John 2:18

World English Bible (2000)

The Jews therefore answered him, "What sign do you show us, seeing that you do these things?"

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  • John 6:30 : 30 They said therefore to him, "What then do you do for a sign, that we may see, and believe you? What work do you do?
  • Acts 4:7 : 7 When they had stood them in the middle of them, they inquired, "By what power, or in what name, have you done this?"
  • Acts 5:28 : 28 saying, "Didn't we strictly command you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood on us."
  • Matt 12:38-42 : 38 Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you." 39 But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet. 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, someone greater than Jonah is here. 42 The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, someone greater than Solomon is here.
  • Matt 16:1-4 : 1 The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven. 2 But he answered them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.' 3 In the morning, 'It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.' Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can't discern the signs of the times! 4 An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah." He left them, and departed.
  • Matt 21:23 : 23 When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?"
  • Mark 8:11 : 11 The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, and testing him.
  • Mark 11:27-28 : 27 They came again to Jerusalem, and as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders came to him, 28 and they began saying to him, "By what authority do you do these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?"
  • Luke 11:29 : 29 When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, "This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah, the prophet.
  • Luke 20:1-2 : 1 It happened on one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the Good News, that the priests and scribes came to him with the elders. 2 They asked him, "Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?"
  • John 1:25 : 25 They asked him, "Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"

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