And others, tempting, sought a sign of him from heaven.
Then said they to him, What sign doest thou, that we might see, and believe thee? what workest thou?
And since the Jews ask a sign, and the Greeks seek wisdom:
And crowds being collected, he began to say, This is an evil generation: it seeks a sign; and no sign shall be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
And this said they, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. And Jesus, having stooped down, wrote with his fingers upon the earth.