What Did Jesus Say About Seeking?

Matthew 6 v 32- 33

For after all these things do the Gentiles seek: for your Heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things. But seek you first the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.

Matthew 7 v 7-8

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks shall find, and to him, that knocks it shall be opened.

Mark 8 v 12

And Jesus deeply in His spirit, and said, Why does this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.

Luke 11 v 9-10

And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.

Luke 11 v 29

And when the people were gathered thick together, Jesus began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign, and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.

Luke 12 v 29-31

And seek not you what you shall eat, or what you shall drink, neither be you of doubtful mind. For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knows that ye have need of these things. But rather seek you the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Luke 13 v 24

Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

Luke 15 v 8

Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she loses one piece, does not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she finds it?

Luke 17 v 33

Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.

Luke 19 v 10

For the Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

John 5 v 30

I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and My judgment is just; because I seek not My own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent Me.

John 5 v44

How can you believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that comes from God only?

John 6 v 26

Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, You seek Me, not because you saw the miracles, but because you did eat of the loaves, and were filled.

John 7 v 34

Ye shall seek Me, and shall not find Me: and where I am, there you cannot come.

John 8 v 21

Then said Jesus again unto them, I go My way, and you shall seek Me, and shall die in your sins: where I go, you cannot come.

John 8 v 37

I know that you are Abraham’s seed, but you seek to kill Me because My word has no place in you.

John 8 v 40

But now you seek to kill Me, a man that has told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.

John 8 v 50

And I seek not My own glory: there is one that seeks and judges.

John 13 v 33

Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You shall seek Me: and as I said unto the Jews, where I go, you cannot come; so now I say to you.

John 18 v 4

Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon Him, went forth, and said unto them, who do you seek?