And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers are outside, seeking you.”

The Pharisees Demand a Sign

The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him.

And he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.”

And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and were seeking a way to destroy him, for they feared him, because all the crowd was astonished at his teaching.

And they were seeking to arrest him but feared the people, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them. So they left him and went away.

The Plot to Kill Jesus

It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him,

Now the chief priests and the whole council were seeking testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they found none.

And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him.