Luke 11:29

Translations

Modern

As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.

Traditional

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.

Literal

Now the crowds being pressed around together, He began to say, “This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.

Latin

Turbis autem concurrentibus cœpit dicere: Generatio hæc, generatio nequam est: signum quærit, et signum non dabitur ei, nisi signum Jonæ prophetæ.

Original

Greek

English

As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.

Notes

Luke 11:29–30

The sign of Jonah might refer to the resurrection of Jesus. Jonah's time in the fish was a sign to the Ninevites that God had sent him, similar to the time Jesus spent in the grave ("in the heart of the earth"; Matthew 12:40). It could also mean that both Jonah and Jesus preached God's warning to repent (see Luke 11:32).

Luke 11:14–32

Jesus faced two challenges. He answered the first, an accusation that he was driving out demons by Satan's power (11:15), in 11:17–26. The second was a demand for "a sign from heaven" (11:16). He answered this in 11:29–32.

Events

Blind and Dumb Demoniac and Following Discoursec. AD 28

Related verses

Luke 11:16
And others tested Him by demanding a sign from heaven.
Mark 8:11–12
Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, testing Him by demanding from Him a sign from heaven.
Matthew 12:38–42
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”
1 Corinthians 1:22
Jews demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom,
Mark 8:38
If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in His Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
Luke 12:1
In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Matthew 3:7
But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
Matthew 23:34–36
Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.
Isaiah 57:3–4
“But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!
Luke 14:25–26
Now large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and He turned and said to them,
Acts 7:51–52
You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
Luke 9:41
“O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”

Parallels

Jonah 3:1–10 Matthew 12:38–42

People

Jonah: Prophet swallowed by fish, preached to Nineveh

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Jonas Luke, Gospel of Miracle Nineveh, Ninevite Sign

Topics

Jesus, the Christ: Replies to the Scribes and Pharisees Who Seek a Sign from Him (In Galilee) Jonah is a Sign Miracles: Demanded by Unbelievers Miracles: The Wicked: Desire to See Pharisees: Hypocrisy of, Reproved by Jesus Symbols and Similitudes: Jonah

Luke 11:29

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