Verb epizēteō (to look for) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Matthew

6: 32For it is the Gentiles who are looking for (epizēteō) all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
12: 39But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation looks for (epizēteō) a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
16: 4An evil and adulterous generation looks for (epizēteō) a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah." Then he left them and went away.

Luke

4: 42At daybreak he departed and went into a deserted place. And the crowds were looking for (epizēteō) him; and when they reached him, they wanted to prevent him from leaving them.
12: 30For it is the nations of the world that are looking for (epizēteō) all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

Acts

12: 19When Herod had looked for (epizēteō) him and could not find him, he examined the guards and ordered them to be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.
13: 7He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man, who summoned Barnabas and Saul and looked for (epizēteō) to hear the word of God.
19: 39If there is anything further you are looking for (epizēteō), it must be settled in the regular assembly.