'Seeing' in the Bible

Then Herod, seeing that he had been mocked by the magi, was greatly enraged; and sent and slew all the boys which were in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under, according to the time which he had accurately inquired from the magi.

But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of vipers, who has forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath?

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:

that thy kindness may be in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret Himself shall reward thee manifestly.

But thou, when thou mayest pray, go into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.

that thou mayest not appear to men fasting, but to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father, who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.

And Jesus, seeing great crowds around him, commanded to depart to the other side.

And all the town came out to Jesus; and seeing him they made request that he would go away from their part of the country.

And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.

And Jesus, seeing their thoughts, said, Why do ye think evil things in your hearts?

But the crowds seeing it, were in fear, and glorified God who gave such power to men.

And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disciples, Why does your teacher eat with tax-gatherers and sinners?

But Jesus turning and seeing her, said, Be of good courage, daughter; thy faith has healed thee. And the woman was healed from that hour.

Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd.

And Jesus, answering, said to them, Go and give news to John of the things which you are seeing and hearing:

And blessed [joyful, favored by God] is he who does not take offense at Me [accepting Me as the Messiah and trusting confidently in My message of salvation].”

But the Pharisees, seeing it, said to him, Behold, thy disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on sabbath.

Then they took to him one with an evil spirit, who was blind and had no power of talking: and he made him well so that he had the power of talking and seeing.

Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:

For this people's mind is stupefied, their hearing has become dull, and their eyes they have closed; to prevent their ever seeing with their eyes, or hearing with their ears, or understanding with their minds, and turning back, so that I might heal them.'

And the disciples, seeing him walking on the sea, were troubled, saying, It is an apparition. And they cried out through fear.

but seeing the wind vehement, he was afraid, and having begun to sink, he cried out, saying, 'Sir, save me.'

So the crowd was amazed when they saw those unable to speak talking, the deformed restored, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they gave glory to the God of Israel.

And Jesus, seeing it, said, O you of little faith, why are you reasoning among yourselves, because you have no bread?

His fellow servants, therefore, seeing what had happened, were exceedingly angry; and they came and told their master without reserve all that had happened.

then having called him, his lord saith to him, Evil servant! all that debt I did forgive thee, seeing thou didst call upon me,

Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, He went up to it and found nothing on it except leaves. And He said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” At once the fig tree withered.

Seeing this, the disciples were amazed and asked, “How did the fig tree wither all at once?”

For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him; but the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him; and you, seeing this, did not even feel remorse afterward so as to believe him.

But the husbandmen, seeing the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and possess his inheritance.

and seeking to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, seeing they were holding him as a prophet.

But the disciples seeing it became indignant, saying, To what end was this waste?

But Jesus, seeing it, said to them, Why are you troubling the woman? she has done a kind act to me.

Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was full of remorse and returned the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.

And the chief priests having taken the silverlings, said, 'It is not lawful to put them to the treasury, seeing it is the price of blood;'

And Pilate, seeing that it availed nothing, but that rather a tumult was arising, having taken water, washed his hands before the crowd, saying, I am guiltless of the blood of this righteous one: see ye to it.

But the centurion, and they who were with him on guard over Jesus, seeing the earthquake and the things that took place, feared greatly, saying, Truly this man was Son of God.

Seeing their faith, Jesus told the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing him eating with sinners and tax-gatherers, said to his disciples, Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax-gatherers and sinners?

and the unclean spirits, when they were seeing him, were falling down before him, and were crying, saying -- 'Thou art the Son of God;'

That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.

But seeing Jesus from afar off, he ran and did him homage,

And behold there comes one of the rulers of the synagogue, by name Jairus, and seeing him, falls down at his feet;

And seeing them labouring in rowing, for the wind was contrary to them, about the fourth watch of the night he comes to them walking on the sea, and would have passed them by.

But they, seeing him walking on the sea, thought that it was an apparition, and cried out.

and seeing some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands,

And he looked up and said, “I see men, for I see them like trees, walking around.”

