, believe me for the works' sake themselves.

Jesus therefore, knowing all things that were coming upon him, went forth and said to them, Whom seek ye?

He demanded of them therefore again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus the Nazaraean.

Jesus answered, I told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go away;

so that they brought out the sick into the streets and put them on beds and couches, that at least the shadow of Peter, when he came, might overshadow some one of them.

And the multitude also of the cities round about came together to Jerusalem, bringing sick persons and persons beset by unclean spirits, who were all healed.

And the Lord said to him, Rise up and go into the street which is called Straight, and seek in the house of Judas one by name Saul, he is of Tarsus: for, behold, he is praying,

And it came to pass in those days that she grew sick and died; and, having washed her, they put her in the upper room.

But as Peter continued pondering over the vision, the Spirit said to him, Behold, three men seek thee;

And Peter going down to the men said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause for which ye come?

And he went away to Tarsus to seek out Saul.

so that the residue of men may seek out the Lord, and all the nations on whom my name is invoked, saith the Lord, who does these things

who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and secured their feet to the stocks.

that they may seek God; if indeed they might feel after him and find him, although he is not far from each one of us: