mGNT Concordance for πρός

But John tried to stop him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me? ”

“Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Jesus said, “Leave the little children alone, and don't try to keep them from coming to me, because the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”[fn]

“I was naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you took care of me; I was in prison and you visited me.'

“When did we see you sick, or in prison, and visit you? '

He replied to them, “You unbelieving generation, how long will I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him to me.”

When Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the little children come to me. Don't stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

“I will show you what someone is like who comes to me, hears my words, and acts on them:

“because a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I don't have anything to offer him.'

“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters ​— ​yes, and even his own life ​— ​he cannot be my disciple.

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else:

Jesus, however, invited them: “Let the little children come to me, and don't stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

“But you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.

“I am the bread of life,” Jesus told them. “No one who comes to me will ever be hungry, and no one who believes in me will ever be thirsty again.

“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws[fn] him, and I will raise him up on the last day.

He said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted to him by the Father.”

On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me[fn] and drink.

“At that very moment, three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea arrived at the house where we were.

“So if Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a case against anyone, the courts are in session, and there are proconsuls. Let them bring charges against one another.

“I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord? '

“He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, the one you are persecuting.'

“I said, ‘What should I do, Lord? '

“The Lord told me, ‘Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told everything that you have been assigned to do.'

“came and stood by me and said, ‘Brother Saul, regain your sight.' And in that very hour I looked up and saw him.

“He said to me, ‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.' ”

So the commander dismissed the young man and instructed him, “Don't tell anyone that you have informed me about this.”

“They didn't find me arguing with anyone or causing a disturbance among the crowd, either in the temple or in the synagogues or anywhere in the city.

“We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice speaking to me in Aramaic,[fn] ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'

So let no one look down on him. Send him on his way in peace so that he can come to me, because I am expecting him with the brothers.

because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up what was lacking in your ministry to me.

bearing with one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a grievance against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you are also to forgive.

Make every effort to come to me soon,

When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, make every effort to come to me in Nicopolis, because I have decided to spend the winter there.