He told some Pharisees and Sadducees who came for the ritual baptism, John: You children of serpents! You brood of vipers! Did someone suggest you flee from the wrath that is upon us?

Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and then all these things will be given to you too.

Just ask and it will be given to you; seek after it and you will find. Continue to knock and the door will be opened for you.

All who ask receive. Those who seek, find what they seek. And he who knocks, will have the door opened.

The boat was in the water, some distance from land, buffeted and pushed around by waves and wind.

Jesus: It’s time! The kingdom of God is near! Seek forgiveness, change your actions, and believe this good news!

They finally tracked Him down. People: Everybody wants to know where You are!

they were met by Pharisees—ready with their questions and tests—seeking some sign from heaven that His teaching was from God.

Jesus (taking the twelve aside): Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and there the Son of Man is going to be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes. They shall seek His death and deliver Him to the outsiders to carry out that sentence.

Man in White: Don’t be afraid. You came seeking Jesus of Nazareth, the One who was crucified. He is gone. He has risen. See the place where His body was laid.

For those who love God, several other people have already written accounts of what God has been bringing to completion among us, using the reports of the original eyewitnesses, those who were there from the start to witness the fulfillment of prophecy. Like those other servants who have recorded the messages, I present to you my carefully researched, orderly account of these new teachings.

Some tax collectors were among those in the crowd seeking baptism. Tax Collectors: Teacher, what kind of fruit is God looking for from us?

Jesus was deeply impressed when He heard this. He turned to the crowd that followed Him. Jesus: Listen, everyone. This outsider, this Roman, has more faith than I have found even among our own Jewish people.

What were you seeking? A prophet? Ah yes, that’s what John is, and even more than a prophet.

When you enter a house seeking lodging, say, “Peace on this house!”

So listen: Keep on asking, and you will receive. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened for you.

All who keep asking will receive, all who keep seeking will find, and doors will open to those who keep knocking.

When a demonic spirit is expelled from someone, he wanders through waterless wastelands seeking rest. But there is no rest for him anywhere, so he says, “I’m going back to my old house.”

Jesus was becoming more and more popular, and the crowds swelled wherever He went. He wasn’t impressed. Jesus: This generation is evil. These people are seeking signs and spectacles, but I’m not going to play their game. The only sign they will be given is the sign of Jonah.

In that same city there was a widow. Again and again she kept coming to him seeking justice: “Clear my name from my adversary’s false accusations!”

For the Son of Man came to seek and to liberate the lost.

from a Judean town called Arimathea. He had objected to the plans and actions of the council; he was seeking the kingdom of God.

The women were so terrified that they fell to the ground facedown. Two Men: Why are you seeking the living One in the place of the dead?

Jesus: I tell you the truth: only someone who experiences birth for a second time can hope to see the kingdom of God.

Jesus: Woman, I tell you that neither is so. Believe this: a new day is coming—in fact, it’s already here—when the importance will not be placed on the time and place of worship but on the truthful hearts of worshipers. You worship what you don’t know while we worship what we do know, for God’s salvation is coming through the Jews. The Father is spirit, and He is seeking followers whose worship is sourced in truth and deeply spiritual as well. Regardless of whether you are in Jerusalem or on this mountain, if you do not seek the Father, then you do not worship.