Luke 11:29
And when the crowds were thronging about him, he began to say, This generation is a wicked generation; it seeketh a sign; and no sign will be given it, but the sign of Jonah.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
28But he said, Blessed rather are they that hear the word of God and keep it.
30For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of man be to this generation.
Cross References
Isaiah 57:3But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, Ye brood of the adulterer and the harlot!
Matthew 12:38Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, Teacher, we wish to see a sign from thee.
Matthew 23:34Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; 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 cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Luke 11:16and others, to make trial of him, asked of him a sign from heaven.
Luke 12:1In the mean time, when the multitude was gathered together in myriads, so that they trod one upon another, he began to say to his disciples first, 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 →