I do not say this because I am seeking a gift. Rather, I seek the credit that abounds to your account.

But if you want anything in addition, it will have to be settled in a legal assembly.

For those who speak in such a way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.

For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.

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

For the unconverted pursue these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” Then he left them and went away.

When Herod had searched for him and did not find him, he questioned the guards and commanded that they be led away to execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.

who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. The proconsul summoned Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear the word of God.

What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was diligently seeking, but the elect obtained it. The rest were hardened,

But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

The next morning Jesus departed and went to a deserted place. Yet the crowds were seeking him, and they came to him and tried to keep him from leaving them.