'Looking' in the Bible

And he was very sad in spirit, and said, Why is this generation looking for a sign? truly, I say to you, No sign will be given to this generation.

And looking up, he said, I see men; I see them like trees, walking.

Then again he put his hands on his eyes; and looking hard, he was able to see, and saw all things clearly.

And suddenly looking round about, they saw no one any longer, but Jesus only with themselves.

And Jesus, looking on him and loving him, said, There is one thing needed: go, get money for your goods, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come with me.

And Jesus, looking round about, said to his disciples, How hard it is for those who have wealth to come into the kingdom of God!

Jesus, looking on them, said, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for all things are possible with God.

And he went into Jerusalem into the Temple; and after looking round about on all things, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for witness against Jesus so that they might put him to death; and they were unable to get any.

And looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back; and it was of great size.

And he said to them, Do not be troubled: you are looking for Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been put to death on the cross; he has come back from the dead; he is not here: see, the place where they put him!

And in the belief that he was with some of their number, they went a day's journey; and after looking for him among their relations and friends,

And when they saw him they were surprised, and his mother said to him, Son, why have you done this to us? see, your father and I have been looking for you with sorrow.

And he said to them, Why were you looking for me? was it not clear to you that my right place was in my Father's house?

And when it was day, he came out and went to a waste place; and great numbers of people came looking for him, and they came to him and would have kept him from going away.

And looking round on all of them, he said to him, Put out your hand. And he did so: and his hand was made well.

And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them, and when they had been broken, he gave them to the disciples to give to the people.

But Jesus said, No man, having put his hand to the plough and looking back, is good enough for the kingdom of God.

And others, testing him, were looking for a sign from heaven from him.

The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of a man, goes through dry places, looking for rest; and when he does not get it, he says, I will go back to my house from which I came.

And when a great number of people came together to him, he said, This generation is an evil generation: it is looking for a sign and no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.

And be like men who are looking for their lord, when he comes back from the bride-feast; so that when he comes to the door, it will be open to him quickly.

So be ready: for the Son of man is coming at a time when you are not looking for him.

The lord of that servant will come at a time when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not ready for him, and he will have him cut in two and will give him his part in the fate of those who have no faith;

And he said to the gardener, See, for three years I have been looking for fruit from this tree, and I have not had any: let it be cut down; why is it taking up space?

And Jesus, looking at him, said, How hard it is for those who have wealth to get into the kingdom of God!

And when Jesus came to the place, looking up, he said to him, Zacchaeus, be quick and come down, for I am coming to your house today.

But he, looking on them, said, Is it not in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has become the chief stone of the building?

And looking up, he saw the men of wealth putting their offerings in the money-box.

And the chief priests and the scribes were looking for a chance to put him to death, but they went in fear of the people.

And a certain woman-servant, seeing him in the light of the fire, and looking at him with attention, said, This man was with him.

And the people were looking on. And the rulers made sport of him, saying, He was a saviour of others; let him do something for himself, if he is the Christ, the man of God's selection.

And while their faces were bent down to the earth in fear, these said to them, Why are you looking for the living among the dead?

But Peter got up and went to the place where the body had been put, and looking in he saw nothing but the linen cloths, and he went to his house full of wonder at what had taken place.

Then stopping, and looking sadly at him, one of them, named Cleopas, said to him, Are you the only man living in Jerusalem who has not had news of the things which have taken place there at this time?

And looking at Jesus while he was walking he said, See, there is the Lamb of God!

And Jesus, turning round, saw them coming after him and said to them, What are you looking for? They said to him, Rabbi (which is to say, Master), where are you living?

And he took him to Jesus. Looking at him fixedly Jesus said, You are Simon, the son of John; your name will be Cephas (which is to say, Peter).

So when the people saw that Jesus was not there, or his disciples, they got into those boats and went over to Capernaum looking for Jesus.

After this, Jesus went from place to place in Galilee. He did not go about in Judaea, because the Jews were looking for a chance to put him to death.

At the feast the Jews were looking for him and saying, Where is he?

The man whose words come from himself is looking for glory for himself, but he who is looking for the glory of him who sent him--that man is true and there is no evil in him.

You will be looking for me, and you will not see me: and where I am you may not come.

What is this saying of his, You will be looking for me and will not see me, and where I am you may not come?

Then he said to them again, I am going away and you will be looking for me, but death will overtake you in your sins. It is not possible for you to come where I am going.

So they took away the stone. And Jesus, looking up to heaven, said, Father, I give praise to you for hearing me.

They were looking for Jesus and saying to one another while they were in the Temple, What is your opinion? Will he not come to the feast?

