Matthew 12:38

World English Bible (2000)

Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you."

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 1:22 : 22 For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,
  • Mark 8:11-12 : 11 The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, and testing him. 12 He sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, "Why does this generation seek a sign? Most certainly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation."
  • John 2:18 : 18 The Jews therefore answered him, "What sign do you show us, seeing that you do these things?"
  • Luke 11:16 : 16 Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.
  • 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.
  • John 4:48 : 48 Jesus therefore said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders, you will in no way believe."
  • 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?
  • 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.

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    39But 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.

  • Mark 8:11-12
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    2But he answered them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'

  • John 2:18
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    18The Jews therefore answered him, "What sign do you show us, seeing that you do these things?"

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    30They said therefore to him, "What then do you do for a sign, that we may see, and believe you? What work do you do?

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    39Some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to him, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples!"

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    21These, therefore, came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, "Sir, we want to see Jesus."

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    16Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.

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