Luke 11:29 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁹ When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, “This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of Jonah.

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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

Ezekiel 24:24

Thus shall Ezekiel be to you a sign; according to all that he has done you shall do. When this comes, then you will know that I am the Lord God.’

Jonah 1:1

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

Matthew 3:7

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Mark 8:38

For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”

Luke 11:16

while others, to test him, sought from him a sign from heaven.

Luke 11:50

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

Luke 12:1

In the meantime, when so many thousands of the multitude had gathered together that they trod upon one another, he began to say to his disciples first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Luke 9:41

Jesus answered, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long am I to be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.”

John 2:18

The Jews then said to him, “What sign have you to show us for doing this?”

John 6:30

So they said to him, “Then what sign do you do, that we may see, and believe you? What work do you perform?

John 8:44

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

1 Corinthians 1:22

For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom,