KJV King James Version
The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
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Matthew 16:1
The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested Jesus by asking Him to show them a sign from heaven.
WEB World English Bible
The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
ASV American Standard Version
And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and trying him asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come, tempting, did question him, to shew to them a sign from the heaven,
Surrounding context — Matthew 16
1 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
2 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, [It will be] fair weather: for the sky is red.
3 And in the morning, [It will be] foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O [ye] hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not [discern] the signs of the times?
4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
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καὶG2532 · kaiandπροσελθόντεςG4334 · proserchomaito come near/agreeοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoΦαρισαῖοιG5330 · PharisaiosPhariseeκαὶG2532 · kaiandΣαδδουκαῖοι,G4523 · SaddoukaiosSadduceeπειράζοντεςG3985 · peirazōto test/tempt: temptἐπηρώτησανG1905 · eperōtaōto questionαὐτὸνG846 · autosit/s/heσημεῖονG4592 · sēmeionsignἐκG1537 · ekout fromτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoοὐρανοῦG3772 · ouranosheavenἐπιδεῖξαιG1925 · epideiknumito show/proveαὐτοῖς.¶G846 · autosit/s/he
Cross-references
Luke 11:16And others, tempting [him], sought of him a sign from heaven.Matthew 16:6Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.Acts 4:1And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,Mark 8:11-21And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.1 Corinthians 1:22For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:John 8:6This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with [his] finger wrote on the ground, [as though he heard them not].Luke 11:29-30And 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.Acts 5:17Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,Luke 20:23But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?John 6:30-31They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?Luke 11:53-54And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge [him] vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:Luke 20:27Then came to [him] certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,Acts 23:6-8But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men [and] brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.Luke 12:54-56And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.Matthew 22:18But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, [ye] hypocrites?Matthew 22:34-35But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.Matthew 15:1Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,Matthew 16:11-12How is it that ye do not understand that I spake [it] not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
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