Then, as the crowds were quickly gathering, he began to say: "This generation is a wicked generation: it seeks a sign. But no sign will be given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
Luke 11:16 - Catholic Public Domain Version And others, testing him, required a sign from heaven of him. Matoleo zaidiKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition While others, to try and test and tempt Him, demanded a sign of Him from heaven. American Standard Version (1901) And others, trying him, sought of him a sign from heaven. Common English Bible Others were testing him, seeking a sign from heaven. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And others tempting, asked of him a sign from heaven. English Standard Version 2016 while others, to test him, kept seeking from him a sign from heaven. |
Then, as the crowds were quickly gathering, he began to say: "This generation is a wicked generation: it seeks a sign. But no sign will be given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
And so they said to him: "Then what sign will you do, so that we may see it and believe in you? What will you work?
But they were saying this to test him, so that they might be able to accuse him. Then Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the earth.