For you will be considered righteous by the words [you speak] and you will be condemned by the words [you speak].”
Matthew 12:38 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) Then certain experts in the Law of Moses and some Pharisees answered Jesus, saying, “Teacher, we would like to see you perform a [supernatural] sign.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, Teacher, we desire to see a sign or miracle from You [proving that You are what You claim to be]. American Standard Version (1901) Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, Teacher, we would see a sign from thee. Common English Bible At that time some of the legal experts and the Pharisees requested of Jesus, “Teacher, we would like to see a sign from you.” Catholic Public Domain Version Then certain ones from the scribes and the Pharisees responded to him, saying, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying: Master we would see a sign from thee. |
For you will be considered righteous by the words [you speak] and you will be condemned by the words [you speak].”
Then others, trying to test Him, asked Him to perform a [supernatural] sign from heaven.
And when the crowds thronged around Jesus, He began saying, “This generation of people is evil, [for] it is looking for a [supernatural] sign. But no [such] sign will be given to it except the sign [demonstrated in the life] of Jonah.
So, the Jews asked Him, “What [miraculous] sign will you show us, since you are doing these things [i.e., disrupting their merchandising activities]?”
So, Jesus said to him, “None of you people will believe [in me] unless you see [miraculous] signs and wonders, [will you?].”
And they said to Him, “What kind of a [miraculous] sign will you perform so that we can see it and [then] believe [in] you? What [kind of] deed will you perform?
Now Jews ask for [miraculous] signs and Greeks [i.e., Gentiles] are looking for wisdom,