They said therefore to him, “What then do you do for a sign, that we may see, and believe you? What work do you do?
Parallel translations
- KJV They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
- BSB So they asked Him, “What sign then will You perform, so that we may see it and believe You? What will You do?
- NKJV Therefore they said to Him, “What sign will You perform then, that we may see it and believe You? What work will You do?
- NASB So they said to Him, “What then are You doing as a sign, so that we may see, and believe You? What work are You performing?
- NLT They answered, “Show us a miraculous sign if you want us to believe in you. What can you do?
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Cross-references & the web
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- John 12:37But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they didn’t believe in him,
- John 6:36But I told you that you have seen me, and yet you don’t believe.
- 1 Cor 1:22For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,
- John 10:38But if I do them, though you don’t believe me, believe the works; that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.”
- John 20:25–29The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”
- Isa 7:11–14“Ask a sign of Yahweh your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.”
- Mark 15:32Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him.” Those who were crucified with him also insulted him.
- Heb 2:4God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders, by various works of power, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will?
- Matt 12:38–39Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”
- Mark 8:11The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, and testing him.
- Matt 16:1–4The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
- 1 Kgs 13:3He gave a sign the same day, saying, “This is the sign which Yahweh has spoken: Behold, the altar will be split apart, and the ashes that are on it will be poured out.”
- Acts 4:30while you stretch out your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy Servant Jesus.”
- 1 Kgs 13:5The altar was also split apart, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by Yahweh’s word.
- Luke 11:29–30When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, “This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah, the prophet.
- John 2:18The Jews therefore answered him, “What sign do you show us, seeing that you do these things?”
- Exod 4:8“It will happen, if they will not believe you or listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
- Isa 5:19Who say, “Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!”
- John 4:8For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
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