My dear children, I am only to be with you a little longer. Then you will be looking for me: and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you, Where I am going you may not come.

Then Jesus, having knowledge of everything which was coming on him, went forward and said to them, Who are you looking for?

So again he put the question to them, Who are you looking for? And they said, Jesus the Nazarene.

Jesus made answer, I have said that I am he; if you are looking for me, let these men go away.

And looking in, he saw the linen bands on the earth; but he did not go in,

But Mary was still there outside the hole in the rock, weeping; and while she was weeping and looking into the hole,

And then looking round, she saw Jesus there, but had no idea that it was Jesus.

Jesus said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? who are you looking for? She, taking him for the gardener, said to him, Sir, if you have taken him away from here, say where you have put him and I will take him away.

And when he had said these things, while they were looking, he was taken up, and went from their view into a cloud.

And while they were looking up to heaven with great attention, two men came to them, in white clothing,

And said, O men of Galilee, why are you looking up into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken from you into heaven, will come again, in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.

And Peter, looking at him, with John, said, Keep your eyes on us.

And when Peter saw it he said to the people, You men of Israel, why are you so greatly surprised at this man? or why are you looking at us as if by our power or virtue we had given him the use of his legs?

And all those who were in the Sanhedrin, looking at him, saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob. And Moses, shaking with fear, kept his eyes from looking at it.

But he was full of the Holy Spirit, and looking up to heaven, he saw the glory of God and Jesus at the right hand of God.

And he, looking on him in fear, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your offerings have come up to God, and he has kept them in mind.

And, while Peter was turning the vision over in his mind, the Spirit said to him, See, three men are looking for you.

And Peter went down to the men, and said, I am the man you are looking for: why have you come?

And looking on it with attention I saw in it all sorts of beasts and birds.

Then he went on to Tarsus, looking for Saul;

But Saul, whose other name is Paul, being full of the Holy Spirit, looking hard at him, said,

And now, see, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind and not able to see the sun for a time. And straight away a dark mist came down on him; and he went about looking for a guide.

This man was giving ear to the preaching of Paul, who, looking at him, and seeing that he had faith to be made well,

For when I came by, I was looking at the things to which you give worship, and I saw an altar with this writing on it, TO THE GOD OF WHOM THERE IS NO KNOWLEDGE. Now, what you, without knowledge, give worship to, I make clear to you.

And when Stephen your witness was put to death, I was there, giving approval, and looking after the clothing of those who put him to death.

And Paul, looking fixedly at the Sanhedrin, said, My brothers, my life has been upright before God till this day.

Hoping in God for that which they themselves are looking for, that there will be a coming back from the dead for upright men and wrongdoers.

And as the harbour was not a good one in which to be for the winter, the greater number of them were for going out to sea, in order, if possible, to put in for the winter at Phoenix, a harbour of Crete, looking to the north-east and south-east.

Seeing that the Jews make request for signs, and the Greeks are looking for knowledge:

Who ever goes to war without looking to someone to be responsible for his payment? who puts in vines and does not take the fruit of them? or who takes care of sheep without drinking of their milk?

Even as I give way to all men in all things, not looking for profit for myself, but for the good of others, that they may get salvation.

See then that he has the honour which is right. But send him on his way in peace, so that he may come to me: for I am looking for him with the brothers.

But what I do, that I will go on doing, so that I may give no chance to those who are looking for one; so that, in the cause of their pride, they may be seen to be the same as we are.

Seeing that you are looking for a sign of Christ giving out his word in me; who is not feeble in relation to you, but is strong in you:

Not looking everyone to his private good, but keeping in mind the things of others.

Not that I am looking for an offering, but for fruit which may be put to your credit.

Or looking for glory from men, from you or from others, when we might have made ourselves a care to you as Apostles of Christ.

Looking for the glad hope, the revelation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;

For he was looking for the strong town, whose builder and maker is God.

Judging a part in the shame of Christ to be better than all the wealth of Egypt; for he was looking forward to his reward.

Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;

Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a glass;

For after looking at himself he goes away, and in a short time he has no memory of what he was like.

But he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts.

Looking for and truly desiring the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will come to an end through fire, and the substance of the earth will be changed by the great heat?

But having faith in his word, we are looking for a new heaven and a new earth, which will be the resting-place of righteousness.

For this reason, my loved ones, as you are looking for these things, take great care that when he comes you may be in peace before him, free from sin and every evil thing.

That which was from the first, which has come to our ears, and which we have seen with our eyes, looking on it and touching it with our hands, about the Word of life

Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for life eternal through the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ.

And the peoples and tribes and languages and nations will be looking on their dead bodies three days and a half, and will not let their dead bodies be put in the earth.