Mark 8:11

New English Translation

Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, asking for a sign from heaven to test him.

Cross References

Exodus 17:2

So the people contended with Moses, and they said, “Give us water to drink!” Moses said to them, “Why do you contend with me? Why do you test the Lord?”

Exodus 17:7

He called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the contending of the Israelites and because of their testing the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

Malachi 3:15

So now we consider the arrogant to be happy; indeed, those who practice evil are successful. In fact, those who challenge God escape!’”

Matthew 12:38

Then some of the experts in the law along with some Pharisees answered him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”

Matthew 19:3

Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful to divorce a wife for any cause?”

Matthew 21:23

Now after Jesus entered the temple courts, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”

Matthew 22:15

Then the Pharisees went out and planned together to entrap him with his own words.

Matthew 22:18

But Jesus realized their evil intentions and said, “Hypocrites! Why are you testing me?

Matthew 22:23

The same day Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) came to him and asked him,

Mark 12:15

But he saw through their hypocrisy and said to them, “Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.”

Mark 2:16

When the experts in the law and the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

Mark 9:16

He asked them, “What are you arguing about with them?”

Luke 10:25

Now an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Luke 11:16

Others, to test him, began asking for a sign from heaven.

John 4:48

So Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders you will never believe!”

John 6:30

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

John 7:48

None of the rulers or the Pharisees have believed in him, have they?

John 8:6

(Now they were asking this in an attempt to trap him, so that they could bring charges against him.) Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground with his finger.

Acts 5:9

Peter then told her, “Why have you agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out!”

1 Corinthians 10:9

And let us not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by snakes.

Deuteronomy 6:16

You must not put the Lord your God to the test as you did at Massah.