G2212–ζητέω–zēteō

"Why is it that you have been searching for me?" He replied; "did you not know that it is my duty to be engaged upon my Father's business?"

ἐζητεῖτέ ezēteite “you were seeking”

And a party of men came carrying a palsied man on a bed, and they endeavoured to bring him in and lay him before Jesus.

ἐζήτουν ezētoun “they were seeking”

The whole crowd were eager to touch Him, because power went forth from him and cured every one.

ἐζήτουν ezētoun “were seeking”

And Herod said, "John I have beheaded; but who is this, of whom I hear such reports?" And he sought for an opportunity of seeing Jesus.

ἐζήτει ezētei “he was seeking”

"So I say to you, `Ask, and what you ask for shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you.'

ζητεῖτε, zēteite “do seek”

For every one who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, the door shall be opened.

ζητῶν zētōn “seeking”

Others, to put Him to the test, asked Him for a sign in the sky.

ἐζήτουν ezētoun “were seeking”

"When a foul spirit has left a man, it roams about in the Desert, seeking a resting-place; but, unable to find any, it says, `I will return to the house I have left;"

ζητοῦν zētoun “seeking”

Now when the crowds came thronging upon Him, He proceeded to say, "The present generation is a wicked generation: it requires some sign, but no sign shall be given to it except that of Jonah.

ζητεῖ, zētei “it seeks after,”

lying in wait to catch some unguarded expression from His lips.

ζητοῦντες zētountes “seeking”

"Therefore, do not be asking what you are to eat nor what you are to drink; and do not waver between hope and fear.

ζητεῖτε zēteite “do seek”

But make His Kingdom the object of your pursuit, and these things shall be given you in addition.

ζητεῖτε zēteite “do seek”

But he who had not been told it and yet did what deserved the scourge, will receive but few lashes. To whomsoever much has been given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been entrusted, of him a larger amount will be demanded.

ζητηθήσεται zētēthēsetai “will be required”

And He gave them the following parable. "A man," He said, "who had a fig-tree growing in his garden came to look for fruit on it and could find none.

ζητῶν zētōn “seeking”

So he said to the gardener, "`See, this is the third year I have come to look for fruit on this fig-tree and cannot find any. Cut it down. Why should so much ground be actually wasted?'

ζητῶν zētōn “seeking”

"Strain every nerve to force your way in through the narrow gate," He answered; "for multitudes, I tell you, will endeavour to find a way in and will not succeed.

ζητήσουσιν zētēsousin “will seek”

"Or what woman who has ten silver coins, if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully till she finds it?

ζητεῖ zētei “she seeks”

Any man who makes it his object to keep his own life safe, will lose it; but whoever loses his life will preserve it.

ζητήσῃ zētēsē “shall seek”

He was anxious to see what sort of man Jesus was; but he could not because of the crowd, for he was short in stature.

ἐζήτει ezētei “he was seeking”

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

ζητῆσαι zētēsai “to seek”

And day after day He taught in the Temple, while the High Priests and the Scribes were devising some means of destroying Him, as were also the leading men of the people.

ἐζήτουν ezētoun “were seeking”

At this the Scribes and the High Priests wanted to lay hands on Him, then and there; only they were afraid of the people. For they saw that in this parable He had referred to them.

ἐζήτησαν ezētēsan “sought”

and the High Priests and the Scribes were contriving how to destroy Him. But they feared the people.

ἐζήτουν ezētoun “were seeking”

He accepted their offer, and then looked out for an opportunity to betray Him when the people were not there.

ἐζήτει ezētei “was seeking”

The women were terrified; but, as they stood with their faces bowed to the ground, the men said to them, "Why do you search among the dead for Him who is living?

ζητεῖτε zēteite “seek you”