Mark 8:11

New Century Version

The Pharisees came to Jesus and began to ask him questions. Hoping to trap him, they asked Jesus for a miracle from God.

Cross References

Exodus 17:2

So they quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why are you testing the Lord?”

Exodus 17:7

He named that place Massah, because the Israelites tested the Lord when they asked, “Is the Lord with us or not?” He also named it Meribah, because they quarreled.

Malachi 3:15

So we say that proud people are happy. Evil people succeed. They challenge God and get away with it.’ ”

Matthew 12:38

Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law answered Jesus, saying, “Teacher, we want to see you work a miracle as a sign.”

Matthew 19:3

Some Pharisees came to Jesus and tried to trick him. They asked, “Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for any reason he chooses?”

Matthew 21:23

Jesus went to the Temple, and while he was teaching there, the leading priests and the elders of the people came to him. They said, “What authority do you have to do these things? Who gave you this authority?”

Matthew 22:15

Then the Pharisees left that place and made plans to trap Jesus in saying something wrong.

Matthew 22:18

But knowing that these leaders were trying to trick him, Jesus said, “You hypocrites! Why are you trying to trap me?

Matthew 22:23

That same day some Sadducees came to Jesus and asked him a question. (Sadducees believed that people would not rise from the dead.)

Mark 12:15

Should we pay them, or not?” But knowing what these men were really trying to do, Jesus said to them, “Why are you trying to trap me? Bring me a coin to look at.”

Mark 2:16

When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw Jesus eating with the tax collectors and “sinners,” they asked his followers, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

Mark 9:16

Jesus asked, “What are you arguing about?”

Luke 10:25

Then an expert on the law stood up to test Jesus, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to get life forever?”

Luke 11:16

Other people, wanting to test Jesus, asked him to give them a sign from heaven.

John 4:48

Jesus said to him, “You people must see signs and miracles before you will believe in  me.”

John 6:30

So the people asked, “What miracle will you do? If we see a miracle, we will believe you. What will you do?

John 7:48

Have any of the leaders or the Pharisees believed in him? No!

John 8:6

They were asking this to trick Jesus so that they could have some charge against him. But Jesus bent over and started writing on the ground with his finger.

Acts 5:9

Peter said to her, “Why did you and your husband agree to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”

1 Corinthians 10:9

We must not test Christ as some of them did; they were killed by snakes.

Deuteronomy 6:16

Do not test the Lord your God as you did at Massah.