Matthew 16:4 - The Scriptures 1998

⁴ “A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Yonah.” And He left them and went away.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ A wicked and morally unfaithful generation craves a sign, but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. Then He left them and went away. [Jonah 3:4, 5.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of Jonah. And he left them, and departed.

Common English Bible

⁴ An evil and unfaithful generation searches for a sign. But it won’t receive any sign except Jonah’s sign.” Then he left them and went away.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ An evil and adulterous generation seeks a sign. And a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah." And leaving them behind, he went away.

Matthew 16:4 Cross References

Genesis 6:3

And יהוה  said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever in his going astray. He is flesh, and his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”

Isaiah 57:3

“But come here, you sons of the sorceress, you offspring of the adulterer and the whore!

Hosea 4:17

“Ephrayim is joined to idols, let him alone.

Hosea 9:12

“Though they bring up their children, I shall make them childless, without man. For it is woe to them when I turn away from them!

Jonah 1:1

And the word of יהוה  came to Yonah son of Amittai, saying,

Jonah 1:17

But יהוה  appointed a great fish to swallow Yonah. And Yonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.

Matthew 15:14

“Leave them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both shall fall into a ditch.”

Matthew 16:5

And His taught ones came to the other side, and had forgotten to take bread.

Mark 8:12

And sighing deeply in His spirit He said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation.”

Mark 8:38

“For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinning generation, of him the Son of Aḏ

Acts 18:6

However, when they resisted and blasphemed, he shook his garments and said to them, “Your blood is upon your head, I am clean. From now on I shall go to the gentiles.”

Acts 2:40

And with many other words he earnestly witnessed and urged them, saying, “Be saved from this crooked generation.”