Luke 11:16
Good News Translation
Others wanted to trap Jesus, so they asked him to perform a miracle to show that God approved of him.

New Revised Standard Version
Others, to test him, kept demanding from him a sign from heaven.

Contemporary English Version
Others wanted to put Jesus to the test. So they asked him to show them a sign from God.

New American Bible
Others, to test him, asked him for a sign from heaven.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And others tempting, asked of him a sign from heaven.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And others tempting, asked of him a sign from heaven.

Matthew 12:38,39 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying: Master, we would see a sign from thee. . . .

Matthew 16:1-4 And there came to him the Pharisees and Sadducees tempting: and they asked him to shew them a sign from heaven. . . .

Mark 8:11,12 And the Pharisees came forth and began to question with him, asking him a sign from heaven, tempting him. . . .

John 6:30 They said therefore to him: What sign therefore dost thou shew that we may see and may believe thee? What dost thou work?

1 Corinthians 1:22 For both the Jews require signs: and the Greeks seek after wisdom.

Context
A House Divided
15But some of them said: He casteth out devils by Beelzebub, the prince of devils. 16And others tempting, asked of him a sign from heaven. 17But he seeing their thoughts, said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself shall be brought to desolation; and house upon house shall fall.…
Cross References
Matthew 12:38
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying: Master, we would see a sign from thee.

Matthew 16:1
And there came to him the Pharisees and Sadducees tempting: and they asked him to shew them a sign from heaven.

Mark 8:11
And the Pharisees came forth and began to question with him, asking him a sign from heaven, tempting him.

Luke 11:29
And the multitudes running together, he began to say: This generation is a wicked generation. It asketh a sign: and a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.

John 8:6
And this they said tempting him, that they might accuse him. But Jesus bowing himself down, wrote with his finger on the ground.

Luke 11:15
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