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Matthew 16:1

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The Demand for a Sign

16:1Now when the Pharisees1 and Sadducees2 came to test Jesus,3 they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.4

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Footnotes

  1. 1 See the note on Pharisees in .
  2. 2 See the note on Sadducees in .
  3. 3 The object of the participle πειράζοντες (peirazontes) is not given in the Greek text but has been supplied here for clarity.
  4. 4 What exactly this sign would have been, given what Jesus was already doing, is not clear. But here is where the fence-sitters reside, refusing to commit to him.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The Pharisees and Sadducees approached, and tested him, asking him to show them a sign from heaven.

NLTNew Living Translation

One day the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus, demanding that he show them a miraculous sign from heaven to prove his authority.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And when the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test him, they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

KJV 1900King James Version

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