While they were trying to kill him, a report was sent up to the commanding officer of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

It is not rude, it is not self-serving, it is not easily angered or resentful.

It is the same with you. Since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, seek to abound in order to strengthen the church.

But if while seeking to be justified in Christ we ourselves have also been found to be sinners, is Christ then one who encourages sin? Absolutely not!

nor to seek glory from people, either from you or from others,

Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is on the prowl looking for someone to devour.

“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.

A crowd was sitting around him and they said to him, “Look, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.”

Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, asking for a sign from heaven to test him.

Sighing deeply in his spirit he said, “Why does this generation look for a sign? I tell you the truth, no sign will be given to this generation.”

Now they wanted to arrest him (but they feared the crowd), because they realized that he told this parable against them. So they left him and went away.

Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death, but they did not find anything.

But he replied, “Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”

Just then some men showed up, carrying a paralyzed man on a stretcher. They were trying to bring him in and place him before Jesus.

Herod said, “I had John beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?” So Herod wanted to learn about Jesus.

“So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

He was trying to get a look at Jesus, but being a short man he could not see over the crowd.