Parallel Verses
Common New Testament
Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
Holman Bible
The Pharisees and Sadducees approached,
International Standard Version
When the Pharisees and Sadducees arrived, in order to test Jesus they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
A Conservative Version
And the Pharisees and Sadducees who came, testing, demanded him to exhibit to them a sign from the sky.
American Standard Version
And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and trying him asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
Amplified
Now the Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and testing Jesus [to get something to use against Him], they asked Him to show them a sign from heaven [which would support His divine authority].
An Understandable Version
The Pharisees and Sadducees came [and attempted] to test Jesus [by] asking Him to perform a [supernatural] sign from heaven.
Anderson New Testament
And the Pharisees and Sadducees came to tempt him, and asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
Bible in Basic English
And the Pharisees and Sadducees came and, testing him, made a request to him to give them a sign from heaven.
Daniel Mace New Testament
Then the Pharisees and the Sadducees came, with a captious design, and desired him to show them some miracle in the sky.
Darby Translation
And the Pharisees and Sadducees, coming to him, asked him, tempting him, to shew them a sign out of heaven.
Godbey New Testament
And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come to Him, tempting Him, asked Him to show them a sign from heaven.
Goodspeed New Testament
The Pharisees and Sadducees came up and to test him asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
John Wesley New Testament
Then the Parisees and Saducees came and tempting, desired him to shew them a sign from heaven.
Julia Smith Translation
And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come, tempting, asked him to shew them a sign from heaven.
King James 2000
The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and testing him desired that he would show them a sign from heaven.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And [when] the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test [him], they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
Modern King James verseion
The Pharisees and the Sadducees came to Him, tempting Him. And they asked Him that He would show them a sign from Heaven.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then came to him the Pharisees with the Sadducees also, and did tempt him, desiring him to show them some sign from heaven.
Moffatt New Testament
Now the Pharisees and Sadducees came up and, in order to tempt him, asked him to show them a Sign from heaven.
Montgomery New Testament
Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came to him, and in order to test him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
NET Bible
Now when the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus, they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
New Heart English Bible
The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
Noyes New Testament
And the Pharisees and Sadducees came to try him, and asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
Sawyer New Testament
AND the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to Jesus to try him desired him to show them a sign from heaven.
The Emphasized Bible
And, the Pharisees and Sadducees coming near, putting him to the test, requested him, a sign out of the heaven, to shew unto them.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
AND the Pharisees and the Sadducees came to him, and, to make trial of him, desired him to shew them a sign from heaven.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Here the Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and, to test Jesus, requested him to show them some sign from the heavens.
Webster
The Pharisees also and the Sadducees came, and, tempting, desired him that he would show them a sign from heaven.
Weymouth New Testament
Here the Pharisees and Sadducees came to Him; and, to make trial of Him, they asked Him to show them a sign in the sky.
Williams New Testament
The Pharisees and the Sadducees came up, and to test Him asked Him to show them a spectacular sign from heaven.
World English Bible
The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
Worrell New Testament
And the Pharisees and Sadducees, coming near, tempting Him, asked Him to show them a sign from the heaven;
Worsley New Testament
And the pharisees and sadducees came to Him, and captiously asked Him to shew them a sign from heaven.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come, tempting, did question him, to shew to them a sign from the heaven,
Themes
Christ » Slandered » Snares laid for
Jesus Christ » History of » Refuses to give a sign to the pharisees (in the region of magdala)
Miracles » Demanded by unbelievers
Pharisees » Hypocrisy of, reproved » By jesus
Pharisees » Christ » Asked for signs by
Topics
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 16:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Signs Of The Times
1 Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. 2 He answered them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather; for the sky is red.'
Phrases
Cross References
Luke 11:16
Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.
Matthew 16:6
Then Jesus said to them, "Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees."
John 8:6
They said this to test him, that they might have something of which to accuse him. But Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground with his finger.
Acts 4:1
And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
1 Corinthians 1:22
Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom,
Matthew 3:7-8
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Matthew 5:20
For I tell you, that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 9:11
And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"
Matthew 12:14
But the Pharisees went out and plotted against him, how they might destroy him.
Matthew 12:38-39
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to him, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you."
Matthew 15:1
Then the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus and said,
Matthew 16:11-12
How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
Matthew 19:3
Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?"
Matthew 22:15
Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how to entangle him in his talk.
Matthew 22:18
But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, "Why are you testing me, you hypocrites?
Matthew 22:23
That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and asked him a question,
Matthew 22:34-35
But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.
Matthew 23:2
"The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat.
Matthew 27:62
The next day, the one after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered to Pilate
Mark 8:11-21
The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, to test him.
Mark 10:2
The Pharisees came and in order to test him asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
Mark 12:15
Should we pay them, or should we not?" But knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them, "Why do you put me to the test? Bring me a denarius, and let me look at it."
Mark 12:18
Then some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him; and they asked him a question, saying:
Luke 10:25
And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
Luke 11:29-30
When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, "This is an evil generation. It seeks a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.
Luke 11:53-54
As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard, and to provoke him to speak of many things,
Luke 12:54-56
He also said to the multitudes, "When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, "A shower is coming'; and so it happens.
Luke 20:23
But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them,
Luke 20:27
Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him,
John 6:30-31
So they said to him, "What sign will you perform then, that we may see it and believe you? What work will you do?
Acts 5:17
But the high priest rose up and all who were with him, that is, the party of the Sadducees, and they were filled with jealousy.
Acts 23:6-8
But when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees; with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead I am on trial."