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, the vast multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread one upon another, He began to say to His disciples, first, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Luke 14:25
Now there were journeying with Him great multitudes; and, turning, He said to them,

This is

Luke 11:50
that the blood of all the prophets, which has been shed from the founding of the world, may be required of this generation??51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah who perished between the altar and the house??ea, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation.'
Luke 9:41
And Jesus answering, said, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and bear with you? Bring your son here."
Matthew 3:7
But, seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them, "Broods of vipers! who warned you to flee from the coming wrath!
Matthew 23:34
Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some ye will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;
Mark 8:38
For whosoever is ashamed of Me and of My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when He cometh in the glory of His Father with the holy angels."
John 8:44
Ye are of your father the Devil; and the desires of your father ye wish to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own; because he is a liar, and the father of it.
Acts 7:51
Ye stiffnecked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears! ye do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do ye.

They

Matthew 12:38
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered Him, saying, "Teacher, we wish to see a sign from Thee."
Matthew 16:1
And the Pharisees and Sadducees, coming near, tempting Him, asked Him to show them a sign from the heaven;
Mark 8:11
And the Pharisees came out, and began to discuss with Him, seeking from Him a sign from heaven, tempting Him.
John 2:18
The Jews, therefore, answered and said to Him, "What sign dost Thou show to us, seeing that Thou doest these things?
John 6:30
They said, therefore, to Him, "What sign doest Thou, then, that we may see, and believe Thee? What doest Thou?
1 Corinthians 1:22
seeing that both Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom;