Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.

General references

Bible References

Wicked

Matthew 12:39
but he answered them, this wicked degenerate race demand a miracle; but no other miracle shall they have, except that of the prophet Jonas.
Mark 8:12
but Jesus fetching a deep sigh, said, why does this generation require a sign? I assure you, they shall have none.
Acts 2:40
and with many other discourses did he conjure and exhort them, to save themselves from that depraved generation.

But

Luke 11:29
and as the crowd grew more numerous, he thus began, this is a degenerate race of men: they demand a miracle: but no miracle shall be exhibited, but such as happen'd in the person of Jonas the prophet.

And he

Matthew 15:14
let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind. now if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
Mark 5:17
they intreated him to withdraw from their territories.
Acts 18:6
but as they oppos'd him with invectives, he shook his garment, and said, "you your selves be answerable for your own destruction, I am clear: and for the future I shall address my self to the Gentiles."

General references

Luke 11:16
others, to try him, desir'd he would show some miraculous sign in the heaven.
Luke 20:8
Jesus replied, neither will I tell you by what authority I act thus.