Quotes about Longing

For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”

He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.

and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

Then He said to the disciples, “The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.

When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased. He had wanted to see Him for a long time, because he had heard about Him and was hoping to see Him perform a miracle.

The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water so that I will not get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”

“Sir,” they said, “give us this bread at all times.”

For I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,

For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling,

and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.

Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.