Help with composing search

I would like to search for all instances in which Jesus extends a universal invitation (such as in Matt 11 27 -- Come to me, all you who are weary and heavy laden...).

I would like to use the clause search so that I can see instances like Matt 11 27 in which "Jesus" is not named in the verse.

I did compose the following in Bible search but it seems weak (and again does not bring up verses such as Matt 11 27): SEARCH: Jesus NEAR anyone, everyone, "all you", "all who"

Any suggestions or helps are greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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Graham Criddle

Hi Paul

I would like to search for all instances in which Jesus extends a universal invitation (such as in Matt 11 27 -- Come to me, all you who are weary and heavy laden...).

I don't believe you can do this using the clause search at the moment.

You would need to specify "subject:jesus" and then be able to signify that the focus of the invitation was to all - something like the Louw-Nida range 59.23-59.34 (the "all" in Matthew 11:28 is tagged as Louw-Nida 59.23)

But at the moment this isn't supported by the clause search

The best I can think of at the moment is to have "subject:jesus" and work through a range of verbs such as "come" and build up a list of the sort of verses you are looking for.

Hope this makes sense and helps a little

Graham