Mark 8:12

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Sighing deeply in his spirit, he said, 'Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.'

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  • Mark 7:34 : 34 Then, looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, "Ephphatha," which means, "Be opened."
  • Mark 9:19 : 19 Jesus replied, 'O unbelieving generation, how long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him to me.'
  • Luke 11:29-30 : 29 As the crowds were gathering, Jesus began to say, 'This generation is an evil one. It demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet.' 30 For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so also the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.
  • Luke 16:29-31 : 29 But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.' 30 ‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’ 31 But Abraham said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.'
  • Luke 19:41 : 41 As he approached and saw the city, he wept over it.
  • Luke 22:67-70 : 67 They said, 'If you are the Messiah, tell us.' Jesus answered, 'If I tell you, you will not believe me. 68 And if I ask you, you will not answer, and you will not release me. 69 But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.' 70 They all asked, 'Are you then the Son of God?' He replied, 'You say that I am.'
  • John 11:33-38 : 33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. 34 'Where have you laid him?' he asked. 'Come and see, Lord,' they replied. 35 Jesus wept. 36 Then the Jews said, 'See how he loved him!' 37 But some of them said, 'Couldn't he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?' 38 Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.
  • John 12:37-43 : 37 Though He had performed so many signs in their presence, they did not believe in Him. 38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet, who said: "Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?" 39 This is why they were unable to believe, because Isaiah also said: 40 "He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they would not see with their eyes or understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them." 41 Isaiah said these things because he saw His glory and spoke about Him. 42 Nevertheless, many even among the rulers believed in Him. But because of the Pharisees, they did not confess Him, so that they would not be expelled from the synagogue. 43 For they loved the approval of people more than the approval of God.
  • Isa 53:3 : 3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Like one from whom people hide their faces, he was despised, and we did not esteem him.
  • Matt 12:39-40 : 39 But He answered them, 'An evil and unfaithful generation demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.' 40 For just as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.
  • Matt 16:4 : 4 An evil and adulterous generation seeks a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet." Then He left them and went away.
  • Mark 3:5 : 5 Looking around at them with anger and deeply distressed at the hardness of their hearts, He said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored.
  • Mark 6:6 : 6 He was amazed at their lack of faith. Then Jesus went around the villages teaching.

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  • Luke 11:29-30
    2 verses
    83%

    29As the crowds were gathering, Jesus began to say, 'This generation is an evil one. It demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet.'

    30For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so also the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.

  • Matt 12:38-40
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    83%

    38Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, 'Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.'

    39But He answered them, 'An evil and unfaithful generation demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.'

    40For just as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

  • Matt 16:1-4
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    82%

    1The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and, testing Him, asked Him to show them a sign from heaven.

    2He answered them, "When evening comes, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'

    3In the morning, you say, 'There will be a storm today, for the sky is red and overcast.' Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, yet you cannot discern the signs of the times.

    4An evil and adulterous generation seeks a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet." Then He left them and went away.

  • Mark 8:11
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    11The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking a sign from heaven to test him.

  • Mark 8:13
    74%

    13And he left them, got back into the boat, and went to the other side.

  • Luke 11:16
    71%

    16Others tested Him by demanding a sign from heaven.

  • Matt 17:17
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    17Then Jesus answered, 'O unbelieving and perverse generation, how long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to Me.'

  • Luke 9:41
    70%

    41Jesus answered, 'You unbelieving and perverse generation, how long shall I stay with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.'

  • Luke 7:31
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    31Jesus said, 'To what, then, can I compare the people of this generation? What are they like?'

  • Matt 11:16
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    16To what can I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to their companions:

  • Mark 9:19
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    19Jesus replied, 'O unbelieving generation, how long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him to me.'

  • Mark 8:16-18
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    68%

    16They began discussing with one another, saying, 'We have no bread.'

    17Aware of this, Jesus said to them, 'Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? Do you still not understand or comprehend? Are your hearts hardened?'

    18Do you have eyes and not see, and ears and not hear? And do you not remember?

  • Mark 8:21
    68%

    21Then he said to them, 'Do you still not understand?'

  • John 4:48
    68%

    48Jesus said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders, you will never believe."

  • Matt 23:36
    68%

    36Truly, I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.

  • Luke 21:32
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    32Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.

  • Mark 13:30
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    30Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.

  • Luke 17:22-23
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    22Then he said to the disciples, 'The days are coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.'

    23People will say to you, 'Look, there he is!' or 'Here he is!' Do not go running off after them.

  • Matt 15:16
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    16Jesus replied, “Are you still without understanding?”

  • John 6:30
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    30So they said to him, 'What sign will you perform, so that we may see and believe you? What will you do?'

  • John 2:18
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    18So the Jews responded to Him, 'What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do all this?'

  • Matt 24:34
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    34Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place.

  • Mark 2:8
    67%

    8And immediately, Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they were reasoning within themselves in this way, said to them, 'Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?'

  • Luke 21:7
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    7They asked him, 'Teacher, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to take place?'

  • Luke 17:25
    66%

    25But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

  • Mark 4:12-13
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    66%

    12"So that, 'Though they see, they may see and not perceive; and though they hear, they may hear and not understand; otherwise they might turn back and be forgiven.'

    13He said to them, "Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?

  • John 7:36
    66%

    36What does He mean when He said, ‘You will look for Me, but you will not find Me,’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”

  • Luke 8:9
    66%

    9Then His disciples asked Him, "What does this parable mean?"

  • Matt 13:13-14
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    66%

    13That is why I speak to them in parables, because although they see, they do not see; and although they hear, they do not hear or understand.

    14In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah that says: 'You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive.'

  • Matt 11:20
    66%

    20Then He began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent:

  • Matt 24:2
    66%

    2Jesus said to them, 'Do you see all these things? Truly, I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.'

  • Mark 7:34
    66%

    34Then, looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, "Ephphatha," which means, "Be opened."

  • Matt 8:26-27
    2 verses
    66%

    26He replied, 'Why are you so afraid, you of little faith?' Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it became perfectly calm.

    27The men were amazed and asked, 'What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!'

  • Luke 12:56
    66%

    56You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky and the earth, but why do you not know how to interpret this present time?

  • Mark 13:4
    66%

    4'Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that all these things are about to be fulfilled?

  • Mark 4:40
    65%

    40He said to them, 'Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?'

  • Acts 28:26
    65%

    26'Go to this people and say, "You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive."'

  • Matt 12:45
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    45Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation.