Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
Adulterous
No sign
General references
Bible References
Adulterous
Isaiah 57:3
And ye, come ye near here, sons of her practicing magic, seed of the adulterer and the harlot.
Mark 8:38
For whoever should be ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; also the Son of man shall be ashamed of him, when he should come in the glory of the Father with the holy messengers.
James 4:4
Adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is the enmity of God? whoever therefore would wish to be the friend of the world is set the enemy of God.
No sign
Matthew 16:4
An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign; and no sign shall be given her, except the sign of Jonas the prophet. And having left them, he departed.
Luke 11:29
And crowds being collected, he began to say, This is an evil generation: it seeks a sign; and no sign shall be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
General references
1 Kings 13:3
And, he will give in that day a sign, saying, This the sign which Jehovah spake: Behold, the altar rent and the fat which was upon it, poured out
Luke 11:16
And others, tempting, sought a sign of him from heaven.