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The Demand for a Sign

Matthew 16:1

In 9 translations

BSB
Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested Jesus by asking Him to show them a sign from heaven.
KJV
The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
WEB
The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
ASV
And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and trying him asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
LSV
And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come, tempting, questioned Him, to show to them a sign from Heaven,
YLT
And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come, tempting, did question him, to shew to them a sign from the heaven,
DBY
And the Pharisees and Sadducees, coming to [him], asked him, tempting [him], to shew them a sign out of heaven.
DRC
And there came to him the Pharisees and Sadduccees tempting: and they asked him to shew them a sign from heaven.
GNV
Then came the Pharises and Sadduces, and did tempt him, desiring him to shew them a signe from heauen.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Καὶ προσελθόντες οἱ Φαρισαῖοι καὶ Σαδδουκαῖοι πειράζοντες ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτὸν σημεῖον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐπιδεῖξαι αὐτοῖς.
RP2018
Καὶ προσελθόντες οἱ Φαρισαῖοι καὶ Σαδδουκαῖοι πειράζοντες ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτὸν σημεῖον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐπιδεῖξαι αὐτοῖς.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ προσελθόντες οἱ Φαρισαῖοι καὶ Σαδδουκαῖοι πειράζοντες ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτὸν σημεῖον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐπιδεῖξαι αὐτοῖς.
SCR1894
και προσελθοντες οι φαρισαιοι και σαδδουκαιοι πειραζοντες επηρωτησαν αυτον σημειον εκ του ουρανου επιδειξαι αυτοις

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◆ Discourse with Pharisees and Saducees

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 11:16And others tested Him by demanding a sign from heaven.
  • Acts 4:1While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
  • Matthew 16:6“Watch out!” Jesus told them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
  • 1 Corinthians 1:22Jews demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom,
  • John 8:6They said this to test Him, in order to have a basis for accusing Him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with His finger.
  • Mark 8:11–21Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, testing Him by demanding from Him a sign from heaven. Jesus sighed deeply in His spirit and said, “Why does this generation demand a sign? Truly I tell you, no…
  • Acts 23:6–8Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I…
  • Luke 20:27Then some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to question Him.
  • Luke 11:53–54As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things, waiting to catch Him in something He might say.
  • Luke 20:23But Jesus saw through their duplicity and said to them,
  • Acts 5:17Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out
  • Luke 12:54–56Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens. And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it is. You…
  • John 6:30–31So they asked Him, “What sign then will You perform, so that we may see it and believe You? What will You do? Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
  • Luke 11:29–30As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah. For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will be a sign…
  • Mark 12:15But Jesus saw through their hypocrisy and said, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to inspect.”
  • Matthew 19:3Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

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