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The Pharisees and Sadducees Seek a Sign

1 Then the aPharisees and Sadducees came, and testing Him asked that He would show them a sign from heaven.  
2 He answered and said to them, “When it is evening you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red’;
3 and in the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’1 Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times.  
4 aA wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of1 the prophet Jonah.” And He left them and departed.  

The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees

5 Now awhen His disciples had come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.  
6 Then Jesus said to them, a“Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.”  
Verse Comparison: Matthew 16:1

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American Standard Version
And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and trying him asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

Amplified® Bible
NOW THE Pharisees and Sadducees came up to Jesus, and they asked Him to show them a sign (spectacular miracle) from heaven [attesting His divine authority].

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

Darby English Version
And the Pharisees and Sadducees, coming to [him], asked him, tempting [him], to shew them a sign out of heaven.

Good News Bible
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.

International Standard Version
When the Pharisees and Sadducees arrived, as a test they asked Jesus to show them a sign from heaven.

King James Version
The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.

New American Standard Bible
The Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and testing Jesus, they asked Him to show them a sign from heaven.

New International Version
The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tested him by asking him to show them a sign from heaven.

New King James Version
Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing Him asked that He would show them a sign from heaven.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and testing Jesus, they asked Him to show them a sign from heaven.

Young's Literal Translation
And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come, tempting, did question him, to shew to them a sign from the heaven,


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