Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, Teacher, we wish to see a sign from thee.
And since the Jews ask a sign, and the Greeks seek wisdom:
Then answered the Jews and said to him, What sign shewest thou, that thou doest these things?
And others, tempting, sought a sign of him from heaven.
Then said Jesus to him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye would not believe.
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.
Then said they to him, What sign doest thou, that we might see, and believe thee? what workest thou?
For by thy words shalt thou be justified, and by thy words shalt thou be condemned.