and heal the sick in it, and say to them, "The kingdom of God has come near to you."

And I tell you, ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened for you.

For all the nations of the world seek after these [things], and your Father knows that you need these [things].

But seek his kingdom and these [things] will be added to you.

Hypocrites! You know how to evaluate the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how [is it] you do not know how to evaluate this present time?

It is like a mustard seed that a man took [and] sowed in his own garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches."

"Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able to,

But Jesus called them to himself, saying, "Allow the children to come to me, and do not forbid them, {for to such belongs} the kingdom of God.

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save those who are lost."

who devour the houses of widows and pray lengthy [prayers] for the sake of appearance. These will receive more severe condemnation!"

And Jesus, turning around and seeing them following [him], said to them, "What do you seek?" And they said to him, "Rabbi" (which means [when] translated "Teacher"), "where are you staying?"

But an hour is coming--and now is [here]--when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for indeed the Father seeks such [people] [to be] his worshipers.

And at this [point] his disciples came, and they were astonished that he was speaking with a woman. However, no one said, "What do you seek?" or "Why are you speaking with her?"

Now he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And [there] was at Capernaum a certain royal official whose son was sick.

In these were lying a large number of those who were sick, blind, lame, paralyzed.

Jesus, [when he] saw this one lying [there] and knew that he had [been sick] a long time already, said to him, "Do you want to become well?"

The one who was sick answered him, "Sir, I do not have anyone that, whenever the water is stirred up, could put me into the pool. But {while} I am coming, another goes down before me."

I am able to do nothing from myself. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my [own] will, but the will of the one who sent me.

How are you able to believe, [if you] accept glory from one another, and do not seek the glory [which is] from the only God?

And a large crowd was following him because they were observing the signs that he was doing on those who were sick.

Jesus replied to them and said, "Truly, truly I say to you, you seek me not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were satisfied!

Has not Moses given you the law, and none of you carries out the law? Why do you seek to kill me?"

You will seek me and will not find [me], and where I am, you cannot come."

What is this saying that he said, 'You will seek me and will not find [me], and where I am, you cannot come'?"

Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?"

So he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will seek me and will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come!"

But I do not seek my [own] glory. There is one who seeks and judges!

So some of the Pharisees were saying, "This man is not from God, because he does not observe the Sabbath!" Others were saying, "How can a man [who is] a sinner perform such signs?" And there was a division among them.

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

(Now it was Mary who anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

So the sisters sent [word] to him, saying, "Lord, behold, [the one] whom you love is sick."

So when he heard that he was sick, then he remained in the place {where} he was two days.

and I am glad {for your sake} that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him."

And I know that you always hear me, but for the sake of the crowd standing around I said [it], so that they may believe that you sent me."

Jesus answered and said, "This voice has not happened for my sake, but [for] your sake.

Children, yet a little [time] I am with you. You will seek me and just as I said to the Jews, "Where I am going you cannot come," now I say also to you.

And as they were staring into the sky [while] he was departing, behold, two men in white clothing stood by them

who also said, "Men {of Galilee}, why do you stand there looking into the sky? This Jesus who was taken up from you into heaven like this will come back in the same way you saw him departing into heaven!"

if we are being examined today concerning a good deed [done to] a sick man--by what [means] this man was healed--

so that they even carried out the sick into the streets and put [them] on cots and mats so that [when] Peter came by, at least [his] shadow would fall on some of them.

And the people of the towns around Jerusalem also came together, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, who were all being healed.

So they went out from the presence of the Sanhedrin rejoicing, because they had been considered worthy to be dishonored for the sake of the name.

For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name."

Now it happened that in those days [after] becoming sick, she died. And [after] washing [her], they placed her in an upstairs room.

in which were all the four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth and birds of the sky.

[As I] looked intently into it, I was considering [it], and I saw the four-footed animals of the earth and the wild animals and the reptiles and the birds of the sky.

Now it happened that in Iconium they entered {together} into the synagogue of the Jews and spoke in such a way that a large number of both Jews and Greeks believed.

so that the rest of humanity may seek the Lord, even all the Gentiles {who are called by my name}, says the Lord, who makes these [things]

Having received such an order, {he} put them in the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.

so that even handkerchiefs or work aprons {that had touched his skin} were carried away to those who were sick, and [their] diseases left them and the evil spirits came out [of them].

{These} he gathered together, and the workers occupied with such things, [and] said, "Men, you know that from this business {we get our prosperity},

Now they were listening to him until this word, and they raised their voices, saying, "Away with such a man from the earth! For it is not fitting [for] him to live!"

And Paul [replied], "I pray to God, whether in a short time or in a long time, not only you but also all those who are listening to me today may become such [people] as I also am, except for these bonds!"

who, [although they] know the requirements of God, that those who do such things are worthy of death, not only do they do the same [things], but also they approve of those who do [them].

Now we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who do such things.

But do you think this, O man who passes judgment on those who do such things, and who does the same [things], that you will escape the judgment of God?

to those who, by perseverance in good work, seek glory and honor and immortality, eternal life,

But it was not written for the sake of him alone that it was credited to him,

but also for the sake of us to whom it is going to be credited, to those who believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,

For I could wish myself to be accursed from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my fellow countrymen according to the flesh,

And Isaiah is very bold and says, "I was found by those who did not seek me; I became known to those who did not ask for me."

With respect to the gospel, [they are] enemies for your sake, but with respect to election, [they are] dearly loved for the sake of the fathers.

For such people do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own stomach, and by smooth speech and flattery they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

For indeed, Jews ask for sign miracles and Greeks seek wisdom,

Now I have applied these things, brothers, to myself and Apollos for your sake, in order that in us you may learn not [to go] beyond what is written, lest someone be inflated with pride on behalf of one [person] against the other.

We [are] fools for the sake of Christ, but you [are] prudent in Christ! We [are] weak, but you [are] strong! You [are] honored, but we [are] dishonored!

It is reported everywhere [that there] is sexual immorality among you, and sexual immorality of such a kind which [does] not [even exist] among the Gentiles, so that someone has the wife of [his] father.

[I have decided] to hand over such a person to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, in order that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.

But now I have written to you not to associate with any so-called brother, if he is a sexually immoral person or a greedy person or an idolater or an abusive person or a drunkard or a swindler--with such a person not even to eat.

But if the unbeliever leaves, let him leave. The brother or the sister is not bound in such [cases]. But God has called us in peace.

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek release. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

But if you marry, you have not sinned, and if the virgin marries, she has not sinned. But such people will have affliction in the flesh, and I would spare you.

Or doubtless does he speak {for our sake}? For it is written {for our sake}, because the one who plows ought to plow in hope and the one who threshes [ought to do so] in hope of a share.

I do all [this] for the sake of the gospel, in order that I may become a participant with it.

Do you not know that those who run in the stadium all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.

Let no one seek {his own good} but the [good] of the other.

Eat everything that is sold in the meat market, {asking no questions} for the sake of the conscience,

If any of the unbelievers invites you, and you want to go, eat everything that is set before you, {asking no questions} for the sake of the conscience.

But if someone says to you, "This is offered to idols," do not eat [it], for the sake of that one who informed [you] and the conscience.

For indeed man was not created for the sake of the woman, but woman for the sake of the man.

But if anyone is disposed to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God.

Because of this, many [are] weak and sick among you, and quite a few {have died}.

In this way also you, since you are zealous of spiritual [gifts], seek for the edification of the church, in order that you may abound.

that you also be subject to such people, and to all those who work together and labor.

for they have refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore recognize such people.

This punishment by the majority [is] sufficient for such a person.

Now to whomever you forgive anything, I also [do]; for indeed, whatever I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, [it is] {for your sake} in the presence of Christ,

Now we possess such confidence through Christ toward God.

Therefore, [because we] have such a hope, we use much boldness,

For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Christ Jesus [as] Lord, and ourselves [as] your slaves for the sake of Jesus.

For all [these things] {are for your sake}, in order that the grace that is increasing through the many may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that [although he] was rich, for your sake he became poor, in order that you, by his poverty, may become rich.

Let such a person consider this: that what we are in word by letters [when we] are absent, [we will] also [be] in {actions} [when we] are present.

For such people [are] false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

I know a man in Christ fourteen years ago--whether in the body I do not know, or outside the body I do not know, God knows--such a man was caught up to the third heaven,

On behalf of such a person I will boast, but on behalf of myself I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.

Therefore I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in calamities, in persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.

They zealously seek you, not commendably, but they want to exclude you, in order that you may seek them [zealously].

envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, [things] which I am telling you [in advance], just as I said before, that the ones who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

gentleness, self control. Against such things [there] is no law.