"Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee." — Matthew 12:38

Matthew 12:38 · KJV

“Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.”

— Matthew 12:38

For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:

Matthew 12 — Context

But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.

But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:

For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 1:22

For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

Mark 8:11-12

And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.

John 2:18

Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?

Luke 11:29

And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.

Luke 11:16

And others, tempting {him}, sought of him a sign from heaven.

John 4:48

Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.

Matthew 16:1-4

The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.

John 6:30

They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?