Verse 1

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

Referenced Verses

  • Luke 11:16 : 16 Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.
  • Matt 16:6 : 6 Jesus said to them, "Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
  • Acts 4:1 : 1 As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them,
  • John 8:6 : 6 They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger.
  • 1 Cor 1:22 : 22 For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,
  • Acts 5:17 : 17 But the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy,
  • Acts 23:6-8 : 6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Men and brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. Concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!" 7 When he had said this, an argument arose between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. 8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess all of these.
  • Matt 16:11-12 : 11 How is it that you don't perceive that I didn't speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees." 12 Then they understood that he didn't tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
  • Matt 19:3 : 3 Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"
  • Matt 22:15 : 15 Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.
  • Matt 22:18 : 18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, "Why do you test me, you hypocrites?
  • Matt 22:23 : 23 On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him,
  • Matt 22:34-35 : 34 But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, gathered themselves together. 35 One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.
  • Matt 23:2 : 2 saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees sat on Moses' seat.
  • Matt 27:62 : 62 Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,
  • Mark 8:11-21 : 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{The word translated "generation" here (genea) could also be translated "people," "race," or "family."} seek a sign? Most assuredly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation." 13 He left them, and again entering into the boat, departed to the other side. 14 They forgot to take bread; and they didn't have more than one loaf in the boat with them. 15 He charged them, saying, "Take heed: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod." 16 They reasoned with one another, saying, "It's because we have no bread." 17 Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, "Why do you reason that it's because you have no bread? Don't you perceive yet, neither understand? Is your heart still hardened? 18 Having eyes, don't you see? Having ears, don't you hear? Don't you remember? 19 When I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" They told him, "Twelve." 20 "When the seven loaves fed the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" They told him, "Seven." 21 He asked them, "Don't you understand, yet?"
  • Mark 10:2 : 2 Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
  • Mark 12:15 : 15 Shall we give, or shall we not give?" But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, "Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it."
  • Mark 12:18 : 18 There came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection. They asked him, saying,
  • Luke 10:25 : 25 Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
  • Luke 11:29-30 : 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. 30 For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of Man be to this generation.
  • Luke 11:53-54 : 53 As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him; 54 lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.
  • Luke 12:54-56 : 54 He said to the multitudes also, "When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,' and so it happens. 55 When a south wind blows, you say, 'There will be a scorching heat,' and it happens. 56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you don't interpret this time?
  • Luke 20:23 : 23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, "Why do you test me?
  • Luke 20:27 : 27 Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there is a resurrection.
  • John 6:30-31 : 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? 31 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is written, 'He gave them bread out of heaven{Greek and Hebrew use the same word for "heaven", "the heavens", "the sky", and "the air".} to eat.'"
  • Matt 3:7-8 : 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, "You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Therefore bring forth fruit worthy of repentance!
  • Matt 5:20 : 20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
  • Matt 9:11 : 11 When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"
  • Matt 12:14 : 14 But the Pharisees went out, and conspired against him, how they might destroy him.
  • Matt 12:38-39 : 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.
  • Matt 15:1 : 1 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,