Verse 12
And he was very sad in spirit, and said, Why is this generation looking for a sign? truly, I say to you, No sign will be given to this generation.
Referenced Verses
- Mark 7:34 : 34 And looking up to heaven, he took a deep breath, and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be open.
- Mark 9:19 : 19 And he said to them in answer, O generation without faith, how long will I have to be with you? how long will I put up with you? let him come to me.
- Luke 11:29-30 : 29 And when a great number of people came together to him, he said, This generation is an evil generation: it is looking for a sign and no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah. 30 For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of man be to this generation.
- Luke 16:29-31 : 29 But Abraham said, They have Moses and the prophets; let them give ear to what they say. 30 And he said, No, father Abraham, but if someone went to them from the dead, their hearts would be changed. 31 And he said to him, If they will not give attention to Moses and the prophets, they will not be moved even if someone comes back from the dead.
- Luke 19:41 : 41 And when he got near and saw the town, he was overcome with weeping for it,
- Luke 22:67-70 : 67 If you are the Christ, say so. But he said, If I say so you will not have belief; 68 And if I put a question to you, you will not give an answer. 69 But in the future the Son of man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God. 70 And they all said, Are you then the Son of God? and he said, You say that I am.
- John 11:33-38 : 33 And when Jesus saw her weeping, and saw the Jews weeping who came with her, his spirit was moved and he was troubled, 34 And said, Where have you put him? They said, Come and see, Lord. 35 And Jesus himself was weeping. 36 So the Jews said, See how dear he was to him! 37 But some of them said, This man, who made open the eyes of the blind man, was he not able to keep his friend from death? 38 So Jesus, deeply troubled in heart, came to the place of the dead. It was a hole in the rock, and a stone was over the opening.
- John 12:37-43 : 37 But though he had done such a number of signs before them, they still had no belief in him: 38 So that the words of the prophet Isaiah might come true, when he said, Lord, who has any belief in our preaching? and the arm of the Lord, to whom has it been unveiled? 39 For this reason they were unable to have belief, because Isaiah said again, 40 He has made their eyes blind, and their hearts hard; for fear that they might see with their eyes and get knowledge with their hearts, and be changed, and I might make them well. 41 (Isaiah said these words because he saw his glory. His words were about him.) 42 However, a number even of the rulers had belief in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not say so openly for fear that they might be shut out from the Synagogue: 43 For the praise of men was dearer to them than the approval of God.
- Isa 53:3 : 3 Men made sport of him, turning away from him; he was a man of sorrows, marked by disease; and like one from whom men's faces are turned away, he was looked down on, and we put no value on him.
- Matt 12:39-40 : 39 But he, answering, said to them, An evil and false generation is looking for a sign; and no sign will be given to it but the sign of the prophet Jonah: 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the stomach of the great fish, so will the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
- Matt 16:4 : 4 An evil and false generation is searching after a sign; and no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah. And he went away from them.
- Mark 3:5 : 5 And looking round on them he was angry, being sad because of their hard hearts; and he said to the man, Put out your hand. And he put it out, and his hand was made well.
- Mark 6:6 : 6 And he was greatly surprised because they had no faith. And he went about the country places teaching.