'Found' in the Bible

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.

And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.

So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.

And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.

But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,

And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.

And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek for thee.

And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.

And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.

And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.

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.

And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.

And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him.

And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none.

And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.

And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him.

And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.

And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,

When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick.

Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.

And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen.

He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.

And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.

And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.

For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.

And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them.

And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.

And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,

And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.

Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:

And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.

And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.

And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.

And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.

And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,

He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:

And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?

Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?

Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.

And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,

Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.

But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told,

Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.

But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.

Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.

And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.

And there he found a certain man named AEneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.

And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together.

And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode.

And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:

And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.

And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.

And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;

For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.

Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:

Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.

Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,

But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.

And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein.

And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.

Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome.

What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?

And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.

But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.

Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.

I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.

If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth.

But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.

For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.

And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.

But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me.

By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: