19 occurrences

'Find' in the Bible

but being unable to find Him they returned to Jerusalem, making anxious inquiry for Him.

Verse ConceptsNot Finding

Next morning, at daybreak, He left the town and went away to a solitary place; but the people flocked out to find Him, and, coming to the place where He was, they endeavoured to detain Him that He might not leave them.

Verse ConceptsDawnHabitsSeeking ChristSolitudeCrowds SeekingLeaving

But when they could find no way of doing so because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down through the tiling--bed and all--into the midst, in front of Jesus.

Verse ConceptsRooftopCrowdsHousesRoofHousetopsBedsLowering PeopleDisadvantages Of Crowds

Now when the day began to decline, the Twelve came to Him and said, "Send the people away, that they may go to the villages and farms round about and find lodging and a supply of food; because here we are in an uninhabited district."

Verse ConceptsChrist Driving Out PeopleSeeking FoodTwelve DisciplesStaying TemporarilyTemporary Stay In The Wildernesslonliness

"So I say to you, 'Ask, and what you ask for shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you.'

Verse ConceptsBaptism Of The Holy SpiritThe Act Of OpeningPrayer, As Asking GodAnswered PromisesFinding ThingsGod Answers PrayerGod Giving Freely

"When a foul spirit has left a man, it roams about in the Desert, seeking a resting-place; but, unable to find any, it says, 'I will return to the house I have left;"

Verse ConceptsEvil SpiritsRestlessnessDry PlacesComing Out Of PeopleRestCasting Out Demons

Blessed are those servants, whom their Master when He comes shall find on the watch. I tell you in solemn truth, that He will tie an apron round Him, and will bid them recline at table while He comes and waits on them.

Verse ConceptsTablesCharacter Of SaintsClothing OneselfReclining To EatChrist Telling The TruthWaiting Till Marriageluck

Blessed is that servant whom his Master when He comes shall find so doing.

Verse ConceptsWorks Of Faith

And He gave them the following parable. "A man," He said, "who had a fig-tree growing in his garden came to look for fruit on it and could find none.

Verse ConceptsMetaphorical VineyardsSeeking For Concrete Things

So he said to the gardener, "'See, this is the third year I have come to look for fruit on this fig-tree and cannot find any. Cut it down. Why should so much ground be actually wasted?'

Verse ConceptsDivine DelaysFelling TreesThree YearsSeeking For Concrete ThingsNo Roomspacecutting

On one occasion people also brought with them their infants, for Him to touch them; but the disciples, noticing this, proceeded to find fault with them.

Verse ConceptsRebukeSensitivityTouchTouching For HealingThe Disciples ReactionsChildren And The Kingdom

saying to them, "Go into the village facing you. On entering it you will find an ass's foal tied up which no one has ever yet ridden: untie it, and bring it here.

Verse ConceptsRopesOpposite SidesUnusedBinding As AnimalsAnimals Serving Human Needs

But they could not find any way of doing it, for the people all hung upon His lips.

But as for those who shall have been deemed worthy to find a place in that other age and in the Resurrection from among the dead, the men do not marry and the women are not given in marriage.

Verse ConceptsParticipation, In ChristSinglenessWorthinessMarriage No MoreWorthy People

For I tell you that those words of Scripture must yet find their fulfilment in me: 'And He was reckoned among the lawless'; for indeed that saying about me has its accomplishment."

Verse ConceptsForeknowledgeHumiliationForeknowledge Of ChristScriptures FulfilledFulfilled Prophecies Prove Inspirationaccomplishmentfulfillment

Pilate said to the High Priests and to the crowd, "I can find no crime in this man."

Verse ConceptsChief priestsAccusations, Against ChristFaultlessnessGuilt

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