Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
When the Pharisees and Sadducees arrived, in order to test Jesus 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,
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.
Common New Testament
Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show 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
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Interlinear
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 16:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Signs Of The Times
1 When the Pharisees and Sadducees arrived, in order to test Jesus they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. 2 He replied to them, "You say, "Red sky at night, what a delight!
Phrases
Cross References
Luke 11:16
Others, wanting to test Jesus, kept asking him for a sign from heaven.
Matthew 16:6
Jesus told them, "Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"
John 8:6
They said this to test him, so that they might have a charge against him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger.
Acts 4:1
While they were speaking to the people, the priests, the commander of the Temple guards, and the Sadducees came to them.
1 Corinthians 1:22
Jews ask for signs, and Greeks look for wisdom,
Matthew 3:7-8
But when John saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he told them, "You children of serpents! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
Matthew 5:20
because I tell you, unless your righteousness greatly exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom from heaven!"
Matthew 9:11
The Pharisees saw this and asked his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"
Matthew 12:14
The Pharisees, however, went out and plotted against Jesus to kill him.
Matthew 12:38-39
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees told Jesus, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you."
Matthew 15:1
Then some Pharisees and scribes came from Jerusalem to Jesus and asked,
Matthew 16:11-12
How can you fail to understand that I wasn't talking to you about bread? Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"
Matthew 19:3
Some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"
Matthew 22:15
Then the Pharisees went and planned how to trap Jesus in conversation.
Matthew 22:18
Recognizing their wickedness, Jesus asked, "Why are you testing me, you hypocrites?
Matthew 22:23
That same day some Sadducees, who claim there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and asked him,
Matthew 22:34-35
When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they met together in the same place.
Matthew 23:2
"The scribes and the Pharisees administer the authority of Moses,
Matthew 27:62
The following day (that is, after the Day of Preparation), the high priests and Pharisees gathered before Pilate
Mark 8:11-21
The Pharisees arrived and began arguing with Jesus. They tested him by demanding from him a sign from heaven.
Mark 10:2
Some Pharisees came to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
Mark 12:15
Seeing through their hypocrisy, Jesus replied to them, "Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it."
Mark 12:18
Then some Sadducees, who claim there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and asked him,
Luke 10:25
Just then an expert in the Law stood up to test Jesus. He asked, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
Luke 11:29-30
Now as the crowds continued to throng around Jesus, he went on to say, "This people living today are an evil generation. It craves a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah,
Luke 11:53-54
As Jesus was leaving, the scribes and the Pharisees began to oppose him fiercely, interrogating him about many things.
Luke 12:54-56
Then Jesus told the crowds, "When you see a cloud coming in from the west, you immediately say, "There's going to be a storm,' and that's what happens.
Luke 20:23
But he discerned their craftiness and responded to them,
Luke 20:27
Now some Sadducees, who claim there is no resurrection, came to Jesus
John 6:30-31
So they asked him, "What sign are you going to do so that we may see it and believe in you? What actions are you performing?
Acts 5:17
Then the high priest and all those from the sect of the Sadducees who were with him were filled with jealousy. So they went out,
Acts 23:6-8
When Paul saw that some of them were Sadducees and others were Pharisees, he shouted in the Council, "Brothers, I'm a Pharisee and a descendant of Pharisees. I'm on trial concerning the hope that the dead will be resurrected."