Mark 8:12

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Sighing deeply in his spirit he said,“Why does this generation look for a sign? I tell you the truth, no sign will be given to this generation.”

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  • Mark 7:34 : 34 Then he looked up to heaven and said with a sigh,“Ephphatha”(that is,“Be opened”).
  • Mark 9:19 : 19 He answered them,“You unbelieving generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I endure you? Bring him to me.”
  • Luke 11:29-30 : 29 The Sign of Jonah As the crowds were increasing, Jesus began to say,“This generation is a wicked generation; it looks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. 30 For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so 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; they must respond to them.’ 30 Then the rich man said,‘No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’ 31 He replied to him,‘If they do not respond to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”
  • Luke 19:41 : 41 Jesus Weeps for Jerusalem under Judgment Now when Jesus approached and saw the city, he wept over it,
  • Luke 22:67-70 : 67 and said,“If you are the Christ, tell us.” But he said to them,“If I tell you, you will not believe, 68 and if I ask you, you will not answer. 69 But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.” 70 So they all said,“Are you the Son of God, then?” He answered them,“You say that I am.”
  • John 11:33-38 : 33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the people who had come with her weeping, he was intensely moved in spirit and greatly distressed. 34 He asked,“Where have you laid him?” They replied,“Lord, come and see.” 35 Jesus wept. 36 Thus the people who had come to mourn said,“Look how much he loved him!” 37 But some of them said,“This is the man who caused the blind man to see! Couldn’t he have done something to keep Lazarus from dying?” 38 Lazarus Raised from the Dead Jesus, intensely moved again, came to the tomb.(Now it was a cave, and a stone was placed across it.)
  • John 12:37-43 : 37 The Outcome of Jesus’ Public Ministry Foretold Although Jesus had performed so many miraculous signs before them, they still refused to believe in him, 38 so that the word of the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled. He said,“Lord, who has believed our message, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” 39 For this reason they could not believe, because again Isaiah said, 40 “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and turn to me, and I would heal them.” 41 Isaiah said these things because he saw Christ’s glory, and spoke about him. 42 Nevertheless, even among the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they would not confess Jesus to be the Christ, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue. 43 For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.
  • Isa 53:3 : 3 He was despised and rejected by people, one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness; people hid their faces from him; he was despised, and we considered him insignificant.
  • Matt 12:39-40 : 39 But he answered them,“An evil and adulterous generation asks for 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 huge 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 A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” Then he left them and went away.
  • Mark 3:5 : 5 After looking around at them in anger, grieved by the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man,“Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
  • Mark 6:6 : 6 And he was amazed because of their unbelief. Then he went around among the villages and taught.

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  • Luke 11:29-30
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    29 The Sign of Jonah As the crowds were increasing, Jesus began to say,“This generation is a wicked generation; it looks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.

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

  • Matt 12:38-40
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    38 The Sign of Jonah Then some of the experts in the law along with some Pharisees answered him,“Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”

    39 But he answered them,“An evil and adulterous generation asks for 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 huge 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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    1 The Demand for a Sign Now when the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus, they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

    2 He said,“When evening comes you say,‘It will be fair weather, because the sky is red,’

    3 and in the morning,‘It will be stormy today, because the sky is red and darkening.’ You know how to judge correctly the appearance of the sky, but you cannot evaluate the signs of the times.

    4 A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” Then he left them and went away.

  • Mark 8:11
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    11 The Demand for a Sign Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, asking for a sign from heaven to test him.

  • Mark 8:13
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    13 Then he left them, got back into the boat, and went to the other side.

  • Luke 11:16
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    16 Others, to test him, began asking for a sign from heaven.

  • Matt 17:17
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    17 Jesus answered,“You unbelieving and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I endure you? Bring him here to me.”

  • Luke 9:41
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    41 Jesus answered,“You unbelieving and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you and endure you? Bring your son here.”

  • Luke 7:31
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    31 “To what then should I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?

  • Matt 11:16
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    16 “To what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another,

  • Mark 9:19
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    19 He answered them,“You unbelieving generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I endure you? Bring him to me.”

  • Mark 8:16-18
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    16 So they began to discuss with one another about having no bread.

    17 When he learned of this, Jesus said to them,“Why are you arguing about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Have your hearts been hardened?

    18 Though you have eyes, don’t you see? And though you have ears, can’t you hear? Don’t you remember?

  • Mark 8:21
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    21 Then he said to them,“Do you still not understand?”

  • John 4:48
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    48 So Jesus said to him,“Unless you people see signs and wonders you will never believe!”

  • Matt 23:36
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    36 I tell you the truth, this generation will be held responsible for all these things!

  • Luke 21:32
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    32 I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

  • Mark 13:30
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    30 I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

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

    23 Then people will say to you,‘Look, there he is!’ or‘Look, here he is!’ Do not go out or chase after them.

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

  • John 2:18
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    18 So then the Jewish leaders responded,“What sign can you show us, since you are doing these things?”

  • Matt 24:34
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    34 I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

  • Mark 2:8
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  • Luke 21:7
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    7 So they asked him,“Teacher, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that these things are about to take place?”

  • Luke 17:25
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    25 But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

  • Mark 4:12-13
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    12 so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven.”

    13 He said to them,“Don’t you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable?

  • John 7:36
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    36 What did he mean by saying,‘You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come’?”

  • Luke 8:9
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    9 Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.

  • Matt 13:13-14
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    13 For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.

    14 And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:‘You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend.

  • Matt 11:20
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    20 Woes on Unrepentant Cities Then Jesus began to criticize openly the cities in which he had done many of his miracles, because they did not repent.

  • Matt 24:2
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    2 And he said to them,“Do you see all these things? I tell you the truth, not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!”

  • Mark 7:34
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    34 Then he looked up to heaven and said with a sigh,“Ephphatha”(that is,“Be opened”).

  • Matt 8:26-27
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    26 But he said to them,“Why are you cowardly, you people of little faith?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was dead calm.

    27 And the men were amazed and said,“What sort of person is this? Even the winds and the sea obey him!”

  • Luke 12:56
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    56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how to interpret the present time?

  • Mark 13:4
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    4 “Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that all these things are about to take place?”

  • Mark 4:40
    65%

    40 And he said to them,“Why are you cowardly? Do you still not have faith?”

  • Acts 28:26
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    26 when he said,‘Go to this people and say,“You will keep on hearing, but will never understand, and you will keep on looking, but will never perceive.

  • Matt 12:45
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    45 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first. It will be that way for this evil generation as well!”

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