Mark 8:11

The Pharisees demand a sign from heaven, testing Jesus rather than seeking truth. Their request masks unbelief.

Cross-references · 25

• Matt 12:38Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”
• John 4:48Jesus therefore said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders, you will in no way believe.”
• 1 Cor 10:9Let us not test Christ, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.
• 1 Cor 1:22–23For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,
• Luke 11:16Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.
• Luke 12:54–57He said to the multitudes also, “When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and so it happens.
• Mal 3:15Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.’
• Deut 6:16You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah.
• Exod 17:7He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested Yahweh, saying, “Is Yahweh among us, or not?”
• Mark 2:16The scribes and the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?”
• Matt 16:1–12The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
• Mark 12:15Shall we give, or shall we not give?” But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it.”
• Mark 7:1–2Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem.
• John 7:48Have any of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees?
• John 6:30They said therefore to him, “What then do you do for a sign, that we may see, and believe you? What work do you do?
• Matt 22:34–35But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together.
• Exod 17:2Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test Yahweh?”
• Matt 21:23When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?”
• Matt 22:15Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.
• Matt 22:23On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him,
• Matt 22:18But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test me, you hypocrites?
• Matt 19:3Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
• Luke 10:25Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
• Luke 11:53–54As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him;
• Acts 5:9But Peter asked her, “How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”

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