Lexicon :: Strong's G2212 - zēteō

When they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for him.

When his parents saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you.”

When it was day, he went out and made his way to a deserted place. But the crowds were searching for him. They came to him and tried to keep him from leaving them.

Just then some men came, carrying on a stretcher a man who was paralyzed. They tried to bring him in and set him down before him.

The whole crowd was trying to touch him, because power was coming out from him and healing them all.

“I beheaded John,” Herod said, “but who is this I hear such things about? ” And he wanted to see him.

“So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you.

And others, as a test, were demanding of him a sign from heaven.

“When an unclean spirit comes out of a person, it roams through waterless places looking for rest, and not finding rest, it then[fn] says, ‘I’ll go back to my house that I came from.’

they were lying in wait for him to trap him in something he said.[fn]

“Don’t strive for what you should eat and what you should drink, and don’t be anxious.

“But seek his kingdom, and these things will be provided for you.

“But the one who did not know and did what deserved punishment will receive a light beating. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, even more will be expected.[fn]

And he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it and found none.

“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because I tell you, many will try to enter and won’t be able

“Or what woman who has ten silver coins,[fn][fn] if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?

“Whoever tries to make his life secure[fn][fn] will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.

He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he was not able because of the crowd, since he was a short man.

“For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost.”

Every day he was teaching in the temple. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people were looking for a way to kill him,

Then the scribes and the chief priests looked for a way to get their hands on him that very hour, because they knew he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.

The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put him to death, because they were afraid of the people.

So he accepted the offer and started looking for a good opportunity to betray him to them when the crowd was not present.

So the women were terrified and bowed down to the ground.

“Why are you looking for the living among the dead? ” asked the men.