I do not say this because I am seeking a gift. ¹  Rather, I seek the credit that abounds to your account.

But if you want anything in addition, ¹  it will have to be settled ²  in a legal assembly. ³ 

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 ¹  these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

For the unconverted ¹  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 ¹  he left them and went away.

When Herod ¹  had searched ²  for him and did not find him, he questioned ³  the guards and commanded that they be led away to execution. ⁴  Then ⁵  Herod ⁶  went down from Judea to Caesarea ⁷  and stayed there.

who was with the proconsul ¹  Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. The proconsul ²  summoned ³  Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear ⁴  the word of God.

What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was diligently seeking, but the elect obtained it. The ¹  rest were hardened,

But he answered them, ¹  “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 ¹  Jesus ²  departed and went to a deserted place. Yet ³  the crowds were seeking him, and they came to him and tried to keep him from leaving them.