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
"But you, come near here, you children of a soothsayer, offspring [of] an adulterer and she [who] commits fornication.
Mark 8:38
For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."
James 4:4
Adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes [himself] an enemy of God.
No sign
Matthew 16:4
An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, and a sign will not be given to it except the sign of Jonah!" And he left them [and] went away.
Luke 11:29
And [as] the crowds were increasing, he began to say, "This generation is an evil generation! It demands a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah!
General references
1 Kings 13:3
He gave a sign on that day, saying, "This [is] the sign that Yahweh has predetermined: Look, [this] altar will be torn [apart], and the ashes that [are] on it will be poured out."
Luke 11:16
And others, [in order to] test [him], were demanding from him a sign from heaven.