'Looking' in the Bible

I speak to them in figurative language for this reason, that while looking they do not see, and while hearing they neither hear nor understand.

and He told all the people to sit down on the grass. Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and after looking up to heaven and blessing them, He broke up the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples distributed them to the people.

And there were a number of women there looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee ministering to His necessities;

But the angel said to the women, "As for you, dismiss your fears. I know that it is Jesus that you are looking for--the crucified One.

When they found Him they said, "Every one is looking for you."

But He continued looking about to see the person who had done this,

and looking up to Heaven He sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha!" (that is, "Open!")

Then for the second time He put His hands on the man's eyes, and the man, looking steadily, recovered his sight and saw everything distinctly.

Then looking round on His disciples Jesus said, "With how hard a struggle will the possessors of riches enter the Kingdom of God!"

Jesus looking on them said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God; for everything is possible with God."

So He came into Jerusalem and into the Temple; and after looking round upon everything there, the hour being now late He went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

And they kept looking out for an opportunity to seize Him, but were afraid of the people; for they saw that in this parable He had referred to *them*. So they left Him and went away.

There were also a party of women looking on from a distance; among them being both Mary of Magdala and Mary the mother of James the Little and of Joses, and Salome--

Mary of Magdala and Mary the mother of Joses were looking on to see where He was put.

But then, looking up, they saw that the stone was already rolled back: for it was of immense size.

But he said to them, "Do not be terrified. It is Jesus you are looking for--the Nazarene who has been crucified. He has come back to life: He is not here: this is the place where they laid Him.

And looking round upon them all He said to the man, "Stretch out your arm." He did so, and the arm was restored.

Now when Jesus was returning, the people gave Him a warm welcome; for they had all been looking out for Him.

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to Heaven He blessed them and broke them into portions which He gave to the disciples to distribute to the people.

Looking up He saw the people throwing their gifts into the Treasury--the rich people.

when a maidservant saw him sitting by the fire, and, looking fixedly at him, she said, "This man also was with him."

and the people stood looking on. The Rulers, too, repeatedly uttered their bitter taunts. "This fellow," they said, "saved others: let him save himself, if he is God's Anointed, the Chosen One."

But all His acquaintances, and the women who had been His followers after leaving Galilee, continued standing at a distance and looking on.

Peter, however, rose and ran to the tomb. Stooping and looking in, he saw nothing but the linen cloths: so he went away to his own home, wondering at what had happened.

"What is the subject," He asked them, "on which you are talking so earnestly, as you walk?" And they stood still, looking full of sorrow.

Startled, and in the utmost alarm, they thought they were looking at a spirit;

Meanwhile the Jews at the Festival were looking for Him and were inquiring, "Where is he?"

The disciples began looking at one another, at a loss to know to which of them He was referring.

Jesus therefore, knowing all that was about to befall Him, went out to meet them. "Who are you looking for?" He asked them.

Again therefore He asked them, "Who are you looking for?" "For Jesus the Nazarene," they said.

"I have told you," replied Jesus, "that I am he. If therefore you are looking for me, let these my disciples go their way."

Stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths lying there on the ground, but he did not go in.

"Why are you weeping?" He asked; "who are you looking for?" She, supposing that He was the gardener, replied, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him and I will remove him."

When He had said this, and while they were looking at Him, He was carried up, and a cloud closing beneath Him hid Him from their sight.

who said, "Galilaeans, why stand looking into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into Heaven will come in just the same way as you have seen Him going into Heaven."

At once the eyes of all who were sitting in the Sanhedrin were fastened on him, and they saw his face looking just like the face of an angel.

But, full of the Holy Spirit and looking up to Heaven, Stephen saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at God's right hand.

Looking steadily at him, and being much alarmed, he said, "What do you want, Sir?" "Your prayers and charities," he replied, "have gone up and have been recorded before God.

After this man had listened to one of Paul's sermons, the Apostle, looking steadily at him and perceiving that he had faith to be cured,

And Isaiah, with strange boldness, exclaims, "I have been found by those who were not looking for Me, I have revealed Myself to those who were not inquiring of Me."

simply fixing our gaze upon Jesus, our Prince Leader in the faith, who will also award us the prize. He, for the sake of the joy which lay before Him, patiently endured the cross, looking with contempt upon its shame, and afterwards seated Himself-- where He still sits--at the right hand of the throne of God.

But he who looks closely into the perfect Law--the Law of freedom--and continues looking, he, being not a hearer who forgets, but an obedient doer, will as the result of his obedience be blessed.

eagerly looking forward to the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens, all ablaze, will be destroyed, and the elements will melt in the fierce heat?