Matthew 16:1

The Pharisees and Sadducees test Jesus by demanding a sign from heaven. It matters because their request reveals unbelief, not genuine seeking.

Cross-references · 32

• Luke 11:16Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.
• Acts 4:1As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them,
• Matt 16:6Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
• John 8:6They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger.
• Mark 8:11–21The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, and testing him.
• 1 Cor 1:22For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,
• Acts 23:6–8But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Men and brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. Concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!”
• Luke 20:23But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, “Why do you test me?
• 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.
• Luke 20:27Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there is a resurrection.
• 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;
• Luke 12:54–56He 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.
• Acts 5:17But the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy,
• John 6:30–31They 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.
• Matt 22:15Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.
• Matt 15:1Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,
• 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 12:18There came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection. They asked him, saying,
• Matt 12:14But the Pharisees went out, and conspired against him, how they might destroy him.
• Matt 27:62Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,
• Luke 10:25Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
• Mark 10:2Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
• Matt 5:20For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
• Matt 19:3Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
• Matt 22:18But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test me, you hypocrites?
• Matt 9:11When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
• Matt 12:38–39Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”
• Matt 22:23On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him,
• Matt 23:2saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sat on Moses’ seat.
• Matt 16:11–12How is it that you don’t perceive that I didn’t speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
• Matt 3:7–8But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

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