Luke 11:29
And the multitudes gathering more and more, he began to say: This generation is an evil generation. It seeks a sign; and no sign shall be given it, but the sign of Jonah.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
28And he said: Yea, rather, Happy they who hear the word of God, and keep it!
30For as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
Cross References
Matthew 12:38Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered him saying: Teacher, we desire to see a sign from thee.
Matthew 23:34Therefore, behold, I send forth to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;
Mark 8:38For whoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will also the Son of man be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Luke 11:16And others, tempting, sought of him a sign from heaven.
Luke 12:1IN the mean time, the multitude having gathered together in tens of thousands, so that they trod one upon another, he began first to say to his disciples: Beware of 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 →