'Found' in the Bible

Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened this way. While his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.

When Jesus heard this he was amazed and said to those who followed him, "I tell you the truth, I have not found such faith in anyone in Israel!

"The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure, hidden in a field, that a person found and hid. Then because of joy he went and sold all that he had and bought that field.

When he found a pearl of great value, he went out and sold everything he had and bought it.

After he went out, that same slave found one of his fellow slaves who owed him one hundred silver coins. So he grabbed him by the throat and started to choke him, saying, 'Pay back what you owe me!'

And about five o'clock that afternoon he went out and found others standing around, and said to them, 'Why are you standing here all day without work?'

After noticing a fig tree by the road he went to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, "Never again will there be fruit from you!" And the fig tree withered at once.

And those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all they found, both bad and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He said to Peter, "So, couldn't you stay awake with me for one hour?

He came again and found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open.

As they were going out, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced to carry his cross.

When they found him, they said, "Everyone is looking for you."

He said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go and see." When they found out, they said, "Five -- and two fish."

She went home and found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.

So they went and found a colt tied at a door, outside in the street, and untied it.

After noticing in the distance a fig tree with leaves, he went to see if he could find any fruit on it. When he came to it he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

So the disciples left, went into the city, and found things just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

Then he came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn't you stay awake for one hour?

When he came again he found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open. And they did not know what to tell him.

So the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God!

So they hurried off and located Mary and Joseph, and found the baby lying in a manger.

After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

But since they found no way to carry him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down on the stretcher through the roof tiles right in front of Jesus.

When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him. He turned and said to the crowd that followed him, "I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith!"

So when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave well.

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

But when the crowds found out, they followed him. He welcomed them, spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and cured those who needed healing.

After the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. So they kept silent and told no one at that time anything of what they had seen.

Then Jesus told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none.

Then when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

Returning home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, telling them, 'Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.'

Then when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.'

because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again -- he was lost and is found!' So they began to celebrate.

It was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.'"

Was no one found to turn back and give praise to God except this foreigner?"

So those who were sent ahead found it exactly as he had told them.

So they went and found things just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

When he got up from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, exhausted from grief.

They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding us to pay the tribute tax to Caesar and claiming that he himself is Christ, a king."

A third time he said to them, "Why? What wrong has he done? I have found him guilty of no crime deserving death. I will therefore flog him and release him."

They found that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb,

Then some of those who were with us went to the tomb, and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see him."

So they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem. They found the eleven and those with them gathered together

He first found his own brother Simon and told him, "We have found the Messiah!" (which is translated Christ).

On the next day Jesus wanted to set out for Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, "Follow me."

Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets also wrote about -- Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."

He found in the temple courts those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting at tables.

After this Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "Look, you have become well. Don't sin any more, lest anything worse happen to you."

When they found him on the other side of the lake, they said to him, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"

Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, so he found the man and said to him, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?"

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

Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,

At once she collapsed at his feet and died. So when the young men came in, they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

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

but if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them, or you may even be found fighting against God." He convinced them,

He found favor with God and asked that he could find a dwelling place for the house of Jacob.

Philip, however, found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through the area, he proclaimed the good news to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, either men or women, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

When the brothers found out about this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.

He found there a man named Aeneas who had been confined to a mattress for eight years because he was paralyzed.

Peter continued talking with him as he went in, and he found many people gathered together.

and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught a significant number of people. Now it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians.

When they had crossed over the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a magician, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus,

After removing him, God raised up David their king. He testified about him: 'I have found David the son of Jesse to be a man after my heart, who will accomplish everything I want him to do.'

Though they found no basis for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed.

For as I went around and observed closely your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: 'To an unknown god.' Therefore what you worship without knowing it, this I proclaim to you.

There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to depart from Rome. Paul approached them,

While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul went through the inland regions and came to Ephesus. He found some disciples there

Large numbers of those who had practiced magic collected their books and burned them up in the presence of everyone. When the value of the books was added up, it was found to total fifty thousand silver coins.

We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, went aboard, and put out to sea.

I found he was accused with reference to controversial questions about their law, but no charge against him deserved death or imprisonment.

For we have found this man to be a troublemaker, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

which I was doing when they found me in the temple, ritually purified, without a crowd or a disturbance.

Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,

But I found that he had done nothing that deserved death, and when he appealed to His Majesty the Emperor, I decided to send him.

There the centurion found a ship from Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it.

They took soundings and found the water was twenty fathoms deep; when they had sailed a little farther they took soundings again and found it was fifteen fathoms deep.

There we found some brothers and were invited to stay with them seven days. And in this way we came to Rome.

and I died. So I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life brought death!

And Isaiah is even bold enough to say, "I was found by those who did not seek me; I became well known to those who did not ask for me."

Now what is sought in stewards is that one be found faithful.

Also, we are found to be false witnesses about God, because we have testified against God that he raised Christ from the dead, when in reality he did not raise him, if indeed the dead are not raised.

if indeed, after we have put on our heavenly house, we will not be found naked.

We do not give anyone an occasion for taking an offense in anything, so that no fault may be found with our ministry.

And we are sending with them our brother whom we have tested many times and found eager in many matters, but who now is much more eager than ever because of the great confidence he has in you.

But if while seeking to be justified in Christ we ourselves have also been found to be sinners, is Christ then one who encourages sin? Absolutely not!

and be found in him, not because I have my own righteousness derived from the law, but because I have the righteousness that comes by way of Christ's faithfulness -- a righteousness from God that is in fact based on Christ's faithfulness.

and with every kind of evil deception directed against those who are perishing, because they found no place in their hearts for the truth so as to be saved.

And these also must be tested first and then let them serve as deacons if they are found blameless.

But when he arrived in Rome, he eagerly searched for me and found me.

so that we who have found refuge in him may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie.

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death, and he was not to be found because God took him up. For before his removal he had been commended as having pleased God.

For you know that later when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no opportunity for repentance, although he sought the blessing with tears.

He committed no sin nor was deceit found in his mouth.

Therefore, dear friends, since you are waiting for these things, strive to be found at peace, without spot or blemish, when you come into his presence.

I rejoiced greatly because I have found some of your children living according to the truth, just as the Father commanded us.

Wake up then, and strengthen what remains that was about to die, because I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God.

So I began weeping bitterly because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or to look into it.

and no lie was found on their lips; they are blameless.