'Seeking' in the Bible

and the Pharisees came forth, and began to dispute with him, seeking from him a sign from the heaven, tempting him;

And the scribes and the chief priests heard, and they were seeking how they shall destroy him, for they were afraid of him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching;

And they were seeking to lay hold on him, and they feared the multitude, for they knew that against them he spake the simile, and having left him, they went away;

And the passover and the unleavened food were after two days, and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how, by guile, having taken hold of him, they might kill him;

and having heard, they were glad, and promised to give him money, and he was seeking how, conveniently, he might deliver him up.

And the chief priests and all the sanhedrim were seeking against Jesus testimony -- to put him to death, and they were not finding,