From that time on, Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray him.

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls.

They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowds, because the crowds regarded him as a prophet.

But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you.

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

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death.

“When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but does not find it.

While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and brothers came and stood outside, asking to speak to him.

But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.

saying, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child’s life are dead.”

What do you think? If someone owns a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go look for the one that went astray?

After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to look for the child to kill him.”