But he, turning round and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, saying, Get away behind me, Satan, for thy mind is not on the things that are of God, but on the things that are of men.

And immediately all the crowd seeing him were amazed, and running to him, saluted him.

And they brought him to him. And seeing him the spirit immediately tore him; and falling upon the earth he rolled foaming.

But Jesus, seeing that the crowd was running up together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I command thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.

But Jesus seeing it, was indignant, and said to them, Suffer the little children to come to me; forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God.

And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.

Seeing through their hypocrisy, Jesus replied to them, "Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it."

And one of the scribes came, and hearing their argument together, and seeing that he had given them a good answer, put the question to him, Which law is the first of all?

And Jesus, seeing that he had answered intelligently, said to him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no one dared question him any more.

and seeing Peter warming himself, having looked at him, says, And thou wast with the Nazarene, Jesus.

And the maid, seeing him, again began to say to those that stood by, This is one of them.

Let the Messiah, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, since seeing is believing!" Even the men who were crucified with him kept insulting him.

And now evening having come, seeing it was the preparation, that is, the fore-sabbath,

Seeing that many did take in hand to set in order a narration of the matters that have been fully assured among us,

And Zacharias was troubled, seeing him, and fear fell upon him.

But she, seeing the angel, was troubled at his word, and reasoned in her mind what this salutation might be.

Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

After seeing them, they reported the message they were told about this child,

And seeing that he was not there, they went back to Jerusalem, to make search for him.

But Simon Peter, seeing it, fell at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord.

And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

Seeing their faith He said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven you.”

or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, allow me, I will cast out the mote that is in thine eye, thyself not seeing the beam that is in thine eye? Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine eye, and then thou shalt see clear to cast out the mote which is in the eye of thy brother.

And the Lord, seeing her, was moved with compassion for her, and said to her, Weep not;

And the Pharisee who had invited him, seeing it, spoke with himself saying, This person if he were a prophet would have known who and what the woman is who touches him, for she is a sinner.

And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

But seeing Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus Son of the Most High God? I beseech thee torment me not.

But they that fed them, seeing what had happened, fled, and told it to the city and to the country.

And the woman, seeing that she was not hid, came trembling, and falling down before him declared before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was immediately healed.

And Herod said, "John I have beheaded; but who is this, of whom I hear such reports?" And he sought for an opportunity of seeing Jesus.

And Jesus, seeing the reasoning of their heart, having taken a little child set it by him,

And his disciples James and John seeing it said, Lord, wilt thou that we speak that fire come down from heaven and consume them, as also Elias did?

And a certain priest happened to go down that way, and seeing him, passed on on the opposite side;

In like manner a Levite also came to the place, and seeing him passed by on the other side.

But a certain Samaritan journeying came to him, and seeing him, was moved with compassion,

seeing a friend of mine came out of the way unto me, and I have not what I shall set before him,

But the Pharisee seeing it wondered that he had not first washed before dinner.

And Jesus, seeing her, called to her, and said to her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.

And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, seeing that my lord taketh away the stewardship from me? I have not strength to dig; to beg I am ashamed.

And seeing them he said to them, Go, shew yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass as they were going they were cleansed.

But one of them, seeing that he was healed, returned and, with a loud voice, gave glory to God.

Seeing that he became sad, Jesus said, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!

No sooner were the words spoken than the man regained his sight and followed Jesus, giving glory to God; and all the people, seeing it, gave praise to God.

Turning towards him, Jesus replied, "To-day salvation has come to this house, seeing that he too is a son of Abraham.

And as he drew near, seeing the city, he wept over it,

The lord of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. It may be that seeing him, they will respect him.'

But seeing through their craftiness, he said to them,

And they who were around him, seeing what was going to follow, said to him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword?

And a servant-girl, seeing him as he sat in the firelight and looking intently at him, said, “This man was with Him too.”

And after a short time another seeing him said, And thou art of them. But Peter said, Man, I am not.

And when Herod saw Jesus he greatly rejoiced, for he had been a long while desirous of seeing him, because of hearing many things concerning him, and he hoped to see some sign done by him;

But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?