Matthew 16:1
Good News Translation
Some Pharisees and Sadducees who came to Jesus wanted to trap him, so they asked him to perform a miracle for them, to show that God approved of him.

New Revised Standard Version
The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test Jesus they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

Contemporary English Version
The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tried to test him by asking for a sign from heaven.

New American Bible
The Pharisees and Sadducees came and, to test him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there came to him the Pharisees and Sadducees tempting: and they asked him to shew them a sign from heaven.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Pharisees.

Matthew 5:20 For I tell you, that unless your justice abound more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 9:11 And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disciples: Why doth your master eat with publicans and sinners?

Matthew 12:14 And the Pharisees going out made a consultation against him, how they might destroy him.

Matthew 15:1 Then came to him from Jerusalem scribes and Pharisees, saying:

Matthew 22:15,34 Then the Pharisees going, consulted among themselves how to insnare him in his speech. . . .

Matthew 23:2 Saying: The scribes and the Pharisees have sitten on the chair of Moses.

Matthew 27:62 And the next day, which followed the day of preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate,

Sadducees.

Matthew 16:6,11 Who said to them: Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. . . .

Matthew 3:7,8 And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them: Ye brood of vipers, who hath shewed you to flee from the wrath to come? . . .

Matthew 22:23 That day there came to him the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection; and asked him,

Mark 12:18 And there came to him the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection. And they asked him, saying:

Luke 20:27 And there came to him some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is any resurrection: and they asked him,

Acts 4:1 And as they were speaking to the people the priests and the officer of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,

Acts 5:17 Then the high priest rising up, and all they that were with him (which is the heresy of the Sadducees) were filled with envy.

Acts 23:6-8 And Paul, knowing that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, cried out in the council: Men, brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees: concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question. . . .

tempting.

Matthew 19:3 And there came to him the Pharisees tempting him, saying: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

Matthew 22:18,35 But Jesus knowing their wickedness, said: Why do you tempt me, ye hypocrites? . . .

Mark 10:2 And the Pharisees coming to him asked him, tempting him: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife?

Mark 12:15 Who knowing their wiliness, saith to them: Why tempt you me? Bring me a penny that I may see it.

Luke 10:25 And behold a certain lawyer stood up, tempting him and saying, Master, what must I do to possess eternal life?

Luke 11:16,53,54 And others tempting, asked of him a sign from heaven. . . .

Luke 20:23 But he, considering their guile, said to them: Why tempt you me?

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.

a sign.

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

Mark 8:11-13 And the Pharisees came forth and began to question with him, asking him a sign from heaven, tempting him. . . .

Luke 11:16,29,30 And others tempting, asked of him a sign from heaven. . . .

Luke 12:54-56 And he said also to the multitudes: When you see a cloud rising from the west, presently you say: A shower is coming. And so it happeneth. . . .

John 6:30,31 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
The Demand for a Sign
1And there came to him the Pharisees and Sadducees tempting: and they asked him to shew them a sign from heaven. 2But he answered and said to them: When it is evening, you say, It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.…
Cross References
Proverbs 26:5
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise.

Matthew 3:7
And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them: Ye brood of vipers, who hath shewed you to flee from the wrath to come?

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

Matthew 16:6
Who said to them: Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Matthew 16:11
Why do you not understand that it was not concerning bread I said to you: Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?

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

Luke 11:16
And others tempting, asked of him a sign from heaven.

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.

Matthew 15:39
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