Mark 8:12

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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

Why

There

Matthew 12:39

Matthew 16:4

Luke 11:29

General references

Luke 11:16

Bible References

He sighed

When he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other.

Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha!" that is, "Be opened!"

He answered him, "Unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me."

He was despised, and rejected by men; a man of suffering, and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn't respect him.

When he drew near, he saw the city and wept over it,

When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,

Why

He marveled because of their unbelief. He went around the villages teaching.

"But Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.'

"If you are the Christ, tell us." But he said to them, "If I tell you, you won't believe,

But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they didn't believe in him,

There

But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.

An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah." He left them, and departed.

When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, "This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah, the prophet.

General references

Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.