Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.

Bible References

When

Luke 12:1
In the meantime, when there had gathered together an innumerable crowd of people, so as to trample on one another, He began to say to His disciples first, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Luke 14:25
And great crowds went with Him. And He turned and said to them,

This is

Luke 11:50
so that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
Luke 9:41
And answering, Jesus said, O unbelieving generation, one having been perverted, how long shall I be with you and endure you? Bring your son here.
Isaiah 57:3
But draw near here, sons of the sorceress, seed of the adulterer and the harlot.
Matthew 3:7
But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said to them, O generation of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Matthew 23:34
Therefore, behold, I send prophets and wise men and scribes to you. And you will kill and crucify some of them. And some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city;
Mark 8:38
Therefore whoever shall be ashamed of Me and of My Words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man shall also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.
John 8:44
You are of the Devil as father, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and did not abide in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own, for he is a liar and the father of it.
Acts 7:51
O stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so you do.

They

Matthew 12:38
Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we want to see a sign from you.
Matthew 16:1
The Pharisees and the Sadducees came to Him, tempting Him. And they asked Him that He would show them a sign from Heaven.
Mark 8:11
And the Pharisees came out and began to dispute with Him, seeking a sign from Heaven from Him, tempting Him.
John 2:18
Then the Jews answered and said to Him, What sign do you show us, since you do these things?
John 6:30
Therefore they said to Him, What sign do you show then, so that we may see and believe you? What do you work?
1 Corinthians 1:22
For the Jews ask for a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom;