Mark 8:12
And sighing deeply in spirit, he saith: Why doth this generation seek a sign? Amen, I say to you, a sign shall not be given to this generation.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
In Context
13And leaving them, he went up again into the ship and passed to the other side of the water.
Cross References
Isaiah 53:3Despised, and the most abject of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with infirmity: and his look was as it were hidden and despised, whereupon we esteemed him not.
Matthew 16:4A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign: and a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. And he left them, and went away.
Mark 6:6And he wondered because of their unbelief, and he went through the villages round about teaching.
Mark 9:19And they brought him. And when he had seen him, immediately the spirit troubled him and being thrown down upon the ground, he rolled about foaming.
Luke 16:29And Abraham said to him: They have Moses and the prophets. Let them hear them.
Luke 22:67And he saith to them: If I shall tell you, you will not believe me.
Matthew Henry on Mark 8:11-22
The Leaven of Herod and the Pharisees; Christ Reproves His Disciples. 10 And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha. 11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. 12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation. 13 And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to… Read the whole commentary →