saying, Arise, and take the little boy and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they who sought the life of the infant are dead.

And they sought to apprehend him; but were afraid of the people, for they held him as a prophet.

And from that time he sought an opportunity to deliver him up to them.

Now the chief priests and elders and the whole sanhedrim, sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

And the scribes and chief priests heard him, and sought how they might destroy him: for they were afraid of him, because all the people were exceedingly struck with his teaching,

And they sought to seize him, and were afraid of the people: for they knew that he had spoken this parable against them: and leaving him, they departed.

NOW the passover and the feast of unleavened bread were but two days distant; and the chief priests, and the scribes, sought how they might seize him by craft, and kill him.

Then the chief priests, and the whole sanhedrim, sought for witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death; yet found none.

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

And as the day was coming on, he went forth and departed into a desert place: and the multitude sought him out, and came to him, and would have detained him that he should not leave them.

And behold, men carried on a couch a man who was a paralytic; and sought to bring him into the house, and to place him before him.

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

But others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.

And he continued daily teaching in the temple. Then the chief priests and the scribes sought to destroy him, with the heads of the people,

And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him at that time; and were afraid of the people: for they knew that he had spoken this parable against them.

And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might destroy him; for they were afraid of the people.

And he gave them his promise, and sought the favourable opportunity to betray him to them, in the absence of the multitude.

And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, lo! Satan hath earnestly sought you, that he might sift you as wheat:

And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he had done these things on the sabbath-day.

Therefore sought they the more to kill him, because he had not only broken the sabbath, but called God his own Father, setting himself on an equality with God.

AND Jesus after these things travelled about in Galilee: for he would not go about in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.

The Jews then sought for him at the feast, and said, Where is he?

Then they sought to apprehend him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

Then sought they again to apprehend him and he departed out of their reach,

The disciples say unto him, Rabbi, the Jews have just now sought to stone thee; and art thou going thither again?

Then they sought for Jesus, and said one to another, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast?

Upon this Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews clamoured, saying, If thou release this fellow, thou art no friend of Caesar's: every one who professes himself a king, speaks in opposition to Caesar.

Then arose the high-priest, and all those who were connected with him, (which was the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with zeal,

who found favour before God, and sought to procure an habitation for the God of Jacob.

And Herod sought him out earnestly, but not being able to find him, after having examined the guards strictly, he commanded them to be executed. And going down from Jerusalem to Caesarea, took up his abode there.

And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, seeing the sun no more for a season. And instantly there fell on him a thick mist and darkness; and groping about he sought some to lead him by the hand.

But up rose some of the pharisaical sect, who professed the faith, insisting, That it was necessary to circumcise them, and to enjoin them to observe the law of Moses.

But when he saw the vision, immediately we sought to go forth into Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the gospel to them.

But the unbelieving Jews, roused to a fit of zeal, and taking some of the lowest vulgar men of vile characters, and raising a mob, set the city in an uproar, and besetting the house of Jason, sought them to bring them unto the people.

For we found this fellow a pest [to society], and exciting sedition among all the Jews throughout the whole world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazareans:

But this I confess to thee, that after the way which they call a sect, so worship I the God of our ancestors, believing all things that are written in the law, and in the prophets:

who previously knew me a long while ago, (if they chose to bear testimony,) that according to the most precise sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

But we think it highly proper to hear from thee what thy sentiments are; for indeed as to this sect, it is well known to us that everywhere it meets with opposition.

And why? Because they sought it not by faith, but as by the works of the law. For they stumbled against that stone of stumbling;

But Isaiah is very bold, and saith, "I have been found by those who sought me not; I have become manifest to those who inquired not after me."

but, when he was at Rome, he sought me out diligently, and found me.

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

For ye know, that when afterwards he wished to inherit the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place for a change of [his father's] mind, though he sought it earnestly with tears.

Concerning which salvation the prophets eagerly sought and diligently inquired, who prophesied of the grace which is come to you: