Luke 11:29
And when multitudes were assembled, he began to say: This evil generation seeketh a sign; and no sign will be given it, but the sign of Jonah the prophet.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
28He said to her: Blessed are they who hear the word of God, and keep it.
30For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of man be a sign to this generation.
Cross References
Matthew 12:38Then answered some of the Scribes and of the Pharisees, and said to him: Teacher, we wish to see from thee a sign.
Matthew 23:34Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; some of whom ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute them from city to city:
Mark 8:38For, whoever shall be ashamed of me, and of my words, in this sinful and adulterous generation, of him also will the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father, with his holy angels.
Luke 11:16And others, to tempt him, asked of him a sign from heaven.
Luke 12:1And when great multitudes were assembled by myriads, so that they trod one upon another, Jesus began to say to his disciples: First of all, beware for yourselves of that 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 →