saying, "Rise, take the young child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child's life are dead."

And from that moment he sought an opportunity to betray him.

Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death,

And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and sought a way to destroy him; for they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.

And they sought to arrest him, but feared the multitude, for they knew he had spoken the parable against them. So they left him and went away.

And when they heard it they were glad, and promised to give him money. So he sought an opportunity to betray him.

Now the chief priests and the whole council sought testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they found none.

but supposing him to be in the company, they went a day's journey, and they sought him among their relatives and acquaintances.

Now when it was day, he departed and went into a deserted place. And the people sought him and came to him, and tried to keep him from leaving them;

Then behold, men brought on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they sought to bring him in and lay him before Jesus.

And all the crowd sought to touch him, for power came from him and healed them all.

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

Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.

And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature.

And he was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests the scribes and the leaders of the people sought to destroy him,

The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the peoplefor they knew that he had spoken this parable against them.

So he consented, and sought an opportunity to betray him to them in the absence of the multitude.

Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

After this Jesus went about in Galilee; he would not go about in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.

Then they sought to take him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.

From then on Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, "If you let this man go, you are not Caesar's friend. Anyone who makes himself a king sets himself against Caesar."

who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.

When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

And having sought out the disciples, we stayed there for seven days. Through the Spirit they told Paul not to go on to Jerusalem.

For we have found this man a pestilent fellow who stirs up dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

But this I admit to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect I do worship the God of our fathers, believing everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets,

They have known about me for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that I lived as a Pharisee according to the strictest sect of our religion.

But we desire to hear from you what your views are; for concerning this sect, we know that everywhere it is spoken against."

What then? Israel did not obtain what it sought. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened,

For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no place sought for a second.

For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears.