Luke 11:29

When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, “This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah [Dove], + 11:29 Context: Jonah 1:17 (Heb Bible 2:1) the prophet.

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In The King James Version

And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.

In Context

28But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear ha D'var Elohim ·the Word of God·, and keep it.”

30For even as Jonah [Dove] became a sign to the Ninevites, + 11:30 Context: Jonah 3:1-10 so will also the Son of Man be to this generation.

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Cross References

Isaiah 57:3“But draw near here, you sons of a sorceress, 2 you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes. 1

Matthew 12:38+ 12:38 (38-40) MP: The sign of Jonah is given by the Messiah. After three days of death, he is returned to the land of the living, resurrection from the dead. (Jonah 1:17, 2:10) Then certain of the Torah-Teachers and Pharisees [Separated] answered, “ Rabbi ·Teacher·, we want to see a sign from you.”

Matthew 23:34+ 23:34 (34-39) MP: The Messiah’s rejection will cause God to remove His protection of Israel. (Zech 13:7d) Therefore behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and Torah-Teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;

Mark 8:38For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and generation of sinners ·devoted to missing the mark and without share in the goal·, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in 'Aviv ·his Father·’s glory, with the holy angels.”

Luke 11:16Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.

Luke 12:1Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees [Separated], 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 →

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