Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.
He sighed
General references
Bible References
He sighed
Mark 3:5
He looked at them and was angry. He was also sad on account of their hard hearts. He said to the man: Stretch out your hand. He stretched it out and his hand was healed.
Mark 7:34
Looking up to heaven he sighed and said to him: Ephphatha, that is, be opened.
Mark 9:19
Jesus then said: O faithless generation. How long will I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him to me.
Isaiah 53:3
He was despised and rejected by men. He was a man of sorrows familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised. We did not consider him to be worth much.
Luke 19:41
When he came close to the city he wept over it.
John 11:33
Jesus groaned in his spirit and was troubled when he saw her weeping and the Jews who came with her weeping.
Why
Mark 6:6
He wondered at their unbelief. Then he went around to the villages teaching.
Luke 16:29
Abraham said: Your brothers have Moses and the prophets to warn them. They should listen to them.
Luke 22:67
If you are the Christ, tell us. But he said to them: If I tell you, you will not believe:
John 12:37
Even though he performed many miracles in front of them they did not believe in him.
There
Matthew 12:39
He answered them: An evil and adulterous generation seeks a sign. No sign will be given but the sign of Jonah the prophet.
Matthew 16:4
An evil and false generation is searching after a sign. However, no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah. Then he left them.
Luke 11:29
When the crowd gathered to him, he said: This generation is evil. It seeks a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.
General references
Luke 11:16
Others tested him demanding a sign from heaven.