Luke 11:29 - English Majority Text Version 2009

²⁹ Now as the crowds gathered even more, He began to say, "This generation is evil. It seeks a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ Now as the crowds were [increasingly] thronging Him, He began to say, This present generation is a wicked one; it seeks and demands a sign (miracle), but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of Jonah [the prophet]. [Jonah 1:17; Matt. 12:40.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

²⁹ When the crowds grew, Jesus said, “This generation is an evil generation. It looks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except Jonah’s sign.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ Then, as the crowds were quickly gathering, he began to say: "This generation is a wicked generation: it seeks a sign. But no sign will be given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁹ And the multitudes running together, he began to say: This generation is a wicked generation: it asketh a sign, and a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.

Luke 11:29 Cross References

Matthew 3:7

But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Mark 8:38

For whosoever is ashamed of Me and My words among this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him, whenever He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels."

Luke 11:16

But others, testing [Him,] were seeking from Him a sign from heaven.

Luke 11:50

so that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required from this generation,

Luke 12:1

Now in the meantime, as an innumerable crowd had gathered together so that they were stepping on one another, He began to say to His disciples first of all, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Luke 9:41

Then Jesus answered and said, "O faithless and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here."

John 2:18

Therefore the Jews answered and said to Him, "What sign do You show to us, since You do these things?"

John 6:30

Therefore they said to Him, "What sign will You do then, so that we may see it and believe You? What work do You perform?

John 8:44

You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you desire to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own [resources], for he is a liar, and the father of lies.

1 Corinthians 1:22

For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom;