Luke 11:29
And when the multitudes were gathering together unto him, he began to say, This generation is an evil generation: it seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah.
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In Context
28But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
Cross References
Isaiah 57:3But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.
Matthew 12:38Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, Teacher, we would see a sign from thee.
Matthew 23:34Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them shall ye kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:
Mark 8:38For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of man also shall be ashamed of him, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Luke 11:16And others, trying [him], sought of him a sign from heaven.
Luke 12:1In the mean time, when the many thousands of the multitude were gathered together, insomuch that they trod one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye 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 →