Mark 8:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation.

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  • Mark 7:34 : 34 Then looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
  • Mark 9:19 : 19 He answered and said to him, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to me.
  • Luke 11:29-30 : 29 And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and no sign shall be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet. 30 For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall the Son of Man be to this generation.
  • Luke 16:29-31 : 29 Abraham said to him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. 30 And he said, No, father Abraham: but if one went to them from the dead, they will repent. 31 And he said to him, If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead.
  • Luke 19:41 : 41 And when he came near, he saw the city and wept over it,
  • Luke 22:67-70 : 67 Are you the Christ? Tell us. And he said to them, If I tell you, you will not believe: 68 And if I also ask you, you will not answer me, nor let me go. 69 Hereafter shall the Son of Man sit on the right hand of the power of God. 70 Then they all said, Are you then the Son of God? And he said to them, You say that I am.
  • John 11:33-38 : 33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, he groaned in the spirit and was troubled, 34 And said, Where have you laid him? They said to him, Lord, come and see. 35 Jesus wept. 36 Then the Jews said, Behold how he loved him! 37 And some of them said, Could not this man, who opened the eyes of the blind, have also kept this man from dying? 38 Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
  • John 12:37-43 : 37 But although he had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in him, 38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 39 Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again, 40 He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, lest they should see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts and turn, and I should heal them. 41 These things Isaiah said when he saw his glory and spoke of him. 42 Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue; 43 for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
  • Isa 53:3 : 3 He is despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid, as it were, our faces from him; he was despised, and we did not esteem him.
  • Matt 12:39-40 : 39 But he answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and no sign shall be given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah: 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
  • Matt 16:4 : 4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeks a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. And He left them and departed.
  • Mark 3:5 : 5 And when he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man, Stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as whole as the other.
  • Mark 6:6 : 6 And he marveled because of their unbelief. And he went around the villages, teaching.

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  • Luke 11:29-30
    2 verses
    83%

    29And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and no sign shall be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet.

    30For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall the Son of Man be to this generation.

  • Matt 12:38-40
    3 verses
    83%

    38Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Teacher, we would like to see a sign from you.

    39But he answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and no sign shall be given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah:

    40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

  • Matt 16:1-4
    4 verses
    82%

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

    2He answered and said to them, When it is evening you say, It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.

    3And in the morning, It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening. O you hypocrites, you can discern the face of the sky, but cannot discern the signs of the times?

    4A wicked and adulterous generation seeks a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. And He left them and departed.

  • Mark 8:11
    78%

    11And the Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking a sign from heaven, testing him.

  • Mark 8:13
    74%

    13And he left them, and entering the boat again, departed to the other side.

  • Luke 11:16
    71%

    16And others, tempting him, sought from him a sign from heaven.

  • Matt 17:17
    70%

    17Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him here to me.

  • Luke 9:41
    70%

    41And Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.

  • Luke 7:31
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    31And the Lord said, To what then shall I compare the men of this generation? and what are they like?

  • Matt 11:16
    70%

    16But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the markets, and calling to their fellows,

  • Mark 9:19
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    19He answered and said to him, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to me.

  • Mark 8:16-18
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    68%

    16And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread.

    17And when Jesus knew it, he said to them, Why do you reason because you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Is your heart still hardened?

    18Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember?

  • Mark 8:21
    68%

    21And he said to them, How is it that you do not understand?

  • John 4:48
    68%

    48Then Jesus said to him, Unless you see signs and wonders, you will not believe.

  • Matt 23:36
    68%

    36Truly I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.

  • Luke 21:32
    68%

    32Truly I say to you, This generation shall not pass away until all is fulfilled.

  • Mark 13:30
    68%

    30Truly I say to you, that this generation shall not pass until all these things are done.

  • Luke 17:22-23
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    68%

    22And he said to the disciples, The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

    23And they will say to you, See here, or see there: do not go after them or follow them.

  • Matt 15:16
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    16And Jesus said, Are you also still without understanding?

  • John 6:30
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    30They said therefore to him, What sign do you show then, that we may see, and believe you? What do you work?

  • John 2:18
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    18So the Jews answered and said to him, What sign do you show to us, since you do these things?

  • Matt 24:34
    67%

    34Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things are fulfilled.

  • Mark 2:8
    67%

    8And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they reasoned within themselves, he said to them, Why do you reason about these things in your hearts?

  • Luke 21:7
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    7And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? And what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?

  • Luke 17:25
    66%

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

  • Mark 4:12-13
    2 verses
    66%

    12that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.

    13And he said to them, Do you not know this parable? How then will you know all parables?

  • John 7:36
    66%

    36What does he mean by saying, You will seek me and not find me, and where I am, you cannot come?

  • Luke 8:9
    66%

    9And his disciples asked him, saying, What does this parable mean?

  • Matt 13:13-14
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    66%

    13This is why I speak to them in parables: Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.

    14In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: By hearing, you shall hear and shall not understand; and seeing, you shall see and shall not perceive.

  • Matt 11:20
    66%

    20Then he began to reproach the cities where most of his mighty works were done, because they did not repent:

  • Matt 24:2
    66%

    2And Jesus said to them, Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, not one stone will be left here upon another that will not be thrown down.

  • Mark 7:34
    66%

    34Then looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

  • Matt 8:26-27
    2 verses
    66%

    26And he said to them, Why are you fearful, O you of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

    27But the men marveled, saying, What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!

  • Luke 12:56
    66%

    56You hypocrites, you can discern the face of the sky and the earth; but how is it that you do not discern this time?

  • Mark 13:4
    66%

    4Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?

  • Mark 4:40
    65%

    40And he said to them, Why are you so afraid? How is it that you have no faith?

  • Acts 28:26
    65%

    26saying, Go to this people and say, Hearing you will hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you will see, and not perceive.

  • Matt 12:45
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    45Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation.