Mark 8:11

New Living Translation

When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had arrived, they came and started to argue with him. Testing him, they demanded that he show them a miraculous sign from heaven to prove his authority.

Cross References

Exodus 17:2

So once more the people complained against Moses. “Give us water to drink!” they demanded. “Quiet!” Moses replied. “Why are you complaining against me? And why are you testing the Lord?”

Exodus 17:7

Moses named the place Massah (which means “test”) and Meribah (which means “arguing”) because the people of Israel argued with Moses and tested the Lord by saying, “Is the Lord here with us or not?”

Malachi 3:15

From now on we will call the arrogant blessed. For those who do evil get rich, and those who dare God to punish them suffer no harm.’”

Matthew 12:38

One day some teachers of religious law and Pharisees came to Jesus and said, “Teacher, we want you to show us a miraculous sign to prove your authority.”

Matthew 19:3

Some Pharisees came and tried to trap him with this question: “Should a man be allowed to divorce his wife for just any reason?”

Matthew 21:23

When Jesus returned to the Temple and began teaching, the leading priests and elders came up to him. They demanded, “By what authority are you doing all these things? Who gave you the right?”

Matthew 22:15

Then the Pharisees met together to plot how to trap Jesus into saying something for which he could be arrested.

Matthew 22:18

But Jesus knew their evil motives. “You hypocrites!” he said. “Why are you trying to trap me?

Matthew 22:23

That same day Jesus was approached by some Sadducees—religious leaders who say there is no resurrection from the dead. They posed this question:

Mark 12:15

Should we pay them, or shouldn’t we?” Jesus saw through their hypocrisy and said, “Why are you trying to trap me? Show me a Roman coin, and I’ll tell you.”

Mark 2:16

But when the teachers of religious law who were Pharisees saw him eating with tax collectors and other sinners, they asked his disciples, “Why does he eat with such scum?”

Mark 9:16

“What is all this arguing about?” Jesus asked.

Luke 10:25

One day an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus by asking him this question: “Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?”

Luke 11:16

Others, trying to test Jesus, demanded that he show them a miraculous sign from heaven to prove his authority.

John 4:48

Jesus asked, “Will you never believe in me unless you see miraculous signs and wonders?”

John 6:30

They answered, “Show us a miraculous sign if you want us to believe in you. What can you do?

John 7:48

“Is there a single one of us rulers or Pharisees who believes in him?

John 8:6

They were trying to trap him into saying something they could use against him, but Jesus stooped down and wrote in the dust with his finger.

Acts 5:9

And Peter said, “How could the two of you even think of conspiring to test the Spirit of the Lord like this? The young men who buried your husband are just outside the door, and they will carry you out, too.”

1 Corinthians 10:9

Nor should we put Christ to the test, as some of them did and then died from snakebites.

Deuteronomy 6:16

You must not test the Lord your God as you did when you complained at Massah.