And behold, some men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking to bring him in and lay him before Jesus,

And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.

while others, to test him, kept seeking from him a sign from heaven.

Return of an Unclean Spirit

“When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’

The Sign of Jonah

When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, “This generation is an evil generation. It seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.

And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be worried.

For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added to you.

The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree

And he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.

And he said to the vinedresser, ‘Look, for three years now I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down. Why should it use up the ground?’

“Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

The Parable of the Lost Coin

“Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it?

Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will keep it.

And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature.

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

And he was teaching daily in the temple. The chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people were seeking to destroy him,

And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to put him to death, for they feared the people.

And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?