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Matthew 12:38

Matthew chapter 12 · verse 38 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

v.38This passage

v.39But 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 Jonah the prophet:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 16:1

    And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and trying him asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

  • John 2:18

    The Jews therefore answered and said unto him, What sign showest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?

  • John 6:30

    They said therefore unto him, What then doest thou for a sign, that we may see, and believe thee? what workest thou?

  • 1 Corinthians 1:22

    Seeing that Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom:

  • Luke 11:16

    And others, trying him, sought of him a sign from heaven.

  • Luke 11:29

    And when the multitudes were gathering together unto him, he began to say, This generation is an evil generation: it seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah.