Matthew 16:4

The Scriptures 2009

A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Yonah. And He left them and went away.

Cross References

Genesis 6:3

And יהוה said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever in his going astray. He is flesh, and his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”

Isaiah 57:3

“But come here, you sons of the sorceress, you offspring of the adulterer and the whore!

Hosea 4:17

“Ephrayim is joined to idols, let him alone.

Hosea 9:12

“Though they bring up their children, I shall make them childless, without man. For it is woe to them when I turn away from them!

Jonah 1:1

And the word of יהוה came to Yonah son of Amittai, saying,

Jonah 1:17

But יהוה appointed a great fish to swallow Yonah. And Yonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.

Matthew 15:14

“Leave them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both shall fall into a ditch.

Matthew 16:5

And His taught ones came to the other side, and had forgotten to take bread.

Mark 8:12

And sighing deeply in His spirit He said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation.”

Mark 8:38

“For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinning generation, of him the Son of Aḏam also shall be ashamed when He comes in the esteem of His Father with the set-apart messengers.”

Acts 18:6

However, when they resisted and blasphemed, he shook his garments and said to them, “Your blood is upon your head, I am clean. From now on I shall go to the nations.”

Acts 2:40

And with many other words he earnestly witnessed and urged them, saying, “Be saved from this crooked generation.”