Luke 11:29
And when the multitudes gathered together he began to say, This generation is evil. They seek a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah, the prophet.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
28But he said, Blessed rather, are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.
30For as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also the Son of man will be to this generation.
Cross References
Isaiah 57:3But draw near here, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.
Matthew 12:38Then some of the scholars and Pharisees answered, saying, Teacher, we want to see a sign from thee.
Matthew 23:34Because of this, behold, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scholars. And some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute from city to city,
Mark 8:38For whoever may be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy agents.
Luke 11:16And others, challenging, sought from him a sign from the sky.
Luke 12:1During which time the myriads of the multitude having gathered together so as to trample each other, he began first to say to his disciples, Take heed to yourselves from the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Matthew Henry on Luke 11:28-29
Praise and a Blessing. 27 And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. 28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. We had not this passage in the other evangelists, nor can we tack it, as Dr. Hammond does, to that of Christ's mother and brethren desiring to speak with him (for this evangelist also has related that in ch. viii. 19… Read the whole commentary →